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Tonight's Sky from Istanbul, Turkey

41.01°N, 28.95°E · Europe/Istanbul · Sun, Jun 14 · 02:57 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening.

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Istanbul, Turkey · 4 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Very bright, nearly overhead — unmissable (82° pass at 10:27 UTC). Moves from northwest across the sky, passes nearly overhead, and exits southeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look northwest
When
6 min pass (10:27 UTC)
Visibility score
90/100
4 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mars — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Saturn — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Uranus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Neptune — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
3 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
0%
Clear
Moon
New Moon
2% lit — Moon visible, but no impact in daylight
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
59
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

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

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

The Moon is nearly dark — ideal for faint objects.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
3.5°
Sun is up
Azimuth
62° ENE
Next sunrise
Mon, Jun 15 · 02:31 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, Jun 14 · 17:37 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
New Moon
1.6% illuminated
Altitude
15.9°
Azimuth
69° ENE
Next moonrise
Mon, Jun 15 · 02:12 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 03:57 UTC
    peak 49°
    in 60 minutesrises SW → sets ENE6m 33s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 05:34 UTC
    peak 26°
    in 3 hoursrises W → sets NE5m 50s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 07:13 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 4 hoursrises NW → sets NNE3m 39s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 08:50 UTC
    peak 19°
    in 6 hoursrises NNW → sets ENE5m 1s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 10:27 UTC
    peak 82°
    in 7 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 43s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.3
    25.2°Not visible
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.8
    39.5°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    17°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    41.9°Not visible
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