What's in the sky tonight in Algiers
Algiers, Algeria · 36.78° N, 3.06° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Algiers's clock (Africa/Algiers, GMT+1). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:59, rises 07:04 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:27 to 06:42)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 16:49, sets 06:10
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:17
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:37
- Saturn: up 18:27 to 04:37, highest in the S around 23:17 (55°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.0 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 38× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:27, 77° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:12, 47° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:42, 71° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Algiers
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