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Tonight's Sky from Los Angeles, United States

34.05°N, 118.24°W · America/Los_Angeles · Sat, Aug 1 · 05:19 UTC

☁️ Cloudy tonight — 0 planets in sky but blocked

Cloud cover: 72%. Stargazing not recommended tonight.

Tonight's sky quality28/100

Limited — only brightest objects

Mostly cloudy — gaps may appear. Worth checking periodically.

Los Angeles, United States · 0 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

7 planets below the horizonMercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • MercuryBelow horizon
  • VenusBelow horizon
  • MarsBelow horizon
  • JupiterBelow horizon
  • SaturnBelow horizon
  • UranusBelow horizon
  • NeptuneBelow horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSMoonNESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
72%
Mostly cloudy
Moon
Waning Gibbous
93% lit — Strong — only brightest objects
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
11
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

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

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Cloud cover is blocking most of the sky tonight — not recommended.

Heavy cloud cover will block most of the sky tonight.

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

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−25.6°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
317° NW
Next sunrise
Sat, Aug 1 · 13:04 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, Aug 2 · 02:53 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated
Altitude
12.1°
Azimuth
108° ESE
Next moonrise
Sun, Aug 2 · 04:40 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 17:41 UTC
    peak 34°
    in 12 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 7s
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 19:19 UTC
    peak 20°
    in 14 hoursrises W → sets NNE5m 10s
  • Sun, Aug 2 · 00:15 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 19 hoursrises N → sets NE2m 52s
  • Sun, Aug 2 · 01:50 UTC
    peak 90°
    in 21 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 45s
  • Sun, Aug 2 · 16:54 UTC
    peak 18°
    tomorrowrises S → sets E4m 45s

Active meteor showers

1 active
  • Perseids

    ~100/hr

    The most popular shower; warm summer nights, reliable rates.

    Peak: 08-12

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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