What's in the sky tonight in Islamabad

Islamabad, Pakistan · 33.70° N, 73.04° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Islamabad's clock (Asia/Karachi, GMT+5). The live card below updates.

Sun
sets 17:23, rises 06:20 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:52 to 05:57)
Moon
Waxing gibbous, 96% lit · rises 16:06, sets 05:13
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the ESE before dawn, from about 01:42
  • Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:02
  • Saturn: up 17:52 to 03:52, highest in the S around 22:32 (58°)
Sky darkness
Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 8.3× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:37, 80° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:37, 50° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:57, 74° up in the SSE

Live: tonight's sky over Islamabad

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