Night sky over Seattle tonight
Tonight's Moon: First quarter (49% lit). No bright planets are well placed tonight. Times are local (PDT).
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
7:15 AM
5:45 PM12:45 AM8:00 AM
Twilight: only the brightest stars and planets show yet. The Moon is below the horizon. Planets up: Mars, Jupiter.
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
402,897 km from Earth
- Moonrise
- Sun, Oct 18 3:14 PM
- Moonset
- Sun, Oct 18 11:55 PM
Sun and darkness
- Sunset
- 6:17 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:59 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:32 AM
Planets tonight
- MercuryRises 9:57 AM · Sets 6:49 PM · magnitude 0.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- VenusRises 8:45 AM · Sets 5:47 PM · magnitude -4.2
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- MarsRises 12:48 AM · Sets 3:48 PM · magnitude 1.0
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- JupiterRises 1:51 AM · Sets 4:09 PM · magnitude -1.9
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
- SaturnRises 5:50 PM · Sets 6:08 AM · magnitude 0.3
Not visible tonight: too close to the Sun or too low
Coming up in the sky
The next 12 months, with what can be seen from Seattle.
- Tue, Oct 20Orionids meteor shower peakUp to about 20 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Sun, Oct 25 9:12 PMFull moon
- Mon, Nov 16Leonids meteor shower peakUp to about 15 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Fri, Nov 20 3:35 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 6:54 AMFull moon
- Sun, Dec 13Geminids meteor shower peakUp to about 150 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Wed, Dec 23 5:28 PMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Sun, Jan 3 9:56 AMVenus farthest from the Sun in the morning sky47° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the east before sunrise
- Sun, Jan 3Quadrantids meteor shower peakUp to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · the Moon stays out of the way
- Fri, Jan 22 4:17 AMFull moonSupermoon: a full moon close to Earth, slightly bigger and brighter
- Tue, Feb 2 10:20 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 7:59 AMAnnular solar eclipseNot visible from Seattle
- Wed, Feb 10 4:17 PMJupiter at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Fri, Feb 19 7:44 AMMars at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
- Sat, Feb 20 3:12 PMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Seattle
- Sat, Feb 20 3:24 PMFull moon
- Tue, Mar 16 11:56 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 3:44 AMFull moon
- Tue, Apr 20 3:27 PMFull moon
- Wed, Apr 21Lyrids meteor shower peakUp to about 18 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Wed, May 5Eta 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 3:59 AMFull moon
- Fri, May 28 3:01 AMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky23° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Fri, Jun 18 5:45 PMFull moon
- Thu, Jul 15 12:29 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 8:45 AMFull moon
- Sun, Jul 18 9:02 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseNot visible from Seattle
- Mon, Aug 2 3:06 AMTotal solar eclipseNot visible from Seattle
- Thu, Aug 12Perseids meteor shower peakUp to about 100 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Tue, Aug 17 12:13 AMPenumbral lunar eclipseVisible from Seattle
- Tue, Aug 17 12:29 AMFull moon
- Wed, Sep 15 4:04 PMFull moon
- Fri, Sep 24 3:06 PMMercury farthest from the Sun in the evening sky26° from the Sun: the best time to see it, low in the west after sunset
- Fri, Oct 8Draconids meteor shower peakUp to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky · bright moonlight hides fainter meteors
- Fri, Oct 15 6:47 AMFull moon
- Sun, Oct 17 5:18 PMSaturn at oppositionClosest to Earth and brightest of the year, up all night
Month by month
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).