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Tonight's Sky from Paris, France

48.85°N, 2.35°E · Europe/Paris · Tue, Apr 28 · 22:10 UTC

🌟 Good sky tonight — 1 planet observable

Best right now: Jupiter. Look west — low in the sky.

Tonight's sky quality53/100

Good — worth going outside

⏱Best viewing: now → next 2-3 hours (before Jupiter sets)

Paris, France · 1 planet in the sky · 1 visible to the naked eye

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

High pass — fairly easy to follow (59° pass at 04:23 UTC). Moves from west-northwest across the sky, passes fairly high in the sky, and exits east

High
Where to look
Look west-northwest
When
6 min pass (04:23 UTC)
Visibility score
70/100

Also worth watching

1 object
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    Moderate

    Jupiter is very bright — may need some patience.

    Look west — low in the sky·Best from a spot away from bright lights.
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
48%
Partly cloudy
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
93% lit — Strong — only brightest objects
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 Paris 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 — ISS is the standout target.

Some cloud cover is present but viewing is still workable.

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

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−23.2°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
334° NNW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 04:33 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 19:03 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated
Altitude
35.1°
Azimuth
188° S
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 17:01 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 23:35 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 1 hourrises SSE → sets ESE1m 48s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 01:09 UTC
    peak 53°
    in 3 hoursrises SW → sets ENE6m 34s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 02:46 UTC
    peak 56°
    in 5 hoursrises W → sets ENE6m 39s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 04:23 UTC
    peak 59°
    in 6 hoursrises WNW → sets E6m 42s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 06:00 UTC
    peak 46°
    in 8 hoursrises WNW → sets SE6m 31s

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
    22.2°Visible
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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