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Tonight's Sky from Los Angeles, United States

34.05°N, 118.24°W · America/Los_Angeles · Sat, May 2 · 23:21 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening.

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Los Angeles, United States · 7 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

High pass — fairly easy to follow (47° pass at 05:41 UTC). Moves from south-southwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits east-northeast

High
Where to look
Look south-southwest
When
6 min pass (05:41 UTC)
Visibility score
70/100
7 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.
  • Saturn — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Uranus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Neptune — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
11%
Mostly clear
Moon
Full Moon
99% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
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
102
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 below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
39.2°
Sun is up
Azimuth
262° W
Next sunrise
Sun, May 3 · 13:01 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, May 3 · 02:37 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Full Moon
98.5% illuminated
Altitude
−54.3°
Next moonrise
Sun, May 3 · 04:03 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, May 3 · 05:41 UTC
    peak 47°
    in 6 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 26s
  • Sun, May 3 · 07:19 UTC
    peak 17°
    in 8 hoursrises WNW → sets NNE4m 32s
  • Sun, May 3 · 12:14 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 13 hoursrises N → sets ENE3m 54s
  • Sun, May 3 · 13:50 UTC
    peak 65°
    in 14 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 41s
  • Mon, May 4 · 04:54 UTC
    peak 24°
    tomorrowrises S → sets ENE5m 33s

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

0 currently observable
  • Mercurymag -1.0
    26.3°Not visible
  • Venusmag -3.9
    66.2°Not visible
  • Marsmag 1.2
    14.9°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    70.5°Not visible
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    6.3°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    56.3°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    0.5°Not visible
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