Tonight's sky · Thursday, October 29, 2026
Tonight over Johannesburg
Darkness
- Sunset
- 6:22 PM
- Dark enough for satellites
- 6:46 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:44 PM
- Sunrise
- 5:19 AM
- Moon
- waning gibbous, 89% lit
- Clouds this evening
- clear
Bright planets at 7:16 PM
- Venus — below the horizon, magnitude -4.2
- Jupiter — below the horizon, magnitude -2.0
- Mars — below the horizon, magnitude 0.9
- Saturn — 39° up in the NE, 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
| Object | Starts | Peak | Max height | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQUA | 3:36 AM | 3:40 AM | 84° | N → S |
| TITAN 4B R/B | 3:48 AM | 3:52 AM | 75° | SW → N |
| SL-8 R/B | 4:10 AM | 4:14 AM | 80° | N → S |
| CSS (WENTIAN) | 4:31 AM | 4:31 AM | 16° | SW → S |
| CSS (MENGTIAN) | 4:31 AM | 4:31 AM | 16° | SW → S |
| TIANZHOU-10 | 4:31 AM | 4:31 AM | 16° | SW → S |
| SHENZHOU-23 (SZ-23) | 4:31 AM | 4:31 AM | 16° | SW → S |
| CSS (TIANHE) | 4:31 AM | 4:31 AM | 16° | SW → S |
Starlink trains
- 2:59 AM — train of 5, peaking 57° up, from the SE
- 4:09 AM — train of 5, peaking 83° up, from the SE
- 4:24 AM — train of 6, peaking 37° up, from the SE
- 4:38 AM — train of 5, peaking 51° 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.