What's in the sky tonight in İzmir
İzmir, Türkiye · 38.41° N, 27.14° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are İzmir's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:21, rises 07:30 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:51 to 07:06)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 17:09, sets 06:31
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:41
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:01
- Saturn: up 18:51 to 05:01, highest in the S around 23:41 (53°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 06:53: look N, it climbs to 12° and sets in the NE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.3 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 29× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:51, 76° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:36, 46° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:06, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over İzmir
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.