Night sky over Moscow tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (49% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+3).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
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Facing south
5:30 PM
4:45 PM12:00 AM7:30 AM
Twilight: only the brightest stars and planets show yet. The Moon (49% 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
49% lit · 7.3 days since new moon
402,892 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 3:27 PM
- Moonset
- Sun, Oct 18 9:58 PM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 5:22 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:25 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:08 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 9:52 AM · Sets 5:35 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 8:34 AM · Sets 4:32 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 11:35 PM · Sets 3:39 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 6:20 AM, southeast, 50° up
- JupiterRises 12:45 AM · Sets 3:52 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 6:20 AM, southeast, 43° up
- SaturnRises 5:09 PM · Sets 5:33 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 11:20 PM, south, 36° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Moscow.
- 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 7:12 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 2:35 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 5:54 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 4:28 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 8:56 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 3:17 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 9:20 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 6:59 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Moscow
- Thu, Feb 11 3:17 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 6:44 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sun, Feb 21 2:12 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Moscow
- Sun, Feb 21 2:24 AMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 9:56 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 1:44 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21 1:27 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 1:59 PMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 1:01 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 3:45 AMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 10:29 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 6:45 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 7:02 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Moscow
- Mon, Aug 2 1:06 PMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Moscow: 9% 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 10:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Moscow
- Tue, Aug 17 10:29 AMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 2:04 AMFull moon
- Sat, Sep 25 1:06 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 4:47 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 3:18 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).