What's in the sky tonight in Munich
Munich, Germany · 48.14° N, 11.57° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Munich's clock (Europe/Berlin, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:08, rises 06:48 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:43 to 06:18)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 17:03, sets 05:52
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:33
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:43
- Saturn: up 18:43 to 03:53, highest in the S around 23:43 (43°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:36: look WNW, it climbs to 47° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.2 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 12× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:43, 66° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:43, 36° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:18, 61° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Munich
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.