Tonight's sky · Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tonight over Chicago
Darkness
- Sunset
- 5:49 PM
- Dark enough for satellites
- 6:18 PM
- Fully dark
- 7:23 PM
- Sunrise
- 7:19 AM
- Moon
- waning gibbous, 89% lit
- Clouds this evening
- clear
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
| Object | Starts | Peak | Max height | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSS (WENTIAN) | 7:18 PM | 7:21 PM | 80° | W → E |
| CSS (MENGTIAN) | 7:18 PM | 7:21 PM | 80° | W → E |
| TIANZHOU-10 | 7:18 PM | 7:21 PM | 80° | W → E |
| SHENZHOU-23 (SZ-23) | 7:18 PM | 7:21 PM | 80° | W → E |
| CSS (TIANHE) | 7:18 PM | 7:21 PM | 80° | W → E |
| FREGAT DEB | 5:30 AM | 5:38 AM | 50° | NW → S |
| POISK | 5:52 AM | 5:54 AM | 29° | NW → E |
| ISS (NAUKA) | 5:52 AM | 5:54 AM | 29° | NW → E |
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.