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Tonight's Sky from Mexico City, Mexico

19.43°N, 99.13°W · America/Mexico_City · Tue, Apr 28 · 20:55 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening. 🔭 Better ISS pass tomorrow (77°).

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Mexico City, Mexico · 7 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

High pass — fairly easy to follow (44° pass at 05:38 UTC). Moves from southwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits north-northeast

High
Where to look
Look southwest
When
6 min pass (05:38 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
19%
Mostly clear
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
92% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
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 Mexico City on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are mostly clear.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
55.9°
Sun is up
Azimuth
267° W
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 12:09 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 00:58 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated
Altitude
−24.3°
Next moonrise
Tue, Apr 28 · 22:38 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 05:38 UTC
    peak 44°
    in 9 hoursrises SW → sets NNE6m 23s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 13:54 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 17 hoursrises NNE → sets ENE2m 41s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 15:29 UTC
    peak 32°
    in 19 hoursrises WNW → sets S6m 6s
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 04:50 UTC
    peak 77°
    tomorrowrises SW → sets NE6m 37s
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 14:42 UTC
    peak 75°
    in 2 daysrises NW → sets SSE6m 43s

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
    39.6°Not visible
  • Venusmag -3.9
    82.2°Not visible
  • Marsmag 1.2
    32.2°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    53.8°Not visible
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    26.4°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    77.3°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    20.7°Not visible
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