What's in the sky tonight in Heze

Heze, China · 35.23° N, 115.43° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Heze's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.

Sun
sets 17:31, rises 06:33 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:58 to 06:08)
Moon
Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:41, sets 06:27
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:48
  • Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:08
  • Saturn: up 17:58 to 03:58, highest in the S around 22:38 (56°)
Sky darkness
Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.8 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 6.6× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:58, 79° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:43, 49° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:08, 73° up in the SSE

Live: tonight's sky over Heze

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