Fri, Jul 17
The Moon and Venus side by side on July 17, 2026 from Beijing
Look west at Fri, Jul 17 8:25 PM, 16° up.
Only 1.8° 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 Beijing
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Beijing: 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 Beijing'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
- ShanghaiLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:36 PM, 22° up
- FukuokaLook west at Fri, Jul 17 8:07 PM, 20° up
- TaipeiLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:20 PM, 25° up
- VladivostokLook west at Fri, Jul 17 9:36 PM, 13° up
- Okinawa (Naha)Look west at Fri, Jul 17 7:59 PM, 25° up
- Hong KongLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:44 PM, 27° up
- OsakaLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:50 PM, 19° up
- NagoyaLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:46 PM, 19° up
- HanoiLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:14 PM, 27° up
- TokyoLook west at Fri, Jul 17 7:37 PM, 19° up
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).