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Tonight's Sky from Sydney, Australia

33.87°S, 151.21°E · Australia/Sydney · Tue, Sep 15 · 20:01 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.

Sydney, Australia · 5 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Bright, high pass — easy to spot (64° pass at 18:17 UTC). Moves from northwest across the sky, passes high overhead, and exits southeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look northwest
When
6 min pass (18:17 UTC)
Visibility score
80/100
5 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • 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.
2 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
1%
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 Sydney on the detail page.

Duration
6m 24s
Magnitude
1.08

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
0.8°
Sun is up
Azimuth
86° E
Next sunrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 19:52 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Sep 16 · 07:47 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated
Altitude
−22.3°
Next moonrise
Tue, Sep 15 · 22:17 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 01:36 UTC
    peak 43°
    in 6 hoursrises SW → sets ENE6m 36s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 03:14 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 7 hoursrises W → sets NNW3m 52s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 18:17 UTC
    peak 64°
    in 22 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 46s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 19:57 UTC
    peak 10°
    in 24 hoursrises SSW → sets SSW50s
  • Thu, Sep 17 · 00:49 UTC
    peak 26°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets E5m 53s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.2
    27.8°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -1.8
    18.9°Not visible
  • Saturnmag 0.4
    12°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.7
    31°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    5.9°Not visible
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