Tonight's Sky from Reykjavik, Iceland
64.14°N, 21.9°W · Atlantic/Reykjavik · Wed, Jun 17 · 00:56 UTC
🌅 Twilight — sky is darkening
Planets will appear soon as the sky gets darker.
⏳Overcast — visibility likely poor tonight. Check again later or try tomorrow.
Reykjavik, Iceland · 3 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye
3 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
- Mercury — Sky still too bright during twilight for Mercury.
- Venus — Venus is extremely bright but very low near the horizon, and heavy cloud cover (98%) is blocking the sky.
- Jupiter — Jupiter is bright but the sky hasn't darkened enough yet.
4 planets below the horizon — Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
- Mars — Below horizon
- Saturn — Below horizon
- Uranus — Below horizon
- Neptune — Below horizon
Sky map
Zenith at center · Horizon at edgeObserving conditions
Cloud cover
98%
Overcast
Moon
Waxing Crescent
6% lit — Moon visible, but no impact in daylight
Light pollution
Suburban
Bortle 5 — measured
Light pollution
Bortle scale · catalogued
5/9
Suburban
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city
Suburban sky. Milky Way washed out near horizon. M31 and M33 only with averted vision. Most galaxies lost.
Naked-eye limit
mag 6.0
Next eclipse
Solar · total
56
days away
A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.
Visible: Greenland, Iceland, Spain, North Africa. Confirm viewability from Reykjavik on the detail page.
- Duration
- 2m 18s
- Magnitude
- 1.04
Targets tonight
Ranked by altitude × aperture reach
What this means
It is still daylight — check back after sunset.
The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.
The Moon is nearly dark — ideal for faint objects.
Sun
Civil twilight
Altitude
−2.3°
Civil twilight — sky still bright
Azimuth
353° N
Next sunrise
Wed, Jun 17 · 02:56 UTC
Next sunset
Thu, Jun 18 · 00:01 UTC
Moon
Visible
Phase
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated
Altitude
2.5°
Azimuth
326° NW
Next moonrise
Wed, Jun 17 · 05:18 UTC
ISS passes (next 48 h)
2 passes
- Wed, Jun 17 · 09:33 UTCpeak 10°in 9 hoursrises S → sets SSE1m 20s
- Thu, Jun 18 · 08:46 UTCpeak 10°tomorrowrises S → sets SSE44s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets
Planets
0 currently observable
- Mercurymag 0.60.9°Not visible
- Venusmag -4.03.5°Blocked by clouds
- MarsBelow horizon
- Jupitermag -1.81.2°Not yet visible
- SaturnBelow horizon
- UranusBelow horizon
- NeptuneBelow horizon