Tonight's Sky from Nairobi, Kenya
1.28°S, 36.82°E · Africa/Nairobi · Tue, Sep 15 · 20:01 UTC
🌟 Good sky tonight — 1 planet observable
Best right now: Saturn. Look east — about halfway up the sky. (no moon interference)
Good — worth going outside
⏱Best viewing: now → next 8-9 hours (before Saturn sets)
Nairobi, Kenya · 2 planets in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye
Saturn
Saturn is bright — may need some patience.
- Where to look
- Look east
- When
- Visible now
- Visibility score
- 52/100
1 planet in the sky, but not visible to the naked eye
- Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
5 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
- Mercury — Below horizon
- Venus — Below horizon
- Mars — Below horizon
- Jupiter — Below horizon
- Uranus — Below horizon
Sky map
Zenith at center · Horizon at edgeObserving conditions
Light pollution
City sky. Only a few dozen stars visible. Familiar constellation shapes missing dimmer stars. Moon and planets only.
Next eclipse
A total solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027.
Visible: Spain, North Africa, Middle East, India. Confirm viewability from Nairobi on the detail page.
- Duration
- 6m 24s
- Magnitude
- 1.08
Targets tonight
What this means
Conditions are good to head outside now — Saturn is the standout target.
Some cloud cover is present but viewing is still workable.
The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.
Sun
Moon
ISS passes (next 48 h)
- Tue, Sep 15 · 23:30 UTCpeak 32°in 3 hoursrises N → sets ESE6m 2s
- Wed, Sep 16 · 11:05 UTCpeak 28°in 15 hoursrises S → sets ENE5m 53s
- Wed, Sep 16 · 22:43 UTCpeak 15°tomorrowrises NNE → sets E3m 54s
- Thu, Sep 17 · 00:19 UTCpeak 17°tomorrowrises W → sets S4m 34s
- Thu, Sep 17 · 10:19 UTCpeak 13°in 2 daysrises SSE → sets E3m 20s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets
Planets
- MercuryBelow horizon
- VenusBelow horizon
- MarsBelow horizon
- JupiterBelow horizon
- Saturnmag 0.449.1°EVisible
- UranusBelow horizon
- Neptunemag 7.758.4°Needs telescope