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Tonight's Sky from London, United Kingdom

51.51°N, 0.13°W · Europe/London · Tue, Apr 28 · 19:33 UTC

🌅 Twilight — Venus appearing

Look west as the sky darkens.

Tonight's sky quality31/100

Limited — only brightest objects

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

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

London, United Kingdom · 3 planets in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best object right now

Venus

Venus is dim — requires dark-adapted eyes.

Fair
Where to look
Look west
When
Visible now
Visibility score
26/100
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is bright but the sky hasn't darkened enough yet.
  • Uranus — Sky still too bright during twilight for Uranus.
4 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
0%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
92% 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
106
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 almost fully clear.

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

Sun

Civil twilight
Altitude
−2.9°
Civil twilight — sky still bright
Azimuth
298° WNW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 04:36 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 19:20 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated
Altitude
26.2°
Azimuth
141° SE
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 17:16 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 01:10 UTC
    peak 30°
    in 6 hoursrises SSW → sets E5m 58s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 02:46 UTC
    peak 82°
    in 7 hoursrises WSW → sets E6m 45s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 04:23 UTC
    peak 86°
    in 9 hoursrises W → sets E6m 46s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 05:59 UTC
    peak 34°
    in 10 hoursrises W → sets SE6m 13s
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 00:23 UTC
    peak 22°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets E5m 17s

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
  • Venusmag -3.9
    19.2°Visible
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    47.9°Not yet visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    14.3°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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