What's in the sky tonight in Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada · 45.42° N, 75.69° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Ottawa's clock (America/Toronto, GMT-4). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:01, rises 07:32 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:32 to 07:02)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:00, sets 06:55
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:22
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:42
- Saturn: up 18:32 to 04:42, highest in the S around 23:32 (46°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:49: look NW, it climbs to 33° and sets in the E · 6 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.3 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 28× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:32, 69° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:17, 39° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:02, 64° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Ottawa
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.