What's in the sky tonight in Edmonton
Edmonton, Canada · 53.53° N, 113.50° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Edmonton's clock (America/Edmonton, GMT-6). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:16, rises 08:20 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:54 to 07:49)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:20, sets 07:55
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:44
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:54
- Saturn: up 18:54 to 05:04, highest in the S around 00:04 (38°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:19: look W, it climbs to 64° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 17.8 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 46× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 03:09, 61° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:54, 31° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:49, 56° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Edmonton
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.