What's in the sky tonight in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina · 34.60° S, 58.38° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Buenos Aires's clock (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, GMT-3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 19:15, rises 05:59 (dark enough for the bright stars 19:43 to 05:33)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:52, sets 05:15
- Planets
- Jupiter: low in the NE before dawn, from about 03:53
- Mars: low in the NE before dawn, from about 03:33
- Saturn: up 19:43 to 04:33, highest in the N around 23:23 (54°)
- Mercury: low in the WSW after dusk, until about 20:03
- Space station
- next visible pass Sat 20:18: look SSW, it climbs to 17° and sets in the ESE · 5 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 9 (inner-city sky): about 17.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 59× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- ESO 56-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 0.3: best around 03:58, 55° up in the S
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:28, 31° up in the N
- NGC 292 (Small Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 2.3: best around 23:28, 52° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Buenos Aires
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.