What's in the sky tonight in Ashgabat
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan · 37.95° N, 58.38° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Ashgabat's clock (Asia/Ashgabat, GMT+5). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:17, rises 07:24 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:46 to 07:01)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 17:02, sets 06:20
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:36
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:56
- Saturn: up 18:46 to 04:56, highest in the S around 23:36 (53°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Tue 06:34: look N, it climbs to 12° and sets in the NE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 9 (inner-city sky): about 17.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 52× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:46, 76° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:31, 46° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:01, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Ashgabat
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.