Night sky over Ho Chi Minh City tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (49% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+7).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
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Facing southwest
8:30 PM
5:00 PM11:30 PM6:00 AM
The Moon (49% 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
49% lit · 7.3 days since new moon
402,958 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 12:39 PM
- Moonset
- Sun, Oct 18 11:37 PM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 5:34 PM
- Fully dark
- 6:45 PM
- Sunrise
- 5:42 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 7:21 AM · Sets 6:52 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 6:12 AM · Sets 5:43 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 12:45 AM · Sets 1:18 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 5:14 AM, east, 63° up
- JupiterRises 1:31 AM · Sets 1:56 PM · magnitude -1.9
Best around 5:14 AM, east, 53° up
- SaturnRises 4:44 PM · Sets 4:49 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 10:44 PM, south, 81° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Ho Chi Minh City.
- 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 11:12 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 6:35 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 9:54 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 8:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Mon, Jan 4 12:56 AMVenus 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 7:17 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 1:20 PMMercury 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 10:59 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Ho Chi Minh City
- Thu, Feb 11 7:17 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 10:44 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sun, Feb 21 6:12 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Ho Chi Minh City
- Sun, Feb 21 6:24 AMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 1:56 PMMercury 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 5:44 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21 5:27 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 5:59 PMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 5:01 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 7:45 AMFull moon
- Fri, Jul 16 2:29 AMMercury 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 10:45 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 11:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Ho Chi Minh City
- Mon, Aug 2 5:06 PMTotal solar eclipseNot visible from Ho Chi Minh City
- 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 2:13 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Ho Chi Minh City
- Tue, Aug 17 2:29 PMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 6:04 AMFull moon
- Sat, Sep 25 5:06 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 8:47 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 7:18 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).