Night sky over Madrid tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (50% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+2).
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
9:30 PM
7:00 PM1:45 AM8:45 AM
The Moon (51% lit) is up in the south. Planets up: Saturn.
Drawn from star and planet positions for this city; clouds and real light pollution are not included.
Moon
First quarter
50% lit · 7.3 days since new moon
402,828 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 4:14 PM
- Moonset
- Mon, Oct 19 1:05 AM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 7:30 PM
- Fully dark
- 9:01 PM
- Sunrise
- 8:29 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 10:40 AM · Sets 8:17 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 9:25 AM · Sets 7:10 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 2:13 AM · Sets 4:31 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 7:50 AM, southeast, 60° up
- JupiterRises 3:10 AM · Sets 4:57 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 7:50 AM, southeast, 51° up
- SaturnRises 6:59 PM · Sets 7:13 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 1:10 AM, south, 51° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Madrid.
- 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 5:12 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 12:35 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 3:54 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 2:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 6:56 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 1:17 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 7:20 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 4:59 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Madrid
- Thu, Feb 11 1:17 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 4:44 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sun, Feb 21 12:12 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Madrid
- Sun, Feb 21 12:24 AMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 7:56 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 11:44 AMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21 12:27 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 12:59 PMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 12:01 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 2:45 AMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 9:29 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 5:45 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 6:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Madrid
- Mon, Aug 2 12:06 PMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Madrid: 86% 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 9:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Madrid
- Tue, Aug 17 9:29 AMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 1:04 AMFull moon
- Sat, Sep 25 12:06 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 3:47 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 2:18 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).