What's in the sky tonight in Dallas
Dallas, United States · 32.78° N, 96.81° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Dallas's clock (America/Chicago, GMT-5). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:43, rises 07:39 (dark enough for the bright stars 19:12 to 07:17)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:40, sets 07:04
- Planets
- Jupiter: high up in the ESE before dawn, from about 03:02
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:22
- Saturn: up 19:12 to 05:12, highest in the S around 23:52 (59°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 17.8 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 47× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:57, 81° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:42, 51° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:17, 75° up in the SE
Live: tonight's sky over Dallas
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.