What's in the sky tonight in Samsun
Samsun, Türkiye · 41.29° N, 36.33° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Samsun's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:40, rises 06:57 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:09 to 06:29)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:29, sets 05:57
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:59
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:19
- Saturn: up 18:09 to 04:19, highest in the S around 22:59 (50°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:04: look NNW, it climbs to 15° and sets in the NE · 4 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- 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 02:09, 73° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:54, 43° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:29, 67° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Samsun
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.