What's in the sky tonight in Montevideo
Montevideo, Uruguay · 34.91° S, 56.19° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Montevideo's clock (America/Montevideo, GMT-3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 19:07, rises 05:50 (dark enough for the bright stars 19:34 to 05:24)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:43, sets 05:06
- Planets
- Jupiter: low in the NE before dawn, from about 03:44
- Mars: low in the NE before dawn, from about 03:24
- Saturn: up 19:34 to 04:24, highest in the N around 23:14 (54°)
- Mercury: low in the WSW after dusk, until about 19:54
- Space station
- next visible pass Sat 20:18: look SSW, it climbs to 20° and sets in the E · 5 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.5 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 24× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- ESO 56-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 0.3: best around 03:49, 55° up in the S
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:19, 31° up in the N
- NGC 292 (Small Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 2.3: best around 23:19, 52° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Montevideo
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.