What's in the sky tonight in Yantai

Yantai, China · 37.46° N, 121.45° E

Tonight's sky at a glance

Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Sunday, 25 October 2026; times are Yantai's clock (Asia/Shanghai, GMT+8). The live card below updates.

Sun
sets 17:04, rises 06:12 (dark enough for the bright stars 17:34 to 05:49)
Moon
Full Moon, 99% lit · rises 16:13, sets 06:06
Planets
  • Jupiter: halfway up in the SE before dawn, from about 01:24
  • Mars: high up in the SE before dawn, from about 00:44
  • Saturn: up 17:34 to 03:34, highest in the S around 22:14 (54°)
Space station
next visible pass Mon 05:42: 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 19.5 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 8.9× the natural sky
For binoculars
  1. M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 01:34, 77° up in the S
  2. NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 03:19, 47° up in the S
  3. M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 05:49, 71° up in the SSE

Live: tonight's sky over Yantai

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