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Tonight's Sky from Los Angeles, United States

34.05°N, 118.24°W · America/Los_Angeles · Tue, Apr 28 · 22:11 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening.

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Los Angeles, United States · 7 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

High pass — fairly easy to follow (47° pass at 07:14 UTC). Moves from south-southwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits east-northeast

High
Where to look
Look south-southwest
When
6 min pass (07:14 UTC)
Visibility score
70/100
7 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mercury — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Venus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Mars — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Jupiter — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Saturn — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Uranus — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Neptune — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
0%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
93% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
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 Los Angeles on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
52.6°
Sun is up
Azimuth
247° WSW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 13:05 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 02:34 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated
Altitude
−23.3°
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 00:05 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 07:14 UTC
    peak 47°
    in 9 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 26s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 08:52 UTC
    peak 17°
    in 11 hoursrises WNW → sets NNE4m 34s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 13:47 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 16 hoursrises N → sets ENE3m 54s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 15:23 UTC
    peak 66°
    in 17 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 42s
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 06:28 UTC
    peak 24°
    tomorrowrises S → sets ENE5m 33s

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
  • Mercurymag -0.6
    36.3°Not visible
  • Venusmag -3.9
    76.2°Not visible
  • Marsmag 1.2
    29.4°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    54.3°Not visible
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    23.4°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    71.6°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    18.1°Not visible
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