Sky Tonight
All you can find in the sky. Even clouds.
Sky Map
What’s Visible Tonight — November 13–14
- Sunset
- 17:47
- Stargazing
- 18:34–04:53
- Sunrise
- 05:42
Moon
Waxing Crescent · 18% illuminatedVisible 18:34–21:22
Moonlight won’t interfere during this observing window. How clearly you can see faint stars depends mainly on local light pollution.
Lunar highlights: Mare Crisium
Tonight’s Highlights
Saturn, the ringed planet, is suitable for observing now. It is a naked-eye target, with a telescope revealing its rings.
Andromeda Galaxy (M31) can be observed now. Under dark skies, binoculars reveal its bright central region.
Orion Nebula (M42), a bright nebula, is already a good observing target. Binoculars are useful, with darker skies helping.
The star cluster Pleiades (M45), a familiar pattern of stars, is suitable for observing now. Binoculars show more stars.
Jupiter, the largest planet, is a later-night target, around 01:50. It is a naked-eye target, with a telescope revealing more detail.
Venus, a bright planet, is worth observing before dawn, around 04:30. The naked eye is enough.
Constellations to Spot Tonight
Orion: Three Belt stars sit inside a bright four-star outline. The pattern is toward the east now; it remains favorably placed until around 04:20.
Cassiopeia: Five stars trace a distinctive W. The pattern is toward the north-west now; it remains favorably placed until around 00:30.
Taurus: Aldebaran marks one arm of the V-shaped Hyades. The pattern is toward the north-east now; it remains favorably placed until around 04:20.
Solar System Objects
Close Approaches
Mars near Jupiter — closest 1.19°
16 November 2026 at 01:51
