Tonight's sky · Thursday, October 29, 2026
Tonight over Vienna
Darkness
- Sunset
- 4:40 PM
- Dark enough for satellites
- 5:13 PM
- Fully dark
- 6:25 PM
- Sunrise
- 6:36 AM
- Moon
- waning gibbous, 89% lit
- Clouds this evening
- overcast
Bright planets at 5:43 PM
- Venus — below the horizon, magnitude -4.2
- Jupiter — below the horizon, magnitude -2.0
- Mars — below the horizon, magnitude 0.9
- Saturn — 18° 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
| Object | Starts | Peak | Max height | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FREGAT DEB | 3:42 AM | 3:52 AM | 59° | NW → SE |
| SL-8 R/B | 4:14 AM | 4:20 AM | 81° | S → N |
| SL-3 R/B | 5:06 AM | 5:09 AM | 86° | N → S |
| POISK | 5:41 AM | 5:43 AM | 52° | W → SE |
| ISS (NAUKA) | 5:41 AM | 5:43 AM | 52° | W → SE |
| PROGRESS-MS 34 | 5:41 AM | 5:43 AM | 52° | W → SE |
| ISS (ZARYA) | 5:41 AM | 5:43 AM | 52° | W → SE |
| FREGAT DEB | 5:48 AM | 5:51 AM | 18° | W → SW |
Starlink trains
- 4:39 AM — train of 6, peaking 61° up, from the N
- 5:01 AM — train of 7, peaking 45° up, from the SW
- 5:18 AM — train of 7, peaking 77° up, from the NE
- 5:34 AM — train of 5, peaking 54° 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.