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Tonight's Sky from Buenos Aires, Argentina

34.61°S, 58.38°W · America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires · Tue, Apr 28 · 22:11 UTC

🌙 0 planets observable tonight

(clear sky)

⏳Nearly full darkness — conditions improving by the minute.

Buenos Aires, Argentina · 3 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

High pass — fairly easy to follow (55° pass at 23:06 UTC). Moves from southwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits east-northeast

High
Where to look
Look southwest
When
6 min pass (23:06 UTC)
Visibility score
70/100
3 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Venus — Venus is bright, but sky conditions prevent observation.
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is bright, but sky conditions prevent observation.
  • Uranus — Uranus is too faint for current sky conditions.
4 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSMoonVenus ⛅Jupiter ⛅Uranus ⛅NESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
0%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
93% lit — Strong — only brightest objects
Light pollution
City
Bortle 8 — measured

Light pollution

Bortle scale · catalogued
8/9
City
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city

City sky. Only a few dozen stars visible. Familiar constellation shapes missing dimmer stars. Moon and planets only.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.5

Next eclipse

Solar · total
106
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

Visible: Greenland, Iceland, Spain, North Africa. Confirm viewability from Buenos Aires on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

A nearly full Moon is dominating the sky — expect reduced contrast.

Sun

Astronomical twilight
Altitude
−12.2°
Astronomical twilight — nearly dark
Azimuth
279° W
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 10:27 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 21:13 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated
Altitude
31.3°
Azimuth
72° ENE
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 19:56 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 23:06 UTC
    peak 55°
    in 56 minutesrises SW → sets ENE6m 41s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 00:45 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 3 hoursrises WNW → sets NW2m 19s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 14:13 UTC
    peak 10°
    in 16 hoursrises NE → sets ENE1m 25s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 15:47 UTC
    peak 61°
    in 18 hoursrises WNW → sets SE6m 49s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 17:27 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 19 hoursrises SW → sets S1m 39s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Eta Aquariids

    ~50/hr

    Halley's Comet debris; favors the Southern Hemisphere.

    Peak: 05-06

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venusmag -3.9
    4.5°Not visible
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    29.5°Not visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    1.6°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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