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Tonight's Sky from Istanbul, Turkey

41.01°N, 28.95°E · Europe/Istanbul · Tue, Apr 28 · 20:53 UTC

🌟 Good sky tonight — 1 planet observable

Best right now: Jupiter. Look west — low in the sky. (mostly clear) 🔭 Better ISS pass tomorrow — nearly overhead (59°).

Tonight's sky quality49/100

Good — worth going outside

⏱Best viewing: now → next 1-2 hours (before Jupiter sets)

Istanbul, Turkey · 1 planet in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best object right now

Jupiter

Jupiter is very bright but low in the sky — may need some patience.

Fair
Where to look
Look west
When
Visible now
Visibility score
44/100
6 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Saturn — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSMoonJupiterNESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
11%
Mostly clear
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
92% lit — Strong — only brightest objects
Light pollution
Inner city
Bortle 9 — measured

Light pollution

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

Inner-city sky. Only Moon, planets, and the very brightest stars. No stellar limiting magnitude worth reporting.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.0

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 Istanbul on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

Conditions are good to head outside now — Jupiter is the standout target.

Skies are mostly clear.

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

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−32.4°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
340° NNW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 03:05 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 16:58 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated
Altitude
41.7°
Azimuth
200° SSW
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 14:58 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 21:59 UTC
    peak 34°
    in 1 hourrises SSW → sets ENE6m 7s
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 23:36 UTC
    peak 32°
    in 3 hoursrises W → sets NE6m 8s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 01:15 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 4 hoursrises NW → sets NNE3m 50s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 02:52 UTC
    peak 17°
    in 6 hoursrises NNW → sets ENE4m 39s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 04:29 UTC
    peak 59°
    in 8 hoursrises NW → sets ESE6m 41s

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

1 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    15.3°Visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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