What's in the sky tonight in Samara
Samara, Russia · 53.18° N, 50.12° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Samara's clock (Europe/Samara, GMT+4). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:24, rises 07:24 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:04 to 06:49)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:21, sets 06:19
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:54
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:04
- Saturn: up 18:04 to 04:14, highest in the S around 23:04 (38°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:28: look W, it climbs to 69° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.0 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 15× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:19, 61° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:04, 31° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:49, 56° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Samara
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.