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Tonight's Sky from Sydney, Australia

33.87°S, 151.21°E · Australia/Sydney · Tue, Apr 28 · 22:10 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening. 🔭 Better ISS pass tomorrow (76°).

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Sydney, Australia · 4 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Moderate pass — visible but not very high (30° pass at 09:59 UTC). Moves from west-southwest across the sky, passes moderate height, and exits north-northeast

High
Where to look
Look west-southwest
When
6 min pass (09:59 UTC)
Visibility score
60/100
4 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mercury — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Mars — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Saturn — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Neptune — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
3 planets below the horizon — Venus, Jupiter, Uranus
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
7%
Clear
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
93% 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 Sydney on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are almost fully clear.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
18.4°
Sun is up
Azimuth
57° ENE
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 20:28 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 07:16 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated
Altitude
−45.3°
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 05:43 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 01:50 UTC
    peak 76°
    in 4 hoursrises NW → sets SE6m 52s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 03:30 UTC
    peak 11°
    in 5 hoursrises SW → sets S2m 16s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 08:23 UTC
    peak 23°
    in 10 hoursrises SSW → sets E5m 33s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 09:59 UTC
    peak 30°
    in 12 hoursrises WSW → sets NNE6m 2s
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 01:03 UTC
    peak 55°
    tomorrowrises NNW → sets SE6m 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
    34.2°Not visible
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.2
    40°Not visible
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    45.7°Not visible
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    49.9°Not visible
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