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Tonight's sky over Ottawa

Monday 26 October 2026. Sunset , properly dark from until . The Moon is waning gibbous, 98% 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 Ottawa at 20:03 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESBOÖTESCASSIOPEIACYGNUSPEGASUSPERSEUSVegaCapellaAltairFomalhautDenebUranusNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Ottawa 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

98%

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.

Look slightly away. Faint stars and smudges show up better when you look a little to one side of them. The edge of your vision is more sensitive to dim light than the centre; astronomers call it averted vision.

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 , 60° up in the south-southeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 54° 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 , 66° 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 NNE23° NNE ENE2.0 min
Tue 27 Oct NW53° NNE ESE6.7 min
Wed 28 Oct NNW40° NNE E4.5 min
Thu 29 Oct NE28° NE E2.2 min
Thu 29 Oct WNW71° SSW SE6.6 min
Fri 30 Oct NW76° NE ESE4.5 min
Sat 31 Oct E35° E ESE2.2 min
Sat 31 Oct W28° SW SSE5.5 min
Sun 1 Nov WSW45° SSW SE3.7 min
Mon 2 Nov SE25° SE SE1.6 min
Mon 2 Nov WSW11° SW SSW2.2 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 – 94% ↑ ↓ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 88% ↑ — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 79% ↑ ↓ 45 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 69% ↑ ↓ 2 h 00 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 58% ↑ ↓ 3 h 20 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 46% ↑ ↓ 4 h 40 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 35% ↑ ↓ 6 h 00 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Ottawa

1 Thu 71% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 60% ↑ ↓
3 Sat 49% ↑ ↓
4 Sun 38% ↓
5 Mon 27% ↑ ↓
6 Tue 18% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 10% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 5% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 1% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 1% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 4% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 9% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 16% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 23% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 32% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 41% ↑ ↓
18 Sun 50% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 60% ↑
20 Tue 69% ↑ ↓
21 Wed 78% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 86% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 92% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 97% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 100% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 99% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 97% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 91% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 84% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 74% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 63% ↑ ↓

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

Planets this month from Ottawa

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 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 60° 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 67° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 5 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 64° 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 Ottawa

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