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Tonight's sky over Manchester

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 11 passes this week
  • Southern Taurids peak Thu 5 Nov
The sky over Manchester at 19:05 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESAURIGABOÖTESCASSIOPEIACYGNUSPEGASUSPERSEUSURSA MAJORArcturusVegaCapellaAltairFomalhautDenebUranusNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Manchester 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.

Planets don't twinkle much. A bright 'star' that shines with a steady light is often a planet. Stars are points of light and twinkle as the air moves; planets show tiny discs, which average the shimmer out. Our bright-star helper names what you are looking at.

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 , 53° up in the south-southeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 48° up in the south-southeast.

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 , 57° 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 SE55° SE ESE2.9 min
Tue 27 Oct W32° SSW SE6.1 min
Wed 28 Oct E17° E E0.9 min
Wed 28 Oct WSW40° SSW SE4.5 min
Thu 29 Oct SSE40° SSE ESE2.5 min
Thu 29 Oct W18° SSW SSE4.8 min
Fri 30 Oct ESE14° ESE ESE0.5 min
Fri 30 Oct SW24° SSW SSE3.5 min
Sat 31 Oct SSE23° SSE SE1.7 min
Sun 1 Nov SW13° SW S1.5 min
Mon 2 Nov S11° S SSE0.1 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 – 95% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 89% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 81% ↑ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 71% ↑ ↓ 55 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 60% ↑ ↓ 2 h 25 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 48% ↑ ↓ 3 h 55 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 37% ↑ ↓ 5 h 25 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Manchester

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 97% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 92% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 85% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 76% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 65% ↑ ↓

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

Planets this month from Manchester

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 – – 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 52° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 5 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 59° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 4 meteors an hour.

Moon 11% at peak

Leonids

Peak Tuesday 17 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Tue 17 Nov around , when the radiant is 58° 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 Manchester

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