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Tonight's Sky from London, United Kingdom

51.51°N, 0.13°W · Europe/London · Sun, Jun 14 · 02:58 UTC

🌅 Twilight — Saturn appearing

Look east as the sky darkens.

Tonight's sky quality28/100

Limited — only brightest objects

⏱Best viewing: now → next 10-11 hours (before Saturn sets)

⏳Wait 30-60 minutes — planets will become visible as the sky darkens.

London, United Kingdom · 4 planets in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best object right now

Saturn

Saturn is dim — requires dark-adapted eyes.

Fair
Where to look
Look east
When
Visible now
Visibility score
23/100
3 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mars — Sky still too bright during twilight for Mars.
  • Uranus — Sky still too bright during twilight for Uranus.
  • Neptune — Sky still too bright during twilight for Neptune.
3 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
21%
Mostly 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 London on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are mostly clear.

The Moon is nearly dark — ideal for faint objects.

Sun

Civil twilight
Altitude
−5.7°
Civil twilight — sky still bright
Azimuth
40° NE
Next sunrise
Sun, Jun 14 · 03:42 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, Jun 14 · 20:18 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
New Moon
1.5% illuminated
Altitude
3.6°
Azimuth
51° NE
Next moonrise
Mon, Jun 15 · 03:14 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 07:07 UTC
    peak 37°
    in 4 hoursrises SW → sets E6m 17s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 08:44 UTC
    peak 88°
    in 6 hoursrises W → sets E6m 46s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 10:20 UTC
    peak 79°
    in 7 hoursrises W → sets ESE6m 45s
  • Sun, Jun 14 · 11:57 UTC
    peak 28°
    in 9 hoursrises W → sets SSE5m 52s
  • Mon, Jun 15 · 06:20 UTC
    peak 27°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets E5m 49s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

1 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.3
    7.2°Not visible
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.8
    17.1°Visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    2.3°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    19.9°Not visible
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