What's in the sky tonight in Van
Van, Türkiye · 38.50° N, 43.42° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Van's clock (Europe/Istanbul, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:16, rises 06:25 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:46 to 06:01)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:03, sets 05:23
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:36
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 00:56
- Saturn: up 17:46 to 03:56, highest in the S around 22:36 (53°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 05:20: look N, it climbs to 10° and sets in the NNE · 1 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 20.4 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 3.5× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:46, 76° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:31, 46° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:01, 70° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Van
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