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Tonight's Sky from Berlin, Germany

52.52°N, 13.41°E · Europe/Berlin · Tue, Sep 15 · 20:01 UTC

☁️ Cloudy tonight — 3 planets in sky but blocked

Cloud cover: 88%. ISS may still be visible through gaps.

Tonight's sky quality12/100

Poor — challenging conditions

⏳Overcast — occasional gaps may appear. Worth checking periodically.

Berlin, Germany · 3 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Bright, high pass — easy to spot (74° pass at 20:02 UTC). Moves from west across the sky, passes high overhead, and exits east-southeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look west
When
6 min pass (20:02 UTC)
Visibility score
80/100
3 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Saturn — Saturn is bright but low in the sky, and heavy cloud cover (88%) is blocking the sky.
  • Uranus — Uranus is too faint for current sky conditions.
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
4 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSSaturn ⛅Uranus ⛅NESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
88%
Overcast
Moon
Waxing Crescent
22% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
Light pollution
City
Bortle 8 — measured

Light pollution

Bortle scale · catalogued
8/9
City
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city

City sky. Only a few dozen stars visible. Familiar constellation shapes missing dimmer stars. Moon and planets only.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.5

Next eclipse

Solar · total
321
days away

A total solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027.

Visible: Spain, North Africa, Middle East, India. Confirm viewability from Berlin on the detail page.

Duration
6m 24s
Magnitude
1.08

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Cloud cover is blocking most of the sky tonight — not recommended.

The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−23°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
310° NW
Next sunrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 04:42 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Sep 16 · 17:19 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated
Altitude
−14.5°
Next moonrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 11:27 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Sep 15 · 20:02 UTC
    peak 74°
    in 1 minuterises W → sets ESE6m 43s
  • Tue, Sep 15 · 21:39 UTC
    peak 33°
    in 2 hoursrises W → sets SE6m 7s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 16:03 UTC
    peak 16°
    in 20 hoursrises S → sets ESE4m 24s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 17:38 UTC
    peak 51°
    in 22 hoursrises WSW → sets E6m 34s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 19:15 UTC
    peak 78°
    in 23 hoursrises W → sets E6m 44s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.4
    17.4°Blocked by clouds
  • Uranusmag 5.7
    2.5°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    20.4°Needs telescope
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