What's in the sky tonight in Vienna
Vienna, Austria · 48.21° N, 16.37° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Vienna's clock (Europe/Vienna, GMT+2). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:49, rises 06:28 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:24 to 05:59)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 97% lit · rises 16:43, sets 05:32
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 02:14
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:24
- Saturn: up 18:24 to 03:34, highest in the S around 23:24 (43°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 05:36: look WNW, it climbs to 52° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 7 (suburban/urban transition): about 18.7 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 20× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:24, 66° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:24, 36° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:59, 61° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Vienna
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.