What's in the sky tonight in Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang, China · 38.04° N, 114.51° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Shijiazhuang's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:31, rises 06:41 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:01 to 06:16)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:41, sets 06:36
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:51
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:11
- Saturn: up 18:01 to 04:01, highest in the S around 22:41 (53°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.9 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 17× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:01, 76° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:46, 46° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:16, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Shijiazhuang
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.