Night sky over Dubai tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (51% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+4).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
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Facing southwest
10:45 PM
5:15 PM12:00 AM6:45 AM
The Moon (51% lit) is up in the southwest. Planets up: Saturn.
Drawn from star and planet positions for this city; clouds and real light pollution are not included.
Moon
First quarter
51% lit · 7.5 days since new moon
402,553 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 1:36 PM
- Moonset
- Sun, Oct 18 11:40 PM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 5:49 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:05 PM
- Sunrise
- 6:18 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 8:10 AM · Sets 6:53 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 6:59 AM · Sets 5:45 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 12:48 AM · Sets 2:05 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 5:51 AM, east, 67° up
- JupiterRises 1:39 AM · Sets 2:38 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 5:51 AM, east, 56° up
- SaturnRises 5:06 PM · Sets 5:15 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 11:11 PM, south, 66° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Dubai.
- Wed, Oct 21Orionids meteor shower peakUp to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Mon, Oct 26 8:12 AMFull moon
- Tue, Nov 17Leonids meteor shower peakUp to about 15 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Sat, Nov 21 3:35 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the morning sky20° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Tue, Nov 24 6:54 PMFull moon
- Mon, Dec 14Geminids meteor shower peakUp to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Thu, Dec 24 5:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 9:56 PMVenus farthest from the Sun in the morning sky47° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Mon, Jan 4Quadrantids meteor shower peakUp to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Fri, Jan 22 4:17 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 10:20 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky18° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Sat, Feb 6 7:59 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Dubai
- Thu, Feb 11 4:17 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 7:44 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sun, Feb 21 3:12 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Dubai
- Sun, Feb 21 3:24 AMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 10:56 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the morning sky28° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Mon, Mar 22 2:44 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21 2:27 AMFull moon
- Thu, Apr 22Lyrids meteor shower peakUp to about 18 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Thu, May 6Eta Aquariids meteor shower peakUp to about 50 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Thu, May 20 2:59 PMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 2:01 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky23° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Sat, Jun 19 4:45 AMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 11:29 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the morning sky21° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Sun, Jul 18 7:45 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 8:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Dubai
- Mon, Aug 2 2:06 PMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Dubai: 53% of the Sun covered. Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses.
- Fri, Aug 13Perseids meteor shower peakUp to about 100 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Tue, Aug 17 11:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Dubai
- Tue, Aug 17 11:29 AMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 3:04 AMFull moon
- Sat, Sep 25 2:06 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky26° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Sat, Oct 9Draconids meteor shower peakUp to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Fri, Oct 15 5:47 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 4:18 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).