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Tonight's Sky from New York City, United States

40.71°N, 74.01°W · America/New_York · Sun, Nov 1 · 09:05 UTC

🔥 Great night for stargazing — 1 planet observable

Best right now: Jupiter. Look east — about halfway up the sky. (mostly clear)

Tonight's sky quality50/100

Good — worth going outside (limited by light pollution — Bortle 9)

⏱Best viewing: now → next 9-10 hours (before Jupiter sets)

New York City, United States · 3 planets in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Very bright, nearly overhead — unmissable (82° pass at 10:07 UTC). Moves from northwest across the sky, passes nearly overhead, and exits southeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look northwest
When
6 min pass (10:07 UTC)
Visibility score
90/100

Also worth watching

1 object
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    Good

    Jupiter is very bright and clearly visible.

    Look east — about halfway up the sky·Worth stepping outside — Jupiter is clearly visible.
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mars — Mars is at the edge of naked-eye detection.
  • Uranus — Uranus is too faint for current sky conditions.
4 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
22%
Mostly clear
Moon
Last Quarter
55% lit — Moderate — faint objects harder
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
274
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

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Conditions are good to head outside now — ISS is the standout target.

Skies are mostly clear.

Moonlight is moderate and may wash out dimmer objects.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−27.1°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
86° E
Next sunrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 11:26 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, Nov 1 · 21:52 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated
Altitude
62.5°
Azimuth
128° SE
Next moonrise
Mon, Nov 2 · 04:13 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 10:07 UTC
    peak 82°
    in 1 hourrises NW → sets SE6m 47s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 02:50 UTC
    peak 38°
    in 18 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 16s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 04:27 UTC
    peak 29°
    in 19 hoursrises W → sets NE6m 1s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 06:06 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 21 hoursrises NW → sets NNE3m 34s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 07:43 UTC
    peak 17°
    in 23 hoursrises NNW → sets ENE4m 35s

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

1 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 0.8
    49°Barely visible
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    43.5°Visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranusmag 5.6
    50.6°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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