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Tonight's Sky from Paris, France

48.85°N, 2.35°E · Europe/Paris · Sat, May 2 · 23:19 UTC

❌ Sky fully covered — nothing visible right now

☁️ Overcast (100%) — even ISS will be hard to spot. Check again later.

Tonight's sky quality5/100

Poor — challenging conditions

⏳Overcast — visibility likely poor tonight. Check again later or try tomorrow.

Paris, France · 1 planet in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

59° pass — but likely hidden by cloud cover. Moves from west-northwest, passes fairly high in the sky, exits east

Fair
Where to look
Look west-northwest
When
6 min pass (02:50 UTC)
Visibility score
40/100
1 planet in the sky, but not visible to the naked eye
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is very bright but very low near the horizon, and heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
6 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
100%
Overcast
Moon
Full Moon
99% lit — Moon above horizon, but clouds fully block its effect
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
102
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

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Cloud cover is blocking most of the sky tonight — not recommended.

The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.

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

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−25.2°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
353° N
Next sunrise
Sun, May 3 · 04:27 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, May 3 · 19:08 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Full Moon
98.6% illuminated
Altitude
14°
Azimuth
161° SSE
Next moonrise
Sun, May 3 · 21:42 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sat, May 2 · 23:36 UTC
    peak 53°
    in 17 minutesrises SW → sets ENE6m 33s
  • Sun, May 3 · 01:13 UTC
    peak 56°
    in 2 hoursrises W → sets ENE6m 38s
  • Sun, May 3 · 02:50 UTC
    peak 59°
    in 4 hoursrises WNW → sets E6m 41s
  • Sun, May 3 · 04:27 UTC
    peak 45°
    in 5 hoursrises WNW → sets SE6m 29s
  • Sun, May 3 · 22:49 UTC
    peak 36°
    in 24 hoursrises SW → sets E6m 13s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Eta Aquariids

    ~50/hr

    Halley's Comet debris; favors the Southern Hemisphere.

    Peak: 05-06

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    9.1°Blocked by clouds
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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