What's in the sky tonight in Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg, Russia · 56.84° N, 60.61° E
Tonight's sky at a glance
Computed 2026-10-24 20:57 UTC for the night of Saturday, 24 October 2026; times are Yekaterinburg's clock (Asia/Yekaterinburg, GMT+5). The live card below updates.
- Sun
- sets 17:33, rises 07:51 (dark enough for the bright stars 18:17 to 07:12)
- Moon
- Waxing gibbous, 97% lit · rises 16:33, sets 06:43
- Planets
- Jupiter: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 02:07
- Mars: halfway up in the SSE before dawn, from about 01:07
- Saturn: up 18:17 to 04:27, highest in the S around 23:27 (35°)
- Space station
- next visible pass Sun 06:30: look WSW, it climbs to 32° and sets in the SE · 6 min · low; look for a steady moving light
- Sky darkness
- Bortle class 8 (city sky): about 17.9 mag/arcsec² overhead on a clear, moonless night; artificial light 43× the natural sky
- For binoculars
- M 45 (Pleiades), open cluster, magnitude 1.2: best around 02:32, 57° up in the S
- NGC 1980 (Lower Sword), cluster with nebula, magnitude 2.5: best around 04:17, 27° up in the S
- M 44 (Beehive), open cluster, magnitude 3.1: best around 07:12, 53° up in the S
Live: tonight's sky over Yekaterinburg
Times in the live card follow your device's clock.