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Tonight's sky over Papeete (Tahiti)

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.

  • Mercury evening
  • Mars morning
  • Jupiter morning
  • Saturn evening
  • ISS 6 passes this week
  • Southern Taurids peak Thu 5 Nov
The sky over Papeete (Tahiti) at 19:50 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESCASSIOPEIACETUSCYGNUSERIDANUSPEGASUSSAGITTARIUSSCORPIUSRigil KentaurusVegaAchernarAltairAntaresFomalhautDenebTolimanNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Papeete (Tahiti) 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.

Binoculars first. Ordinary 7x50 or 10x50 binoculars show Jupiter's four largest moons, the Moon's craters, the Pleiades and countless clusters. They are easier to start with than a telescope and need no setting up.

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 , 45° up in the northeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 42° up in the northeast.

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

Saturn

Evening: from low in the east-northeast, 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 , 51° up in the north.

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

Neptune binoculars

Evening: from low in the east-northeast 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
Wed 28 Oct S18° S S1.3 min
Thu 29 Oct SSE13° SE ESE2.7 min
Thu 29 Oct WSW10° WSW WSW0.0 min
Fri 30 Oct SW48° W W2.7 min
Sat 31 Oct SSW57° ESE NE5.2 min
Sun 1 Nov W12° NW NW2.4 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 – 93% ↑ ↓ 50 min Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Wed 28 Oct – 86% ↑ ↓ 2 h 00 min Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 77% ↑ ↓ 3 h 05 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 66% ↑ ↓ 4 h 00 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 55% ↑ ↓ 4 h 50 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 44% ↑ 5 h 35 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 33% ↑ ↓ 6 h 15 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Papeete (Tahiti)

1 Thu 69% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 57% ↓
3 Sat 46% ↑ ↓
4 Sun 35% ↑ ↓
5 Mon 25% ↑ ↓
6 Tue 16% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 8% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 3% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 1% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 2% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 5% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 11% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 17% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 25% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 34% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 43% ↑
18 Sun 52% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 62% ↑ ↓
20 Tue 71% ↑ ↓
21 Wed 80% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 87% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 94% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 98% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 100% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 99% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 96% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 90% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 81% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 72% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 61% ↓

Illumination at local noon; ↑ moonrise, ↓ moonset, local time. Moon pictures are drawn as seen from the southern hemisphere, lit side reversed. Phase dates for the whole world: Moon phases October 2026.

Planets this month from Papeete (Tahiti)

PlanetThu 1 OctThu 15 OctSat 31 Oct
Mercury Evening, sets Evening, sets not visible
Venus Evening, sets – –
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 Wed 4 Nov around , when the radiant is 57° 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 Wed 11 Nov around , when the radiant is 50° 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 38° up. Under a dark sky expect up to about 9 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 Papeete (Tahiti)

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