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Tonight's sky over Chennai

Monday 26 October 2026. Sunset , properly dark from until . The Moon is waning gibbous, 99% lit, and it is up through all of tonight's darkness.

  • Mercury night
  • Mars morning
  • Jupiter morning
  • Saturn evening
  • Southern Taurids peak Fri 6 Nov
The sky over Chennai at 19:31 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESCASSIOPEIACETUSCYGNUSPEGASUSSAGITTARIUSVegaAchernarAltairAntaresFomalhautDenebNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Chennai at tonight, looking straight up: the edge is the horizon, north at the top, east on the left. Hold it above your head facing south to match the sky.

Tonight at a glance

Sun and twilight

Sunset
Civil twilight ends
Nautical twilight ends
Astronomical darkness
–
Sunrise

The Moon

99%

Waning Gibbous

Moonrise
Moonset
(+1)
Moon-free darkness
none

Times between local noon today and noon tomorrow; (+1) means after midnight.

Dark-sky tip

A bright Moon tonight. Its light hides the Milky Way and fainter meteors. Use it instead: binoculars on the line between light and dark show craters in sharp relief.

Binoculars first. Ordinary 7x50 or 10x50 binoculars show Jupiter's four largest moons, the Moon's craters, the Pleiades and countless clusters. They are easier to start with than a telescope and need no setting up.

Tonight hour by hour

Tonight from 16:00 to 08:00: darkness, the Moon and planets above the horizon161820220002040608SkyMoonMercuryMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune

Day Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Full dark · bars show when each body is above the horizon

Planets tonight

Mercury

–, highest around , 7° up in the west-southwest.

Magnitude +0.7 · in Libra · 18° from the Sun

Mars

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 68° up in the east-northeast.

Magnitude +0.9 · in Cancer · 77° from the Sun

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 61° up in the east.

Magnitude −2.0 · in Leo · 69° from the Sun

Saturn

Evening: from low in the east, sets around in the west.

Magnitude +0.4 · in Cetus · 157° from the Sun

Uranus binoculars

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 82° up in the north.

Magnitude +5.6 · in Taurus · 148° from the Sun

Neptune binoculars

Evening: from low in the east-southeast until .

Magnitude +7.7 · in Pisces · 150° from the Sun

"Visible" means at least 5° above the horizon (15° for Uranus and Neptune) while the Sun is more than 6° below it. Directions: N, NE, E… are compass points along the horizon.

The next 7 nights

Night ofSunsetDarkMoonMoonrise / setMoon-free darkPlanets
Tue 27 Oct – 96% ↑ ↓ — Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 91% ↑ ↓ 40 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 83% ↑ ↓ 1 h 45 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 73% ↑ ↓ 2 h 50 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 62% ↑ 4 h 00 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 51% ↑ ↓ 5 h 00 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 40% ↑ ↓ 5 h 55 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Chennai

1 Thu 75% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 65% ↑ ↓
3 Sat 53% ↑ ↓
4 Sun 42% ↓
5 Mon 31% ↑ ↓
6 Tue 21% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 13% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 6% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 2% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 1% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 3% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 7% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 13% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 20% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 28% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 37% ↑ ↓
18 Sun 46% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 56% ↑
20 Tue 65% ↑ ↓
21 Wed 74% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 83% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 90% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 95% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 99% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 100% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 98% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 94% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 87% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 78% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 68% ↑ ↓

Illumination at local noon; ↑ moonrise, ↓ moonset, local time. Phase dates for the whole world: Moon phases October 2026.

Planets this month from Chennai

PlanetThu 1 OctThu 15 OctSat 31 Oct
Mercury Evening, sets Evening, sets not visible
Venus Evening, sets not visible –
Mars Morning, from Morning, from Morning, from
Jupiter Morning, from Morning, from Morning, from
Saturn Morning, from Evening, sets Evening, sets

Coming meteor showers

Southern Taurids

Peak Friday 6 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Thu 5 Nov around , when the radiant is 87° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 7 meteors an hour.

Moon 12% at peak

Northern Taurids

Peak Thursday 12 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Thu 12 Nov around , when the radiant is 81° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 5 meteors an hour.

Moon 11% at peak

Leonids

Peak Wednesday 18 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Tue 17 Nov around , when the radiant is 67° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 14 meteors an hour, fewer this year because the Moon is 55% lit.

Moon 55% at peak

Rate = the shower's zenithal hourly rate × the sine of the radiant's altitude. Real counts are lower from towns and with moonlight; treat this as an upper guide.

Eclipses seen from Chennai

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