What's in the sky tonight in Madrid
Madrid, Spain · 40.41° N, 3.69° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Madrid's clock (Europe/Madrid, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 19:22, rises 07:36 (dark enough for the bright stars 19:54 to 07:09)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 18:13, sets 06:44
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:44
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:54
- Saturn: up 19:54 to 04:54, highest in the S around 00:44 (51°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 06:24: look NNW, it climbs to 14° and sets in the NE · 4 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 9 (inner-city sky): about 17.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 51× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:54, 74° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:39, 44° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:09, 68° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Madrid
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.