What's in the sky tonight in Kharkiv
Kharkiv, Ukraine · 49.99° N, 36.23° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Kharkiv's clock (Europe/Kyiv, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:26, rises 06:12 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:00 to 05:40)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:21, sets 05:11
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:50
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:00
- Saturn: up 18:00 to 03:10, highest in the S around 23:00 (41°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:03: look WNW, it climbs to 69° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.3 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 11× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:15, 64° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:00, 34° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:40, 59° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Kharkiv
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.