What's in the sky tonight in Prague
Prague, Czechia · 50.09° N, 14.42° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Prague's clock (Europe/Prague, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:53, rises 06:40 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:27 to 06:07)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 16:49, sets 05:44
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:17
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:27
- Saturn: up 18:27 to 03:37, highest in the S around 23:27 (41°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:36: look WNW, it climbs to 72° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 22× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:42, 64° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:27, 34° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:07, 59° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Prague
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.