What's in the sky tonight in Cologne
Cologne, Germany · 50.94° N, 6.96° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Cologne's clock (Europe/Berlin, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:21, rises 07:12 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:57 to 06:42)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 17:18, sets 06:17
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:47
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:57
- Saturn: up 18:57 to 04:07, highest in the S around 23:57 (40°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:35: look W, it climbs to 78° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.1 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 14× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:12, 63° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:57, 33° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:42, 58° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Cologne
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.