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Tonight's Sky from Moscow, Russia

55.75°N, 37.62°E · Europe/Moscow · Tue, Apr 28 · 19:31 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.

Moscow, Russia · 2 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

41° pass — but likely hidden by cloud cover. Moves from west-southwest, passes fairly high in the sky, exits east-southeast

Fair
Where to look
Look west-southwest
When
6 min pass (01:15 UTC)
Visibility score
40/100
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Venus — Venus is bright, but sky conditions prevent observation.
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is bright, but sky conditions prevent observation.
5 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
100%
Overcast
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
92% lit — Moon above horizon, but clouds fully block its effect
Light pollution
Inner city
Bortle 9 — measured

Light pollution

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

Inner-city sky. Only Moon, planets, and the very brightest stars. No stellar limiting magnitude worth reporting.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.0

Next eclipse

Solar · total
106
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

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

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

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

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

Sun

Astronomical twilight
Altitude
−15.8°
Astronomical twilight — nearly dark
Azimuth
331° NNW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 01:51 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 17:03 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated
Altitude
29°
Azimuth
184° S
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 14:45 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 22:06 UTC
    peak 10°
    in 3 hoursrises SSE → sets SE1m 3s
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 23:39 UTC
    peak 28°
    in 4 hoursrises SW → sets E5m 54s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 01:15 UTC
    peak 41°
    in 6 hoursrises WSW → sets ESE6m 24s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 02:52 UTC
    peak 27°
    in 7 hoursrises W → sets SE5m 48s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 22:52 UTC
    peak 23°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets ESE5m 29s

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
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venusmag -3.9
    1.1°Not visible
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    25.6°Not visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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