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Tonight's sky over Osaka

Monday 26 October 2026. Sunset , properly dark from until . The Moon is waning gibbous, 100% lit, and it is up through all of tonight's darkness.

  • Mars morning
  • Jupiter morning
  • Saturn evening
  • ISS 3 passes this week
  • Southern Taurids peak Fri 6 Nov
The sky over Osaka at 19:06 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESBOÖTESCASSIOPEIACETUSCYGNUSPEGASUSPERSEUSSAGITTARIUSVegaCapellaAltairFomalhautDenebUranusNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Osaka 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

100%

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 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 , 67° up in the southeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 60° up in the 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 , 76° 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
Fri 30 Oct N14° NNE ENE3.6 min
Sun 1 Nov NNW30° NE E5.8 min
Mon 2 Nov NNE20° NNE E2.9 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 – 97% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 92% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 84% ↑ ↓ 50 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 75% ↑ ↓ 1 h 55 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 64% ↑ 3 h 05 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 53% ↑ ↓ 4 h 25 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 42% ↑ ↓ 5 h 30 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Osaka

1 Thu 77% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 66% ↑ ↓
3 Sat 55% ↑ ↓
4 Sun 44% ↑ ↓
5 Mon 33% ↓
6 Tue 23% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 14% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 7% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 3% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 0% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 2% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 6% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 12% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 19% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 27% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 36% ↑ ↓
18 Sun 45% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 54% ↑ ↓
20 Tue 64% ↑
21 Wed 73% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 81% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 89% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 95% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 98% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 100% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 99% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 95% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 88% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 80% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 69% ↑ ↓

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

Planets this month from Osaka

PlanetThu 1 OctThu 15 OctSat 31 Oct
Mercury 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 Friday 6 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Thu 5 Nov around , when the radiant is 70° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 7 meteors an hour.

Moon 12% at peak

Northern Taurids

Peak Friday 13 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Thu 12 Nov around , when the radiant is 77° 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 73° 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 Osaka

Nearby cities

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