What's in the sky tonight in Phoenix
Phoenix, United States · 33.45° N, 112.07° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Phoenix's clock (America/Phoenix, GMT-7). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:44, rises 06:41 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:13 to 06:18)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 16:42, sets 06:09
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the ESE before dawn, from about 02:03
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:23
- Saturn: up 18:13 to 04:13, highest in the S around 22:53 (58°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.0 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 38× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:58, 81° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:43, 51° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:18, 74° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Phoenix
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.