Tonight's sky · Thursday, October 29, 2026

Tonight over Barcelona

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

Darkness

Sunset
5:50 PM
Dark enough for satellites
6:18 PM
Fully dark
7:23 PM
Sunrise
7:20 AM
Moon
waning gibbous, 88% lit
Clouds this evening
partly cloudy

Bright planets at 6:48 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
FREGAT DEB3:47 AM3:50 AM69°NW → E
SL-3 R/B5:39 AM5:42 AM82°N → S
POISK5:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
PROGRESS-MS 345:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
ISS (ZARYA)5:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
ISS (NAUKA)5:40 AM5:41 AM22°N → NE
FREGAT DEB5:43 AM5:51 AM47°NW → S
GXIBA-16:08 AM6:09 AM24°W → S

Starlink trains

  • 5:41 AM — train of 5, peaking 65° up, from the SE
  • 5:58 AM — train of 5, peaking 74° up, from the N
  • 6:16 AM — train of 6, peaking 82° up, from the N
  • 6:36 AM — train of 7, peaking 55° up, from the SW

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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