Night sky over Edinburgh tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (50% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+1).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
Drag the picture to look around, and slide through the night from dusk to dawn.
Facing south
6:15 PM
5:30 PM12:45 AM8:15 AM
Twilight: only the brightest stars and planets show yet. The Moon (51% lit) is up in the south.
Drawn from star and planet positions for this city; clouds and real light pollution are not included.
Moon
First quarter
50% lit · 7.4 days since new moon
402,702 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 4:13 PM
- Moonset
- Sun, Oct 18 10:49 PM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 6:04 PM
- Fully dark
- 8:08 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:52 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 10:37 AM · Sets 6:17 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 9:17 AM · Sets 5:14 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 12:17 AM · Sets 4:23 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 7:04 AM, southeast, 50° up
- JupiterRises 1:28 AM · Sets 4:36 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 7:04 AM, southeast, 43° up
- SaturnRises 5:52 PM · Sets 6:16 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 12:04 AM, south, 36° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Edinburgh.
- 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 4:12 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
- Fri, Nov 20 11:35 PMMercury 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 2:54 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 1:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 5:56 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 12:17 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 6:20 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 3:59 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Edinburgh
- Thu, Feb 11 12:17 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 3:44 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sat, Feb 20 11:12 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Edinburgh
- Sat, Feb 20 11:24 PMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 6:56 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 10:44 AMFull moon
- Tue, Apr 20 11:27 PMFull 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 11:59 AMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 11:01 AMMercury 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 1:45 AMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 8:29 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 4:45 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 5:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Edinburgh
- Mon, Aug 2 11:06 AMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Edinburgh: 27% 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 8:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Edinburgh
- Tue, Aug 17 8:29 AMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 12:04 AMFull moon
- Fri, Sep 24 11:06 PMMercury 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 2:47 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 1:18 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).