What's in the sky tonight in Santiago
Santiago, Chile · 33.44° S, 70.65° W
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Santiago's clock (America/Santiago, GMT-3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 20:03, rises 06:49 (dark enough for the bright stars 20:32 to 06:27)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 98% lit · rises 18:43, sets 06:07
- Planets
- Jupiter: low in the NE before dawn, from about 04:32
- Mars: low in the NE before dawn, from about 04:12
- Saturn: up 20:32 to 05:22, highest in the N around 00:12 (55°)
- Mercury: low in the WSW after dusk, until about 20:52
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 21:05: look SSW, it climbs to 21° and sets in the E · 5 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 17.9 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 41× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- ESO 56-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 0.3: best around 04:47, 54° up in the S
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 03:17, 32° up in the N
- NGC 292 (Small Magellanic Cloud), galaxy, magnitude 2.3: best around 00:17, 51° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Santiago
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.