What's in the sky tonight in Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom · 52.48° N, 1.90° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Birmingham's clock (Europe/London, GMT+1). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:53, rises 06:51 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:32 to 06:17)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 16:51, sets 05:58
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:22
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:32
- Saturn: up 18:32 to 03:42, highest in the S around 23:32 (39°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:10: look W, it climbs to 59° and sets in the ESE · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.4 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 27× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:47, 62° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:32, 32° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:17, 57° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Birmingham
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.