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Tonight's Sky from London, United Kingdom

51.51°N, 0.13°W · Europe/London · Tue, Apr 28 · 20:55 UTC

🌙 0 planets observable tonight

(clear sky)

⏳Nearly full darkness — conditions improving by the minute.

London, United Kingdom · 3 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Very bright, nearly overhead — unmissable (86° pass at 04:23 UTC). Moves from west across the sky, passes nearly overhead, and exits east

Excellent
Where to look
Look west
When
6 min pass (04:23 UTC)
Visibility score
90/100
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
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 London 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
−13.1°
Astronomical twilight — nearly dark
Azimuth
315° NW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 04:36 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 19:20 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated
Altitude
31.7°
Azimuth
163° SSE
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 17:16 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 01:10 UTC
    peak 30°
    in 4 hoursrises SSW → sets E5m 58s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 02:46 UTC
    peak 82°
    in 6 hoursrises WSW → sets E6m 45s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 04:23 UTC
    peak 86°
    in 7 hoursrises W → sets E6m 46s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 05:59 UTC
    peak 34°
    in 9 hoursrises W → sets SE6m 13s
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 00:23 UTC
    peak 22°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets E5m 17s

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
    7.3°Not visible
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    35.8°Not visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    2.5°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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