What's in the sky tonight in Shanghai
Shanghai, China · 31.23° N, 121.47° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Shanghai's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:12, rises 06:04 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:39 to 05:44)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:21, sets 05:55
- Planets
- Jupiter: high up in the ESE before dawn, from about 01:29
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 00:49
- Saturn: up 17:39 to 03:39, highest in the S around 22:19 (60°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.0 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 39× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:24, 83° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:09, 53° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:44, 76° up in the SE
Live: tonight's sky over Shanghai
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.