What's in the sky tonight in Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia · 56.33° N, 44.01° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Nizhny Novgorod's clock (Europe/Moscow, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 16:40, rises 06:56 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:23 to 06:18)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 15:41, sets 05:53
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:13
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 00:13
- Saturn: up 17:23 to 03:33, highest in the S around 22:33 (35°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:04: look WSW, it climbs to 30° and sets in the SE · 6 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- 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
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:38, 58° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:23, 28° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:18, 53° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Nizhny Novgorod
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.