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Tonight's Sky from Reykjavik, Iceland

64.14°N, 21.9°W · Atlantic/Reykjavik · Tue, Apr 28 · 22:10 UTC

🌅 Twilight — sky is darkening

Planets will appear soon as the sky gets darker.

⏳Overcast — visibility likely poor tonight. Check again later or try tomorrow.

Reykjavik, Iceland · 3 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye

3 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Venus — Venus is extremely bright but low in the sky, and heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is very bright, but heavy cloud cover (100%) is blocking the sky.
  • Uranus — Sky still too bright during twilight for Uranus.
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
100%
Overcast
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
93% lit — Moon visible, but no impact in daylight
Light pollution
Suburban
Bortle 5 — measured

Light pollution

Bortle scale · catalogued
5/9
Suburban
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city

Suburban sky. Milky Way washed out near horizon. M31 and M33 only with averted vision. Most galaxies lost.

Naked-eye limit
mag 6.0

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 Reykjavik 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.

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

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

Sun

Civil twilight
Altitude
−3.2°
Civil twilight — sky still bright
Azimuth
313° NW
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 05:06 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 21:45 UTC

Moon

Visible
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated
Altitude
18.7°
Azimuth
161° SSE
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 19:24 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

1 pass
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 05:11 UTC
    peak 10°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets S52s

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
    13.9°Blocked by clouds
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupitermag -2.0
    34.2°Blocked by clouds
  • Saturn
    Below horizon
  • Uranusmag 5.8
    9.8°Not visible
  • Neptune
    Below horizon
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