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Tonight's Sky from Los Angeles, United States

34.05°N, 118.24°W · America/Los_Angeles · Tue, Sep 15 · 20:03 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening. 🔭 Better ISS pass tomorrow (72°).

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Los Angeles, United States · 4 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Moderate pass — visible but not very high (27° pass at 08:37 UTC). Moves from west-northwest across the sky, passes moderate height, and exits south

High
Where to look
Look west-northwest
When
5 min pass (08:37 UTC)
Visibility score
60/100
4 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mercury — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Venus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Mars — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Jupiter — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
3 planets below the horizon — Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
3%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Crescent
22% lit — Moon visible, but no impact in daylight
Light pollution
City
Bortle 8 — measured

Light pollution

Bortle scale · catalogued
8/9
City
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city

City sky. Only a few dozen stars visible. Familiar constellation shapes missing dimmer stars. Moon and planets only.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.5

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 Los Angeles on the detail page.

Duration
6m 24s
Magnitude
1.08

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

Moonlight is light and should not disturb most viewing.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
58.5°
Sun is up
Azimuth
187° S
Next sunrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 13:37 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Sep 16 · 01:59 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated
Altitude
16.3°
Azimuth
134° SE
Next moonrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 19:17 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 00:28 UTC
    peak 72°
    in 4 hoursrises SW → sets NE6m 42s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 02:08 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 6 hoursrises NW → sets NNW1m 36s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 07:01 UTC
    peak 24°
    in 11 hoursrises NNW → sets E5m 34s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 08:37 UTC
    peak 27°
    in 13 hoursrises WNW → sets S5m 47s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 23:41 UTC
    peak 57°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets NE6m 36s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercurymag -0.4
    51.4°Not visible
  • Venusmag -4.8
    30.1°Not visible
  • Marsmag 1.2
    34.3°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -1.8
    51.7°Not visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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