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Your sky tonight

A live map of what is above you, the events worth stepping outside for, visible ISS passes and the best nights of the week.

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5 near-Earth asteroids pass within 40 lunar distances in the next seven days; the closest is 2018 SP2 at 5.0 lunar distances (1,922,000 km) on September 30, 2026. Geomagnetic activity is quiet (Kp 2.0) and the solar wind is blowing at 324 km/s. Next orbital launch: Crew-13 on Falcon 9 Block 5 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, October 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM UTC.

A live map of what is above you: Sun, Moon, planets and constellations. Drag the slider to move through the next 24 hours.

Stars: Yale Bright Star Catalog (public domain). Constellation lines and boundaries: IAU constellation data and Davenhall & Leggett (1989), assembled by d3-celestial (code: BSD-3, © Olaf Frohn). Sun, Moon and planets: Astronomy Engine (MIT).

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Events

Star parties, observatory nights and club events near you.

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Caught around the world

Photographs players shared from the game and from this sky view, each recomputed for the sky where it was taken. Teal cards are not players: they show what is really up over a city right now.

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Which constellations are visible tonight?

Tonight, September 29, 2026, these constellations are above the horizon from New York at around 21:00 local time: Cygnus (north, 81° high), Lyra (west, 63° high), Cassiopeia (north-east, 58° high), Pegasus (south-east, 57° high), Draco (north-west, 57° high), Cepheus (north, 57° high), Delphinus (south, 55° high), Aquila (south-west, 53° high), Andromeda (east, 53° high) and Hercules (west, 46° high). The sky map on this page draws the same view for wherever you are. Positions worked out by Astrometrik from the IAU constellation boundaries, refreshed every hour.

Where are the planets tonight?

Planets above the horizon from New York at around 21:00 local time tonight: Saturn (east, 22° high). Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter stay below the horizon at that hour.

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Asteroids passing Earth this week

Every dot is a near-Earth asteroid. The closer to the centre, the closer it passes. Tap a dot to inspect it.

5 asteroids pass Earth this week.

The closest is 2018 SP2, at 5.0 lunar distances on September 30, 2026. Tap a dot on the radar to inspect each one.

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News and bulletins

This week in space

  1. Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then cuts the trip short
  2. Crew-13 heads for the space station on 1 October
  3. Starliner will not carry astronauts again before 2028
  4. Juice slingshots past Earth on its way to Jupiter

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