What's in the sky tonight in Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany · 53.55° N, 10.00° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Hamburg's clock (Europe/Berlin, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:03, rises 07:05 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:40 to 06:30)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 17:02, sets 06:10
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:30
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:40
- Saturn: up 18:40 to 03:50, highest in the S around 23:50 (38°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:35: look W, it climbs to 62° and sets in the ESE · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 20× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:55, 61° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:40, 31° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:30, 56° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Hamburg
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.