What's in the sky tonight in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary · 47.50° N, 19.04° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Budapest's clock (Europe/Budapest, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:39, rises 06:16 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:13 to 05:48)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:33, sets 05:19
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:03
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:13
- Saturn: up 18:13 to 03:23, highest in the S around 23:13 (44°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:37: look WNW, it climbs to 49° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.5 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 24× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:13, 67° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:13, 37° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:48, 62° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Budapest
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.