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Night sky tonight in New York

Tonight's score out of 10 and the best hours for each New York 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 New York

CityTonightBest timeHighlightsNorthern lights need
New York……Kp 7
Buffalo……Kp 6.6
Yonkers……Kp 7
Rochester……Kp 6.5
Syracuse……Kp 6.6
Albany……Kp 6.6
Utica……Kp 6.6
Binghamton……Kp 6.8
Watertown……Kp 6.4

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

Darkness across New York

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
New York4:29 PM11.4 h8:28 PM4.7 hObservatory Park at Turner Farm, 213 mi SW
Buffalo4:42 PM11.6 h8:56 PM4.1 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 100 mi SE
Yonkers4:28 PM11.5 h8:29 PM4.7 hCherry Springs State Park, 211 mi W
Rochester4:36 PM11.6 h8:52 PM4 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 105 mi S
Syracuse4:30 PM11.6 h8:46 PM4 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 128 mi SW
Albany4:22 PM11.5 h8:35 PM4.2 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 217 mi W
Utica4:27 PM11.6 h8:42 PM4 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 165 mi SW
Binghamton4:33 PM11.5 h8:41 PM4.3 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 103 mi W
Watertown4:26 PM11.6 h8:48 PM3.7 hCherry Springs State Park (Pennsylvania state Dark Sky Park), 187 mi SW

Moon-free nights in New York, month by month

The runs of nights when the Moon is down for most of full darkness, worked out for New York; 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 28–31
  • 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 22–30
  • December 2027: Dec 1–4, Dec 21–31

Eclipses visible in New York

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