The Planetarium
Lie back.
Your sky, this minute, held overhead: zenith at the center, horizon at the rim, north up and east to the left — the way a chart reads when you hold it above you.
Planets computed from JPL’s elements (the Orrery’s engine, cross-checked against an independent Sun) · the Moon to about a degree · refreshed each minute
The station, over you
Next passes over you
Predictions need your location. “Remember my sky” keeps it in this browser only, rounded to ~11 km — one click next time, nothing uploaded either way.
Tonight’s planets
Mars is in the evening sky, setting after the Sun — 57° from the Sun.
Jupiter is in the evening sky, setting after the Sun — 28° from the Sun.
Saturn is in the evening sky, setting after the Sun — 149° from the Sun.
Venus is in the morning sky, rising before the Sun — 44° from the Sun.
Mercury is lost in the Sun's glare right now.
Solar elongation computed by JPL Horizons for today’s date; under 12° counts as lost in the glare.
The aurora, from here
The Moon, and the next shooting stars
Waning Crescent, 35% illuminated.
Orionids — peaks 21 October, up to ~20 meteors/hour under dark skies.
Leonids — peaks 17 November, up to ~15 meteors/hour under dark skies.
Geminids — peaks 14 December, up to ~150 meteors/hour under dark skies.
ISS passes are computed from wheretheiss.at ephemeris and labelled approximate; aurora probability is NOAA’s OVATION model; planet geometry is JPL Horizons; the Moon is a mean-phase model. Your location is used for the lookup you request and is never stored on our servers.