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Tonight's Sky from Istanbul, Turkey

41.01°N, 28.95°E · Europe/Istanbul · Tue, Sep 15 · 18:45 UTC

🌙 0 planets observable tonight

(no moon interference)

⏳Mostly cloudy — gaps may appear. Worth checking periodically.

Istanbul, Turkey · 2 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Bright, high pass — easy to spot (72° pass at 21:43 UTC). Moves from west-northwest across the sky, passes high overhead, and exits southeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look west-northwest
When
6 min pass (21:43 UTC)
Visibility score
80/100
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Saturn — Saturn is bright but low in the sky, and patchy clouds (67%) may interfere.
  • 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°ISSSaturn ⛅NESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
67%
Mostly cloudy
Moon
Waxing Crescent
22% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
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
321
days away

A total solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027.

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

Duration
6m 24s
Magnitude
1.08

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Mostly cloudy — gaps may appear. Worth checking periodically.

Heavy cloud cover will block most of the sky tonight.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−27.9°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
302° WNW
Next sunrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 03:45 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Sep 16 · 16:11 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22% illuminated
Altitude
−8.5°
Next moonrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 09:27 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Sep 15 · 20:06 UTC
    peak 22°
    in 1 hourrises NNW → sets ENE5m 23s
  • Tue, Sep 15 · 21:43 UTC
    peak 72°
    in 3 hoursrises WNW → sets SE6m 40s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 14:26 UTC
    peak 39°
    in 20 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 20s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 16:03 UTC
    peak 29°
    in 21 hoursrises W → sets NE6m 1s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 17:42 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 23 hoursrises NW → sets NNE3m 43s
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
    18.4°Partially blocked
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    23.3°Needs telescope
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