What's in the sky tonight in Xingtai
Xingtai, China · 37.07° N, 114.47° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Xingtai's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:32, rises 06:39 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:02 to 06:17)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:42, sets 06:34
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:52
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:12
- Saturn: up 18:02 to 04:02, highest in the S around 22:42 (54°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 5 (suburban sky): about 19.8 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 6.4× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:02, 77° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:47, 47° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 06:17, 71° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Xingtai
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.