What's in the sky tonight in Minsk

Minsk, Belarus · 53.90° N, 27.56° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

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

Sun
sets 17:52, rises 07:56 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:29 to 07:19)
Moon
Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:51, sets 06:57
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:19
  • Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:29
  • Saturn: up 18:29 to 04:39, highest in the S around 23:39 (38°)
Space station
next visible pass Sun 06:01: look W, it climbs to 59° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
Sky darkness
Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 19× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:44, 60° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:29, 30° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:19, 56° up in the S

Live: tonight's sky over Minsk

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