What's in the sky tonight in Istanbul
Istanbul, Türkiye · 41.01° N, 28.96° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Istanbul's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:10, rises 07:26 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:39 to 06:59)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:59, sets 06:27
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:29
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:49
- Saturn: up 18:39 to 04:49, highest in the S around 23:29 (50°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:03: look NNW, it climbs to 14° and sets in the NE · 4 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- 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 02:39, 73° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:24, 43° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:59, 67° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Istanbul
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.