What's in the sky tonight in San Jose
San Jose, United States · 37.30° N, 121.87° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are San Jose's clock (America/Los_Angeles, GMT-7). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:18, rises 07:25 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:47 to 07:02)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 17:17, sets 06:55
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:37
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:57
- Saturn: up 18:47 to 04:47, highest in the S around 23:37 (54°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 21× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:47, 77° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:32, 47° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:02, 71° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over San Jose
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.