Tonight's sky · Thursday, October 29, 2026

Tonight over Barcelona

Catalonia, ES · 41.39, 2.17 · times in Europe/Madrid

Darkness

Sunset
5:51 PM
Dark enough for satellites
6:20 PM
Fully dark
7:24 PM
Sunrise
7:19 AM
Moon
waning gibbous, 89% lit
Clouds this evening
mostly clear

Bright planets at 6:50 PM

  • Venus — below the horizon, magnitude -4.2
  • Jupiter — below the horizon, magnitude -2.0
  • Mars — below the horizon, magnitude 0.9
  • Saturn — 21° up in the E, magnitude 0.4

The "bright star that does not move" is usually Venus or Jupiter. The sky turns, so check the direction near your sighting time on the live page.

Satellite passes tonight

ObjectStartsPeakMax heightPath
SL-3 R/B5:39 AM5:42 AM81°N → S
POISK5:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
ISS (NAUKA)5:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
PROGRESS-MS 345:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
ISS (ZARYA)5:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
FREGAT DEB5:43 AM5:51 AM47°NW → S
GXIBA-16:08 AM6:09 AM24°W → S
SAOCOM 1A6:13 AM6:16 AM79°S → N

Starlink trains

  • 5:41 AM — train of 5, peaking 65° up, from the SE
  • 5:58 AM — train of 5, peaking 77° up, from the N

Launches in view

No launches within 1,500 km in the next 24 hours.

Aurora & meteors

Aurora: quiet (Kp 2.33); odds from here: unlikely.

Meteor showers: Orionids, Taurids.

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