What's in the sky tonight in Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · 47.92° N, 106.91° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Ulaanbaatar's clock (Asia/Ulaanbaatar, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:46, rises 07:27 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:22 to 06:57)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:55, sets 07:30
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:12
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:22
- Saturn: up 18:22 to 04:32, highest in the S around 23:12 (43°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:24: look WNW, it climbs to 45° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.8 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 6.5× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:22, 66° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:07, 36° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:57, 61° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Ulaanbaatar
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.