What's in the sky tonight in Baoding
Baoding, China · 38.87° N, 115.48° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Baoding's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:26, rises 06:38 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:58 to 06:13)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:36, sets 06:34
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:48
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:08
- Saturn: up 17:58 to 03:58, highest in the S around 22:38 (53°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 05:41: look N, it climbs to 11° and sets in the NNE · 2 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.5 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 8.8× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:58, 75° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:43, 45° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:13, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Baoding
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.