Stars

Night: … · change

The Moon

Up between sunset and sunrise

The brightest stars, brighter than magnitude 1.5, above the horizon on this night, in the order they stand highest.

• Rises, Sets: when it rises and sets; “always up” where it does not set.
• Highest: when it stands highest between sunset and sunrise.
• Altitude: how high it stands at that moment.
• Polar night: where the Sun does not rise, the night runs from one solar noon to the next.