Tonight's sky · Thursday, October 29, 2026
Tonight over Paris
Darkness
- Sunset
- 5:37 PM
- Dark enough for satellites
- 6:09 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:23 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:32 AM
- Moon
- waning gibbous, 89% lit
- Clouds this evening
- mostly cloudy
Bright planets at 12:11 AM
- Venus — below the horizon, magnitude -4.2
- Jupiter — below the horizon, magnitude -2.0
- Mars — below the horizon, magnitude 0.9
- Saturn — 40° up in the SW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL-16 R/B | 4:49 AM | 4:53 AM | 86° | NW → SE |
| POISK | 5:38 AM | 5:41 AM | 77° | W → E |
| ISS (NAUKA) | 5:38 AM | 5:41 AM | 77° | W → E |
| PROGRESS-MS 34 | 5:38 AM | 5:41 AM | 77° | W → E |
| ISS (ZARYA) | 5:38 AM | 5:41 AM | 77° | W → E |
| SPACEMOBILE-004 | 5:41 AM | 5:44 AM | 86° | SW → NE |
| FREGAT DEB | 5:42 AM | 5:49 AM | 33° | W → S |
| SL-16 R/B | 6:42 AM | 6:46 AM | 83° | SW → NE |
Starlink trains
- 5:32 AM — train of 5, peaking 70° up, from the N
- 5:57 AM — train of 5, peaking 72° up, from the S
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.