What's in the sky tonight in Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır, Türkiye · 37.91° N, 40.24° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Diyarbakır's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:29, rises 06:37 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:59 to 06:14)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:16, sets 05:36
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:49
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:09
- Saturn: up 17:59 to 04:09, highest in the S around 22:49 (54°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Tue 06:08: look NNW, it climbs to 15° and sets in the ENE · 4 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 7× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:59, 76° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:44, 46° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:14, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Diyarbakır
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.