What's in the sky tonight in Tangshan
Tangshan, China · 39.63° N, 118.17° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Tangshan's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:14, rises 06:28 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:42 to 06:02)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:24, sets 06:24
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:32
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 00:52
- Saturn: up 17:42 to 03:52, highest in the S around 22:32 (52°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 05:41: look NNW, it climbs to 13° and sets in the NE · 3 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.6 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 23× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:42, 75° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:27, 44° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:02, 69° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Tangshan
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.