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Tonight's Sky from Los Angeles, United States

34.05°N, 118.24°W · America/Los_Angeles · Wed, Jun 17 · 00:57 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset in about 2 hours.

⏳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

High pass — fairly easy to follow (56° pass at 12:26 UTC). Moves from west-southwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits northeast

High
Where to look
Look west-southwest
When
6 min pass (12:26 UTC)
Visibility score
70/100
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.
  • Jupiter — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Uranus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
3 planets below the horizon — Mars, Saturn, Neptune
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
11%
Mostly clear
Moon
Waxing Crescent
6% 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
56
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

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

Above horizon
Altitude
24.1°
Sun is up
Azimuth
283° WNW
Next sunrise
Wed, Jun 17 · 12:41 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Jun 17 · 03:06 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated
Altitude
48.6°
Azimuth
269° W
Next moonrise
Wed, Jun 17 · 15:26 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Jun 17 · 10:52 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 10 hoursrises SE → sets ESE1m 38s
  • Wed, Jun 17 · 12:26 UTC
    peak 56°
    in 11 hoursrises WSW → sets NE6m 39s
  • Wed, Jun 17 · 18:58 UTC
    peak 28°
    in 18 hoursrises NNW → sets E5m 55s
  • Wed, Jun 17 · 20:35 UTC
    peak 22°
    in 20 hoursrises WNW → sets S5m 19s
  • Thu, Jun 18 · 11:38 UTC
    peak 74°
    tomorrowrises SW → sets NE6m 43s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercurymag 0.6
    45.6°Not visible
  • Venusmag -4.0
    57.1°Not visible
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -1.8
    50.9°Not visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    3.3°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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