What's in the sky tonight in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya · 32.89° N, 13.19° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Tripoli's clock (Africa/Tripoli, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 18:24, rises 07:19 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:52 to 06:57)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 17:11, sets 06:23
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the ESE before dawn, from about 02:42
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:02
- Saturn: up 18:52 to 04:52, highest in the S around 23:32 (59°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 18.1 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 35× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:37, 81° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:37, 51° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:57, 74° up in the SE
Live: tonight's sky over Tripoli
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.