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Tonight's Sky from Buenos Aires, Argentina

34.61°S, 58.38°W · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · Sat, Aug 1 · 05:18 UTC

❌ Sky fully covered — nothing visible right now

☁️ Overcast (100%) — even ISS will be hard to spot. Check again later.

Tonight's sky quality5/100

Poor — challenging conditions

⏳Overcast — visibility likely poor tonight. Check again later or try tomorrow.

Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

42° pass — but likely hidden by cloud cover. Moves from southwest, passes fairly high in the sky, exits east-northeast

Fair
Where to look
Look southwest
When
6 min pass (09:33 UTC)
Visibility score
40/100
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Saturn — Saturn is bright, but heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
5 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
100%
Overcast
Moon
Waning Gibbous
93% lit — Moon above horizon, but clouds fully block its effect
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
11
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

Visible: Greenland, Iceland, Spain, North Africa. Confirm viewability from Buenos Aires on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

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.

A nearly full Moon is dominating the sky — expect reduced contrast.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−65.8°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
128° SE
Next sunrise
Sat, Aug 1 · 10:47 UTC
Next sunset
Sat, Aug 1 · 21:12 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated
Altitude
61.1°
Azimuth
19° NNE
Next moonrise
Sun, Aug 2 · 00:21 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 09:33 UTC
    peak 42°
    in 4 hoursrises SW → sets ENE6m 29s
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 11:11 UTC
    peak 15°
    in 6 hoursrises W → sets NNW4m 3s
  • Sun, Aug 2 · 02:14 UTC
    peak 83°
    in 21 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 52s
  • Sun, Aug 2 · 03:53 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 23 hoursrises SW → sets S3m 4s
  • Sun, Aug 2 · 08:46 UTC
    peak 25°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets E5m 47s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Perseids

    ~100/hr

    The most popular shower; warm summer nights, reliable rates.

    Peak: 08-12

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 0.6
    34.3°Blocked by clouds
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    43.1°Needs telescope
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