Night sky over Mumbai tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (50% lit). Planets to look for: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Times are local (GMT+5:30).
Tonight's sky, as you'd see it
Drag the picture to look around, and slide through the night from dusk to dawn.
Facing southwest
10:00 PM
5:30 PM12:15 AM7:00 AM
The Moon (50% 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
50% lit · 7.4 days since new moon
402,704 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Mon, Oct 19 1:43 PM
- Moonset
- Mon, Oct 19 12:10 AM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 6:13 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:26 PM
- Sunrise
- 6:33 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 8:19 AM · Sets 7:23 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 7:09 AM · Sets 6:15 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 1:18 AM · Sets 2:15 PM · magnitude 1.0
Best around 6:05 AM, east, 66° up
- JupiterRises 2:06 AM · Sets 2:50 PM · magnitude -2.0
Best around 6:05 AM, east, 55° up
- SaturnRises 5:27 PM · Sets 5:34 AM · magnitude 0.3
Best around 11:35 PM, south, 72° up
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Mumbai.
- 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 9:42 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 5:05 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 8:24 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 6:58 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 11:26 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 5:47 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Wed, Feb 3 11:50 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 9:29 PMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Mumbai
- Thu, Feb 11 5:47 AMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 9:14 PMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sun, Feb 21 4:42 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Mumbai
- Sun, Feb 21 4:54 AMFull moon
- Wed, Mar 17 12:26 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 4:14 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21 3:57 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 4:29 PMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 3:31 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 6:15 AMFull moon
- Fri, Jul 16 12:59 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 9:15 PMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 9:32 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Mumbai
- Mon, Aug 2 3:36 PMTotal solar eclipseSeen from Mumbai: 32% 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 12:43 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Mumbai
- Tue, Aug 17 12:59 PMFull moon
- Thu, Sep 16 4:34 AMFull moon
- Sat, Sep 25 3:36 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 7:17 PMFull moon
- Mon, Oct 18 5:48 AMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).