Douglas, Isle of Man
Northern lights in Douglas, Douglas
Answer
Tonight
Waiting on darkness
It is not civil-dark yet. The next dusk is listed below.
Observed 11:49 UTC, forecast 13:20 UTC, 91 min lead
Clock times in Europe/Isle_of_Man
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Douglas, Douglas sits at 54.15N 4.48W in Douglas, Isle of Man. The IGRF-14 centered dipole puts Douglas, Douglas at 56.6 degrees geomagnetic latitude, 2.4 degrees closer to the magnetic pole than its map latitude suggests. Douglas, Douglas sits at 56.6 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 5, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less.
"aurora is commonly visible at high latitudes (northern Michigan and Maine)"
The nearest other Glow towns are Whitehaven (73 km), Barrow in Furness (82 km), Newtownards (92 km). Whitehaven sits 0.2 degrees higher on the dipole and needs the same Kp.
Approximate: SWPC calls its Kp to latitude rule an average, and a centered dipole can differ by a degree from fuller field models. How the storm level is matched
The year in darkness
Every night of 2026 at Douglas, Douglas has some civil darkness; the shortest month sample still has 4.8 hours. Every evening of the year at Douglas, Douglas clears Glow's dark-season bar of 4 hours of civil night between 18:00 and 06:00. Douglas, Douglas's longest night of the year, Dec 19, has 15 h 4 min of civil night.
Solar midnight at Douglas, Douglas, when the sun is lowest, falls at 00:13 on local clocks on December 15 and 01:18 on June 15. That is 13 min after midnight in December and 1 h 18 min after midnight in June, the gap set by daylight saving and the equation of time. So at Douglas, Douglas the darkest hour sits near the middle of SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window in winter.
Month by month
| Month | Night | Civil | Cloud | Clear dark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.5 h | 11.6 h | 81% | 2.8 h | |
| Feb | 12.8 h | 10.1 h | 79% | 2.7 h | |
| Mar | 10.8 h | 8.0 h | 76% | 2.6 h | |
| Apr | 8.5 h | 5.0 h | 72% | 2.4 h | |
| May | 6.3 h | 0.0 h | 70% | 1.9 h | |
| Jun | 4.8 h | 0.0 h | 75% | 1.2 h | |
| Jul | 5.5 h | 0.0 h | 77% | 1.3 h | |
| Aug | 7.7 h | 3.5 h | 76% | 1.8 h | |
| Sep | 10.0 h | 7.0 h | 76% | 2.4 h | |
| Oct | 12.2 h | 9.4 h | 79% | 2.6 h | |
| Nov | 14.1 h | 11.2 h | 80% | 2.8 h | |
| Dec | 15.0 h | 12.1 h | 80% | 3.0 hbest |
By the 15th-of-the-month sample, December is the darkest month at Douglas, Douglas with 15.0 hours of civil night and June the lightest at 4.8. Across the year Douglas, Douglas gets 3,715 hours of civil night. Astronomical night at Douglas, Douglas, the sun 18 degrees or more below the horizon, lasts 12.1 hours on December 15.
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 all-hours climatology puts mean cloud amount for the 1 degree cell around Douglas, Douglas at 77% across the year, from 70% in May to 81% in January. In the months with at least 4 hours of civil night Douglas, Douglas averages 77%.
Multiplying civil night by the clear share of the sky gives December the best score, 3.0 hours, ahead of November at 2.8. Douglas, Douglas's equinox months score 2.6 in March and 2.4 in September, the weeks SWPC links with larger storms.
Kp history
From 1996 to 2025, the GFZ Potsdam record shows a 3-hour Kp of 5 or more, the level that puts the average oval edge over Douglas, Douglas, on 10% of days. At Douglas, Douglas's level the share runs from 5% in December to 14% in September, while storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%.
Share of UTC days in each calendar month whose highest 3-hour Kp reached Kp 5. Kp history by year
Moon, next 30 nights
Over the 30 nights from Oct 2, the new moon falls on Oct 10 and the full moon on Oct 26, in Europe/Isle_of_Man dates. 15 of the 30 nights at Douglas, Douglas have at least 2 moon-free dark hours inside 10 PM to 2 AM, and Oct 6 has the most at 4 h. Tonight Douglas, Douglas has 11 h 14 min of civil night, 2 h of it with the moon down.
- 2
57% lit
2.0 h
- 3
46% lit
3.4 h
- 4
34% lit
4.9 h
- 5
24% lit
6.5 h
- 6
15% lit
8.0 h
- 7
8% lit
9.4 h
- 8
3% lit
10.9 h
- 9
1% lit
11.7 h
- 10
0% lit
11.8 h
- 11
2% lit
11.9 h
- 12
6% lit
11.9 h
- 13
11% lit
12.0 h
- 14
18% lit
12.0 h
- 15
26% lit
11.3 h
- 16
34% lit
10.5 h
- 17
43% lit
9.4 h
- 18
53% lit
8.2 h
- 19
62% lit
6.9 h
- 20
72% lit
5.6 h
- 21
80% lit
4.3 h
- 22
88% lit
3.0 h
- 23
94% lit
1.6 h
- 24
98% lit
0.2 h
- 25
100% lit
0.0 h
- 26
99% lit
0.0 h
- 27
95% lit
0.0 h
- 28
89% lit
0.0 h
- 29
81% lit
0.9 h
- 30
71% lit
2.2 h
- 31
60% lit
3.7 h
Each cell is the night that starts on that date. Hours are civil-dark time with the moon below the horizon; the green rule scales with them. Green outline: new moon. Bone outline: full moon.
Within Isle of Man
On December 15 Douglas, Douglas gets 15.0 hours of civil night, 1st longest of 1 in Isle of Man, where the median is 15.0.
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Douglas, Douglas?
- Douglas, Douglas sits at 56.6 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 5, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less. Clear, dark sky over Douglas, Douglas still decides it.
- When is it dark enough in Douglas, Douglas?
- Every night at Douglas, Douglas has civil darkness. Tonight has 11 h 14 min, and December 15 has 15.0 hours.
- What is the best month for aurora in Douglas, Douglas?
- December, by civil night at Douglas, Douglas times the clear share of the sky from NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 average.
- How cloudy is Douglas, Douglas in the dark months?
- About 77% mean cloud amount over Douglas, Douglas in the months with at least 4 hours of civil night, from NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 all-hours climatology.
- How often is activity high enough for Douglas, Douglas?
- A 3-hour Kp of 5 or more, the level that puts the average oval edge overhead, occurred on 10% of days from 1996 to 2025 in the GFZ Potsdam record.
Nearby and related
Nearest Glow towns
Douglas, Douglas by month
Region and comparisons