What's in the sky tonight in Changchun
Changchun, China · 43.88° N, 125.32° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Changchun's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 16:39, rises 06:06 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:13 to 05:38)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 15:48, sets 06:03
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:03
- Mars: high up in the SSE before dawn, from about 00:13
- Saturn: up 17:13 to 03:13, highest in the S around 22:03 (48°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Tue 04:53: look NW, it climbs to 26° and sets in the ENE · 6 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.3 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 30× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:13, 70° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 02:58, 40° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:38, 65° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Changchun
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.