What's in the sky tonight in Katowice
Katowice, Poland · 50.25° N, 19.00° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Katowice's clock (Europe/Warsaw, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:34, rises 06:22 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:09 to 05:49)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:30, sets 05:25
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:59
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:09
- Saturn: up 18:09 to 03:19, highest in the S around 23:09 (41°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:37: look WNW, it climbs to 83° and sets in the ESE · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.9 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 16× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:24, 64° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:09, 34° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:49, 59° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Katowice
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.