What's in the sky tonight in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, United States · 39.95° N, 75.16° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Philadelphia's clock (America/New_York, GMT-4). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:08, rises 07:21 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:40 to 06:55)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:04, sets 06:43
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:30
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:50
- Saturn: up 18:40 to 04:40, highest in the S around 23:30 (51°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:50: look NNW, it climbs to 15° and sets in the NE · 4 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 9 (inner-city sky): about 17.5 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 61× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:40, 74° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:25, 44° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:55, 69° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Philadelphia
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.