What's in the sky tonight in Pyongyang
Pyongyang, North Korea · 39.02° N, 125.75° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Pyongyang's clock (Asia/Pyongyang, GMT+9). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:45, rises 06:57 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:17 to 06:32)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:54, sets 06:51
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:07
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:27
- Saturn: up 18:17 to 04:17, highest in the S around 22:57 (52°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Tue 05:55: look NNW, it climbs to 13° and sets in the NE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 4 (rural/suburban transition): about 20.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 2.3× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:17, 75° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:02, 45° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:32, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Pyongyang
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.