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Tonight's Sky from New York City, United States

40.71°N, 74.01°W · America/New_York · Tue, Sep 15 · 18:46 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.

New York City, United States · 4 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

High pass — fairly easy to follow (51° pass at 03:53 UTC). Moves from northwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits east-southeast

High
Where to look
Look northwest
When
6 min pass (03:53 UTC)
Visibility score
70/100
4 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.
3 planets below the horizon — Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
8%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Crescent
22% lit — Moon visible, but no impact in daylight
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
321
days away

A total solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027.

Visible: Spain, North Africa, Middle East, India. Confirm viewability from New York City on the detail page.

Duration
6m 24s
Magnitude
1.08

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

Moonlight is light and should not disturb most viewing.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
44°
Sun is up
Azimuth
222° SW
Next sunrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 10:37 UTC
Next sunset
Tue, Sep 15 · 23:04 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22% illuminated
Altitude
22.7°
Azimuth
157° SSE
Next moonrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 16:36 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Sep 15 · 21:24 UTC
    peak 32°
    in 3 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 5s
  • Tue, Sep 15 · 23:00 UTC
    peak 33°
    in 4 hoursrises W → sets NE6m 10s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 00:39 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 6 hoursrises NW → sets NNE3m 39s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 02:17 UTC
    peak 16°
    in 8 hoursrises NNW → sets NE4m 17s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 03:53 UTC
    peak 51°
    in 9 hoursrises NW → sets ESE6m 33s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercurymag -0.4
    44.1°Not visible
  • Venusmag -4.8
    31.3°Not visible
  • Marsmag 1.2
    15.9°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -1.8
    30.9°Not visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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