What's in the sky tonight in Moscow
Moscow, Russia · 55.75° N, 37.62° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Moscow's clock (Europe/Moscow, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:08, rises 07:20 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:49 to 06:44)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:07, sets 06:19
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:39
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 00:39
- Saturn: up 17:49 to 03:59, highest in the S around 22:59 (36°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:03: look WSW, it climbs to 38° and sets in the ESE · 6 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 9 (inner-city sky): about 17.1 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 86× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:04, 58° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:49, 28° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:44, 54° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Moscow
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.