What's in the sky tonight in Aleppo
Aleppo, Syria · 36.20° N, 37.16° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Aleppo's clock (Asia/Damascus, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:44, rises 06:47 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:11 to 06:21)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:30, sets 05:47
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:01
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:21
- Saturn: up 18:11 to 04:21, highest in the S around 23:01 (55°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Tue 06:09: look NNE, it climbs to 10° and sets in the NNE · 1 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 4 (rural/suburban transition): about 21.0 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 1.5× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:11, 78° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:56, 48° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:21, 71° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Aleppo
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.