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Tonight's Sky from New York City, United States

40.71°N, 74.01°W · America/New_York · Tue, Apr 28 · 20:56 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset in about 2 hours. ☁️ Overcast — visibility may be limited tonight, including ISS.

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

New York City, United States · 6 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

56° pass — but likely hidden by cloud cover. Moves from west-southwest, passes fairly high in the sky, exits northeast

Fair
Where to look
Look west-southwest
When
6 min pass (05:46 UTC)
Visibility score
40/100
6 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.
1 planet below the horizon — Neptune
  • Neptune — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
100%
Overcast
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 New York City on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
31.4°
Sun is up
Azimuth
262° W
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 09:57 UTC
Next sunset
Tue, Apr 28 · 23:49 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated
Altitude
−2.4°
Next moonrise
Tue, Apr 28 · 21:04 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 04:11 UTC
    peak 16°
    in 7 hoursrises S → sets E4m 21s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 05:46 UTC
    peak 56°
    in 9 hoursrises WSW → sets NE6m 36s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 07:24 UTC
    peak 16°
    in 10 hoursrises NW → sets NNE4m 27s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 09:03 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 12 hoursrises NNW → sets NE3m 36s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 10:39 UTC
    peak 31°
    in 14 hoursrises NW → sets E6m 6s

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
    15.1°Not visible
  • Venusmag -3.9
    56.3°Not visible
  • Marsmag 1.2
    8.6°Not visible
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    68.6°Not visible
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    2.6°Not visible
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    51°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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