Tonight's Sky from Nairobi, Kenya
1.28°S, 36.82°E · Africa/Nairobi · Wed, Jun 17 · 00:53 UTC
❌ Sky fully covered — nothing visible right now
☁️ Overcast (100%) — stargazing not recommended tonight.
Poor — challenging conditions
⏳Overcast — visibility likely poor tonight. Check again later or try tomorrow.
Nairobi, Kenya · 2 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
- Saturn — Saturn is bright, but heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
- Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.8).
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 Wednesday, 12 August 2026.
Visible: Greenland, Iceland, Spain, North Africa. Confirm viewability from Nairobi on the detail page.
- Duration
- 2m 18s
- Magnitude
- 1.04
Targets tonight
What this means
Cloud cover is blocking most of the sky tonight — not recommended.
The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.
The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.
Sun
Moon
ISS passes (next 48 h)
- Wed, Jun 17 · 11:27 UTCpeak 44°in 11 hoursrises NNW → sets SE6m 23s
- Wed, Jun 17 · 23:03 UTCpeak 38°in 22 hoursrises SSW → sets NE6m 19s
- Thu, Jun 18 · 10:40 UTCpeak 19°tomorrowrises N → sets ESE4m 56s
- Thu, Jun 18 · 12:17 UTCpeak 13°tomorrowrises W → sets SSW3m 17s
- Thu, Jun 18 · 22:16 UTCpeak 17°in 2 daysrises S → sets E4m 35s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets
Planets
- MercuryBelow horizon
- VenusBelow horizon
- MarsBelow horizon
- JupiterBelow horizon
- Saturnmag 0.832°Blocked by clouds
- UranusBelow horizon
- Neptunemag 7.840.9°Needs telescope