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Tonight's Sky from Shanghai, China

31.22°N, 121.46°E · Asia/Shanghai · Tue, Sep 15 · 18:45 UTC

🌟 Good sky tonight — 2 planets observable

Best right now: Saturn. Look southwest — high in the sky. (clear sky, no moon interference)

Tonight's sky quality48/100

Good — worth going outside

⏱Best viewing: now → next 4-5 hours (before Saturn sets)

Shanghai, China · 4 planets in the sky · 2 visible to the naked eye

Best object right now

Saturn

Saturn is bright — may need some patience.

Fair
Where to look
Look southwest
When
Visible now
Visibility score
47/100

Also worth watching

1 object
  • Marsmag 1.2
    Difficult

    Mars is dim — requires dark-adapted eyes.

    Look east — low in the sky·Only try from a dark location.
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Uranus — Uranus is too faint for current sky conditions.
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
3 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon

Sky map

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

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
2%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Crescent
22% 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
321
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

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

Skies are almost fully clear.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−36°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
59° ENE
Next sunrise
Tue, Sep 15 · 21:38 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Sep 16 · 09:59 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22% illuminated
Altitude
−79.2°
Next moonrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 02:31 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 08:12 UTC
    peak 62°
    in 13 hoursrises SW → sets NE6m 39s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 14:46 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 20 hoursrises N → sets ENE3m 41s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 16:22 UTC
    peak 50°
    in 22 hoursrises NW → sets SSE6m 29s
  • Thu, Sep 17 · 07:24 UTC
    peak 64°
    in 2 daysrises SW → sets NE6m 39s
  • Thu, Sep 17 · 09:03 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 2 daysrises WNW → sets N2m 58s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

2 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.2
    22.1°Visible
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.4
    52.9°Visible
  • Uranusmag 5.7
    64.5°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    45.1°Needs telescope
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