What's in the sky tonight in Cangzhou
Cangzhou, China · 38.30° N, 116.84° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Cangzhou's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:21, rises 06:31 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:52 to 06:07)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:31, sets 06:27
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:42
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:02
- Saturn: up 17:52 to 03:52, highest in the S around 22:32 (53°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 05:41: look N, it climbs to 10° and sets in the NNE · 1 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 8.4× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:52, 76° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:37, 46° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:07, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Cangzhou
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.