What's in the sky tonight in Montreal
Montreal, Canada · 45.50° N, 73.59° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Montreal's clock (America/Toronto, GMT-4). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:53, rises 07:24 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:24 to 06:54)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 16:51, sets 06:47
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:14
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:34
- Saturn: up 18:24 to 04:34, highest in the S around 23:24 (46°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:49: look NW, it climbs to 36° and sets in the E · 6 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 53× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:24, 69° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:09, 39° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:54, 64° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Montreal
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.