What's in the sky tonight in Volgograd
Volgograd, Russia · 48.71° N, 44.52° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Volgograd's clock (Europe/Volgograd, GMT+3). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 16:55, rises 06:37 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:31 to 06:06)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 15:49, sets 05:34
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:21
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 00:31
- Saturn: up 17:31 to 03:41, highest in the S around 22:31 (43°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Mon 05:17: look WNW, it climbs to 56° and sets in the E · 7 min · bright, easy to see
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.1 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 13× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:31, 65° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:31, 35° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:06, 61° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Volgograd
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.