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Nigeria · 6.52°N, 3.38°E · times in Africa/Lagos

Tonight's sky over Lagos

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 evening
  • Mars morning
  • Jupiter morning
  • Saturn evening
  • Southern Taurids peak Thu 5 Nov
The sky over Lagos at 20:13 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESCASSIOPEIACETUSCYGNUSPEGASUSSAGITTARIUSVegaAchernarAltairAntaresFomalhautDenebNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Lagos 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.

Give your eyes time. Full dark adaptation takes 20 to 30 minutes, and one glance at a white phone screen resets much of it. Switch this page to night-vision mode with the red button at the top, and turn your screen brightness right down.

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

Evening: from low in the west-southwest, sets around in the west-southwest.

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

Mars

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 65° up in the east-northeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 60° up in the east-northeast.

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 , 76° up in the north.

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

Neptune binoculars

Evening: from low in the east 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 – 95% ↑ ↓ 5 min Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 89% ↑ ↓ 1 h 05 min Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 81% ↑ ↓ 2 h 10 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 71% ↑ ↓ 3 h 15 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 60% ↑ 4 h 15 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 49% ↑ ↓ 5 h 15 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 38% ↑ ↓ 6 h 05 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Lagos

1 Thu 73% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 63% ↑ ↓
3 Sat 51% ↓
4 Sun 40% ↑ ↓
5 Mon 29% ↑ ↓
6 Tue 20% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 12% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 5% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 2% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 1% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 4% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 8% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 14% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 22% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 30% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 39% ↑
18 Sun 48% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 58% ↑ ↓
20 Tue 67% ↑ ↓
21 Wed 76% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 84% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 91% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 96% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 99% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 100% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 98% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 93% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 85% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 76% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 66% ↑ ↓

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

Planets this month from Lagos

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 Thursday 5 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Thu 5 Nov around , when the radiant is 81° 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 74° 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 62° 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 Lagos

Nearby cities

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