Sun, Aug 16
The Moon and Venus side by side on August 16, 2026 from Beijing
Look west at Sun, Aug 16 7:50 PM, 11° 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 Sun, Aug 16 7:11 PM, 17° up
- FukuokaLook west at Sun, Aug 16 7:40 PM, 16° up
- TaipeiLook west at Sun, Aug 16 7:01 PM, 21° up
- VladivostokLook west at Sun, Aug 16 8:57 PM, 9° up
- Okinawa (Naha)Look west at Sun, Aug 16 7:38 PM, 21° up
- Hong KongLook west at Sun, Aug 16 7:26 PM, 23° up
- OsakaLook west at Sun, Aug 16 7:22 PM, 15° up
- NagoyaLook west at Sun, Aug 16 7:17 PM, 15° up
- HanoiLook west at Sun, Aug 16 6:58 PM, 24° up
- TokyoLook west at Sun, Aug 16 7:07 PM, 14° up
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).