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Tonight's Sky from Shanghai, China

31.22°N, 121.46°E · Asia/Shanghai · Tue, Apr 28 · 20:53 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.

Shanghai, China · 4 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye

4 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mercury — Mercury is bright but the sky hasn't darkened enough yet.
  • Mars — Sky still too bright during twilight for Mars.
  • Saturn — Sky still too bright during twilight for Saturn.
  • Neptune — Sky still too bright during twilight for Neptune.
3 planets below the horizon — Venus, Jupiter, Uranus
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSMercury ⛅Mars ⛅Saturn ⛅NESW

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 Shanghai 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.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Civil twilight
Altitude
−4.5°
Civil twilight — sky still bright
Azimuth
70° ENE
Next sunrise
Tue, Apr 28 · 21:11 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 10:31 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated
Altitude
−17.8°
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 08:23 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 22:20 UTC
    peak 13°
    in 1 hourrises N → sets ENE3m 9s
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 23:55 UTC
    peak 62°
    in 3 hoursrises NW → sets SSE6m 41s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 14:58 UTC
    peak 52°
    in 18 hoursrises SSW → sets NE6m 30s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 16:36 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 20 hoursrises WNW → sets N3m 36s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 23:08 UTC
    peak 64°
    tomorrowrises NW → sets SE6m 42s

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
    3.8°Not yet visible
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.2
    9.2°Not visible
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    11.6°Not visible
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    15.6°Not visible
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