What's in the sky tonight in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States · 34.05° N, 118.24° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Los Angeles's clock (America/Los_Angeles, GMT-7). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:08, rises 07:06 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:37 to 06:42)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:06, sets 06:35
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:27
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:47
- Saturn: up 18:37 to 04:37, highest in the S around 23:17 (57°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 9 (inner-city sky): about 17.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 55× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:22, 80° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:07, 50° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:42, 73° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Los Angeles
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.