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Tonight's Sky from Cairo, Egypt

30.06°N, 31.25°E · Africa/Cairo · Tue, Apr 28 · 19:31 UTC

🌟 Good sky tonight — 1 planet observable

Best right now: Jupiter. Look west — about halfway up the sky. 🔭 Better ISS pass tomorrow — nearly overhead (78°).

Tonight's sky quality42/100

Good — worth going outside

⏱Best viewing: now → next 2-3 hours (before Jupiter sets)

Cairo, Egypt · 1 planet in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best object right now

Jupiter

Jupiter is very bright — may need some patience.

Fair
Where to look
Look west
When
Visible now
Visibility score
37/100
6 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSMoonJupiterNESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
47%
Partly cloudy
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
92% lit — Strong — only brightest objects
Light pollution
Inner city
Bortle 9 — measured

Light pollution

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

Inner-city sky. Only Moon, planets, and the very brightest stars. No stellar limiting magnitude worth reporting.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.0

Next eclipse

Solar · total
106
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

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

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Conditions are good to head outside now — Jupiter is the standout target.

Some cloud cover is present but viewing is still workable.

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

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−34.1°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
317° NW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 03:14 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 16:31 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated
Altitude
54.9°
Azimuth
174° S
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 14:38 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 20:23 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 52 minutesrises SSE → sets E2m 59s
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 21:58 UTC
    peak 38°
    in 2 hoursrises WSW → sets NNE6m 17s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 04:32 UTC
    peak 15°
    in 9 hoursrises N → sets ENE4m 5s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 06:08 UTC
    peak 42°
    in 11 hoursrises WNW → sets SSE6m 26s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 21:10 UTC
    peak 78°
    tomorrowrises SW → sets NE6m 39s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Eta Aquariids

    ~50/hr

    Halley's Comet debris; favors the Southern Hemisphere.

    Peak: 05-06

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

1 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    27.2°Visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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