Tonight's sky · Thursday, October 29, 2026

Tonight over Dublin

Leinster, IE · 53.35, -6.26 · times in Europe/Dublin

Darkness

Sunset
4:58 PM
Dark enough for satellites
5:35 PM
Fully dark
6:56 PM
Sunrise
7:19 AM
Moon
waning gibbous, 88% lit
Clouds this evening
mostly cloudy

Bright planets at 6:05 PM

  • Venus — below the horizon, magnitude -4.2
  • Jupiter — below the horizon, magnitude -2.0
  • Mars — below the horizon, magnitude 0.9
  • Saturn — 15° 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
FREGAT DEB4:39 AM4:47 AM37°W → S
ORBVIEW 2 (SEASTAR)4:41 AM4:46 AM78°S → N
SPACEMOBILE-0094:49 AM4:52 AM87°W → E
SPACEMOBILE-0105:09 AM5:12 AM86°W → E
POISK6:14 AM6:16 AM22°W → S
PROGRESS-MS 346:14 AM6:16 AM22°W → S
ISS (ZARYA)6:14 AM6:16 AM22°W → S
ISS (NAUKA)6:14 AM6:16 AM22°W → S

Starlink trains

  • 5:12 AM — train of 6, peaking 88° up, from the E
  • 6:07 AM — train of 5, peaking 83° up, from the SE
  • 6:28 AM — train of 5, peaking 46° up, from the SE

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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