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Tonight's Sky from Los Angeles, United States

34.05°N, 118.24°W · America/Los_Angeles · Sun, Nov 1 · 09:05 UTC

❌ Sky fully covered — nothing visible right now

☁️ Overcast (100%) — even ISS will be hard to spot. Check again later.

Tonight's sky quality5/100

Poor — challenging conditions

⏳Overcast — visibility likely poor tonight. Check again later or try tomorrow.

Los Angeles, United States · 5 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

48° pass — but likely hidden by cloud cover. Moves from northwest, passes fairly high in the sky, exits east-southeast

Fair
Where to look
Look northwest
When
6 min pass (13:15 UTC)
Visibility score
40/100
5 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mars — Mars is bright but low in the sky, and heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is very bright but very low near the horizon, and heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
  • Saturn — Saturn is bright, but heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
  • Uranus — Uranus is too faint for current sky conditions.
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
2 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
100%
Overcast
Moon
Last Quarter
55% lit — Moon above horizon, but clouds fully block its effect
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
274
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

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

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

The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.

Moonlight is moderate and may wash out dimmer objects.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−61.9°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
51° NE
Next sunrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 14:12 UTC
Next sunset
Mon, Nov 2 · 00:59 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated
Altitude
29.8°
Azimuth
83° E
Next moonrise
Mon, Nov 2 · 07:33 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 13:15 UTC
    peak 48°
    in 4 hoursrises NW → sets ESE6m 35s
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 14:53 UTC
    peak 13°
    in 6 hoursrises W → sets SSW3m 7s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 04:22 UTC
    peak 10°
    in 19 hoursrises SE → sets ESE26s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 05:55 UTC
    peak 58°
    in 21 hoursrises WSW → sets NE6m 37s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 12:27 UTC
    peak 28°
    tomorrowrises NNW → sets E5m 57s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Orionids

    ~20/hr

    The other Halley's Comet shower; fast bright meteors.

    Peak: 10-21

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 0.8
    15°Blocked by clouds
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    9.4°Blocked by clouds
  • Saturnmag 0.5
    33.5°Blocked by clouds
  • Uranusmag 5.6
    76.4°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    27°Needs telescope
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