Tonight from Quito

Tonight in Quito, Ecuador, the sun sets at 18:18 local time and astronomical darkness — when even the faintest stars become visible — arrives at 19:33. The moon is in waxing crescent phase, 13% illuminated. No major planets are above the horizon at sunset. Sunrise comes at 06:11.

At low latitude near the equator, night length is roughly constant year-round — about twelve hours regardless of season. From near the equator, both celestial poles sit on opposite horizons — the northern circumpolar stars (the Big Dipper, Polaris) and the southern (the Southern Cross, the Magellanic Clouds) are all reachable across the year.