What's in the sky tonight in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain · 41.38° N, 2.18° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Barcelona's clock (Europe/Madrid, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:57, rises 07:14 (dark enough for the bright stars 19:26 to 06:46)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 17:48, sets 06:20
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:16
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:36
- Saturn: up 19:26 to 04:36, highest in the S around 00:16 (50°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:35: look NW, it climbs to 15° and sets in the NE · 4 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 17.9 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 44× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:26, 73° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:11, 43° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:46, 67° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Barcelona
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.