What's in the sky tonight in Yancheng
Yancheng, China · 33.35° N, 120.16° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Yancheng's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:14, rises 06:12 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:44 to 05:49)
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:24, sets 06:04
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the ESE before dawn, from about 01:34
- Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 00:54
- Saturn: up 17:44 to 03:44, highest in the S around 22:24 (58°)
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 6 (bright suburban sky): about 19.0 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 14× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:29, 81° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:14, 51° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:49, 74° up in the SSE
Live: tonight's sky over Yancheng
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.