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Night sky tonight in Nebraska

Tonight's score out of 10 and the best hours for each Nebraska city we cover, worked out for its own position and time zone. Open a city for the full forecast: the Moon, planets, meteor showers, northern lights, ISS passes and clouds.

Cities in Nebraska

CityTonightBest timeHighlightsNorthern lights need
Omaha……Kp 7.1
Lincoln……Kp 7.2
Grand Island……Kp 7.2
Norfolk……Kp 7
North Platte……Kp 7.2

Scores before clouds; each city page adds the National Weather Service cloud forecast. Northern lights: see tonight's aurora outlook for Nebraska.

Darkness across Nebraska

How early it gets dark in midwinter and how short the summer nights get, city by city, and how far each city is from the nearest certified dark-sky place.

CitySunset Dec 15Full darkness Dec 15Sunset Jun 15Full darkness Jun 15Nearest dark-sky place
Omaha4:56 PM11.5 h8:59 PM4.6 hThousand Hills State Park, 189 mi E
Lincoln5:00 PM11.5 h9:00 PM4.7 hThousand Hills State Park, 214 mi E
Grand Island5:06 PM11.5 h9:07 PM4.7 hMerritt Reservoir State Recreation Area, 175 mi NW
Norfolk4:59 PM11.5 h9:07 PM4.4 hMerritt Reservoir State Recreation Area, 180 mi W
North Platte5:15 PM11.5 h9:17 PM4.6 hMerritt Reservoir State Recreation Area, 104 mi N

Moon-free nights in Nebraska, month by month

The runs of nights when the Moon is down for most of full darkness, worked out for Omaha; across the state the dates shift by a night at most.

  • November 2026: Nov 3–15
  • December 2026: Dec 2–14, Dec 31
  • January 2027: Jan 1–13, Jan 29–31
  • February 2027: Feb 1–11, Feb 27–28
  • March 2027: Mar 1–12, Mar 28–31
  • April 2027: Apr 1–9, Apr 26–30
  • May 2027: May 1–9, May 27–31
  • June 2027: Jun 1–8, Jun 29–30
  • July 2027: Jul 1–10, Jul 29–31
  • August 2027: Aug 1–9, Aug 27–31
  • September 2027: Sep 1–7, Sep 25–30
  • October 2027: Oct 1–6, Oct 24–31
  • November 2027: Nov 1–4, Nov 21–30
  • December 2027: Dec 1–3, Dec 20–31

Dark-sky places in Nebraska

Descriptions and moon-free weekends

Eclipses visible in Nebraska

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