What's in the sky tonight in Kyiv

Kyiv, Ukraine · 50.45° N, 30.52° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Kyiv's clock (Europe/Kyiv, GMT+3). The live card below updates.

Sun
sets 17:48, rises 06:36 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:22 to 06:07)
Moon
Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:43, sets 05:36
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:12
  • Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:22
  • Saturn: up 18:22 to 03:32, highest in the S around 23:22 (41°)
Space station
next visible pass Sun 05:02: look W, it climbs to 70° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
Sky darkness
Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.8 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 18× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:37, 64° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:22, 34° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:07, 59° up in the S

Live: tonight's sky over Kyiv

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