What's in the sky tonight in Ankara
Ankara, Türkiye · 39.94° N, 32.84° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Ankara's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:56, rises 07:09 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:28 to 06:43)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:45, sets 06:10
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:18
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:38
- Saturn: up 18:28 to 04:28, highest in the S around 23:18 (51°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:04: look NNW, it climbs to 12° and sets in the NNE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.2 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 31× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:28, 74° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:13, 44° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:43, 68° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Ankara
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.