What's in the sky tonight in Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan · 40.37° N, 49.84° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Baku's clock (Asia/Baku, GMT+4). The live card below updates.

Sun
sets 17:48, rises 07:02 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:20 to 06:35)
Moon
Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:35, sets 05:59
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:10
  • Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:20
  • Saturn: up 18:20 to 04:20, highest in the S around 23:10 (51°)
Space station
next visible pass Sun 05:30: look NNW, it climbs to 12° and sets in the NNE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
Sky darkness
Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.4 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 26× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:20, 74° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:05, 44° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:35, 68° up in the SSE

Live: tonight's sky over Baku

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