Tonight's Sky from Shanghai, China
31.22°N, 121.46°E · Asia/Shanghai · Sun, Nov 1 · 09:04 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.
Shanghai, China · 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.
- Saturn — Sky still too bright during twilight for Saturn.
- Neptune — Sky still too bright during twilight for Neptune.
4 planets below the horizon — Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
- Venus — Below horizon
- Mars — Below horizon
- Jupiter — Below horizon
- Uranus — Below horizon
Sky map
Zenith at center · Horizon at edgeObserving conditions
Cloud cover
100%
Overcast
Moon
Last Quarter
55% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
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 Shanghai on the detail page.
- Duration
- 6m 24s
- Magnitude
- 1.08
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 below the horizon and will not interfere.
Sun
Civil twilight
Altitude
−0.6°
Civil twilight — sky still bright
Azimuth
253° WSW
Next sunrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 22:10 UTC
Next sunset
Sun, Nov 1 · 09:05 UTC
Moon
Below horizon
Phase
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated
Altitude
−37.5°
Next moonrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 14:55 UTC
ISS passes (next 48 h)
5 passes
- Sun, Nov 1 · 12:51 UTCpeak 20°in 4 hoursrises S → sets E4m 59s
- Sun, Nov 1 · 14:27 UTCpeak 27°in 5 hoursrises W → sets NNE5m 50s
- Sun, Nov 1 · 21:00 UTCpeak 26°in 12 hoursrises NNW → sets E5m 50s
- Sun, Nov 1 · 22:37 UTCpeak 21°in 14 hoursrises WNW → sets S5m 14s
- Mon, Nov 2 · 12:05 UTCpeak 10°tomorrowrises SE → sets ESE44s
Active meteor showers
1 active
Orionids
~20/hrThe other Halley's Comet shower; fast bright meteors.
Peak: 10-21
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets
Planets
0 currently observable
- Mercurymag 3.52.9°Not visible
- VenusBelow horizon
- MarsBelow horizon
- JupiterBelow horizon
- Saturnmag 0.516.6°Not visible
- UranusBelow horizon
- Neptunemag 7.721.6°Not visible