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Tonight's sky over Istanbul

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.

  • Mars morning
  • Jupiter morning
  • Saturn evening
  • ISS 10 passes this week
  • Southern Taurids peak Thu 5 Nov
The sky over Istanbul at 20:08 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESBOÖTESCASSIOPEIACETUSCYGNUSPEGASUSPERSEUSVegaCapellaAltairFomalhautDenebUranusNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Istanbul 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.

Find real darkness. Even a short drive away from street lighting makes a big difference: the Milky Way needs a sky where you cannot read by the glow on the horizon. Look for a site with an open view low down in the direction you are interested in.

Tonight hour by hour

Tonight from 16:00 to 08:00: darkness, the Moon and planets above the horizon161820220002040608SkyMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune

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

Planets tonight

Mars

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 63° up in the south-southeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 57° up in the southeast.

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

Saturn

Evening: from low in the east-southeast, 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 , 70° up in the south.

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.

Visible ISS passes this week

DateAppearsHighestDisappearsVisible for
Tue 27 Oct NNW16° NNE NE3.8 min
Wed 28 Oct NNE14° NNE NE1.2 min
Wed 28 Oct NW32° NNE E6.2 min
Thu 29 Oct NNW24° NNE ENE4.5 min
Fri 30 Oct NNE18° NNE ENE1.9 min
Fri 30 Oct NW78° ENE ESE6.8 min
Sat 31 Oct NNW48° NE ESE4.9 min
Sun 1 Nov NE29° NE E2.4 min
Sun 1 Nov WNW34° SW SSE6.2 min
Mon 2 Nov W60° SSW SE4.1 min

The International Space Station looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky in a few minutes. Passes are computed from the latest orbital elements (epoch 2026-10-25); the station's orbit is adjusted from time to time, so a pass can shift by a minute or more. It may also fade suddenly when it enters Earth's shadow.

The next 7 nights

Night ofSunsetDarkMoonMoonrise / setMoon-free darkPlanets
Tue 27 Oct – 96% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 90% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 82% ↑ 45 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 72% ↑ ↓ 1 h 55 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 61% ↑ ↓ 3 h 15 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 50% ↑ ↓ 4 h 30 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 39% ↑ ↓ 5 h 45 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Istanbul

1 Thu 74% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 64% ↑ ↓
3 Sat 52% ↑ ↓
4 Sun 41% ↓
5 Mon 30% ↑ ↓
6 Tue 20% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 12% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 6% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 2% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 1% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 3% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 8% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 14% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 21% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 29% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 38% ↑ ↓
18 Sun 47% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 57% ↑
20 Tue 66% ↑ ↓
21 Wed 75% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 83% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 90% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 96% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 99% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 100% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 98% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 93% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 86% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 77% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 67% ↑ ↓

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

Planets this month from Istanbul

PlanetThu 1 OctThu 15 OctSat 31 Oct
Mercury not visible not visible not visible
Venus not visible not visible 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 Thursday 5 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Thu 5 Nov around , when the radiant is 64° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 6 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 71° 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 64° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 13 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 Istanbul

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