What's in the sky tonight in Perth
Perth, Australia · 31.96° S, 115.86° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Perth's clock (Australia/Perth, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:35, rises 05:25 (dark enough for the bright stars 19:01 to 05:01)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 17:47, sets 04:59
- Planets
- Jupiter: low in the NE before dawn, from about 03:01
- Mars: halfway up in the NE before dawn, from about 02:41
- Saturn: up 19:01 to 03:51, highest in the N around 22:41 (57°)
- Mercury: low in the WSW after dusk, until about 19:21
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 19:42: look S, it climbs to 15° and sets in the ESE · 4 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 20× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- ESO 56-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 0.3: best around 03:16, 52° up in the S
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:46, 34° up in the N
- NGC 292 (Small Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 2.3: best around 23:01, 49° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Perth
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.