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Tonight's Sky from Paris, France

48.85°N, 2.35°E · Europe/Paris · Sat, Aug 1 · 07:10 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.

Paris, France · 6 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Bright, high pass — easy to spot (60° pass at 13:13 UTC). Moves from west across the sky, passes high overhead, and exits east-northeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look west
When
6 min pass (13:13 UTC)
Visibility score
80/100
6 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mercury — 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.
  • Saturn — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Uranus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Neptune — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
1 planet below the horizon — Venus
  • Venus — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
62%
Mostly cloudy
Moon
Waning Gibbous
93% lit — Moon visible, but no impact in daylight
Light pollution
City
Bortle 8 — measured

Light pollution

Bortle scale · catalogued
8/9
City
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city

City sky. Only a few dozen stars visible. Familiar constellation shapes missing dimmer stars. Moon and planets only.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.5

Next eclipse

Solar · total
11
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

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

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Heavy cloud cover will block most of the sky tonight.

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

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
25.5°
Sun is up
Azimuth
92° E
Next sunrise
Sun, Aug 2 · 04:25 UTC
Next sunset
Sat, Aug 1 · 19:29 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated
Altitude
1.1°
Azimuth
257° WSW
Next moonrise
Sat, Aug 1 · 20:36 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 11:36 UTC
    peak 44°
    in 4 hoursrises SW → sets ENE6m 26s
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 13:13 UTC
    peak 60°
    in 6 hoursrises W → sets ENE6m 40s
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 14:50 UTC
    peak 56°
    in 8 hoursrises WNW → sets E6m 40s
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 16:27 UTC
    peak 54°
    in 9 hoursrises WNW → sets SE6m 37s
  • Sat, Aug 1 · 18:05 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 11 hoursrises WSW → sets SSW2m 13s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Perseids

    ~100/hr

    The most popular shower; warm summer nights, reliable rates.

    Peak: 08-12

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercurymag 0.3
    40.2°Not visible
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.3
    58.9°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -1.8
    27.5°Not visible
  • Saturnmag 0.6
    30.4°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    62°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    22.2°Not visible
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