Tonight’s sky
When it gets dark, what the moon’s doing, and which planets are up — for planning a night under the stars.
Next 7 nights — tap a night to see it
Darker nights (lower %) are best for galaxies and nebulae. Tap any night to see its darkness, moon, planets and ISS passes.
Waning gibbous · 68% lit
A bright 68%-lit moon is up through much of the night — best for the Moon, planets and bright targets; faint objects wash out.
Rises 22:15·sets 12:12
Darkness tonight
- Sunset19:38
- Civil twilight ends20:04
- Nautical twilight ends20:35
- Fully dark — a session can start21:08
- First light — dark ends05:13
- Nautical twilight (dawn)05:45
- Civil twilight (dawn)06:16
- Sunrise06:43
Planets tonight
- SaturnHigh in the small hours (around 03:15) — in the south.rises 21:05sets 09:30highest 03:15 (56°)
- MarsHigh just before dawn (around 06:43) — in the east.rises 02:08sets 16:45highest 06:43 (53°)
- JupiterLow just before dawn (around 06:43) — in the east, a bright evening/morning object.rises 04:35sets 18:26highest 06:43 (25°)
- VenusLow in the evening twilight (around 19:38) — in the southwest, a bright evening/morning object.rises 10:25sets 21:12highest 19:38 (17°)
ISS passes (naked eye)
ISS pass times are unavailable right now — The ISS orbit data is out of date — check back later.
Sun & Moon path (altitude over 24h)
The shaded band is the genuinely-dark part of the night. A target is easy to observe when its curve is high (above ~30°) during that band; low on the horizon means haze and rooftops. Times are EEST (local).
Coming up
- Orionids meteor showerWed 21 OctoberPeak night. Halley’s Comet again, ~20/hour.in 7 weeks
- Leonids meteor showerTue 17 NovemberPeak night. Fast and bright, ~15/hour.in 11 weeks
- Geminids meteor showerMon 14 DecemberPeak night. The year’s best — up to ~120/hour, bright and slow.in 15 weeks
Meteor showers are best on a moonless night away from town lights — use the moon panel above to judge. Eclipse and shower dates are worldwide; whether it’s above your horizon depends on your location and time.
Every time is shown in Kos’s own local clock, with daylight saving applied for the date. “—” means the event doesn’t occur (for example, some nights the moon doesn’t rise); “stays light” means the sky never reaches that stage (northern summer). ISS pass times use live orbital data and show only passes visible to the naked eye (bright enough, in a dark-enough sky). Planet visibility is judged during the genuinely-dark window, not by a daytime high point — so a planet only appears here when you could actually see it.