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Tonight's Sky from Sydney, Australia

33.87°S, 151.21°E · Australia/Sydney · Sun, Nov 1 · 09:04 UTC

🌙 1 planet observable tonight

Best right now: Saturn. Look northeast — about halfway up the sky. (no moon interference)

Tonight's sky quality33/100

Limited — only brightest objects

⏱Best viewing: now → next 8-9 hours (before Saturn sets)

⏳Wait 15-30 minutes — sky nearly dark enough for good viewing.

Sydney, Australia · 2 planets in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best object right now

Saturn

Saturn is dim — requires dark-adapted eyes.

Fair
Where to look
Look northeast
When
Visible now
Visibility score
28/100
1 planet in the sky, but not visible to the naked eye
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
5 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSSaturnNESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
52%
Mostly cloudy
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 Sydney 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.

Heavy cloud cover will block most of the sky tonight.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Nautical twilight
Altitude
−8.9°
Nautical twilight — stars emerging
Azimuth
246° WSW
Next sunrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 18:54 UTC
Next sunset
Mon, Nov 2 · 08:23 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated
Altitude
−67.1°
Next moonrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 14:46 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 22:55 UTC
    peak 22°
    in 14 hoursrises N → sets ESE5m 23s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 00:31 UTC
    peak 30°
    in 15 hoursrises W → sets SSE6m 8s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 07:03 UTC
    peak 52°
    in 22 hoursrises SW → sets ENE6m 38s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 08:42 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 24 hoursrises WNW → sets NNW2m 26s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 22:09 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 2 daysrises NNE → sets ENE2m 39s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Orionids

    ~20/hr

    The other Halley's Comet shower; fast bright meteors.

    Peak: 10-21

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

1 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.5
    37.6°Visible
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    43.6°Needs telescope
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