Thu, Jun 18
The Moon and Venus side by side on June 17, 2026 from Shanghai
Look west at Wed, Jun 17 7:39 PM, 24° up.
Only 0.3° apart: less than the width of your little finger at arm's length.
This has passed
Times are local (GMT+8).
"Worth looking up" alerts for Shanghai
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Shanghai: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
Put Shanghai's sky in your calendar
Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.
The Moon and Venus meet in the evening sky after sunset: two bright lights almost touching.
How to watch
- No equipment needed: look for two bright points unusually close together.
- Binoculars fit both in one view; a phone on night mode catches them over the horizon.
- They stay close for a few days around the date: a cloudy night is not the end.
Other cities
- TaipeiLook west at Wed, Jun 17 7:21 PM, 26° up
- Okinawa (Naha)Look west at Wed, Jun 17 8:00 PM, 26° up
- FukuokaLook west at Wed, Jun 17 8:11 PM, 22° up
- BeijingLook west at Wed, Jun 17 8:31 PM, 19° up
- Hong KongLook west at Wed, Jun 17 7:43 PM, 27° up
- OsakaLook west at Wed, Jun 17 7:54 PM, 22° up
- VladivostokLook west at Wed, Jun 17 9:44 PM, 17° up
- NagoyaLook west at Wed, Jun 17 7:50 PM, 22° up
- ManilaLook west at Wed, Jun 17 6:59 PM, 29° up
- HanoiLook west at Wed, Jun 17 7:14 PM, 27° up
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).