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Tonight's sky over Tucson

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 3 passes this week
  • Southern Taurids peak Thu 5 Nov
The sky over Tucson at 19:32 on Mon 26 OctANDROMEDAAQUILAARIESCASSIOPEIACETUSCYGNUSPEGASUSPERSEUSSAGITTARIUSVegaCapellaAltairFomalhautDenebUranusNeptuneSaturnMoonNNEESESSWWNW
The sky over Tucson 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 , 69° up in the southeast.

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

Jupiter

Morning: rises around in the east-northeast, best near , 62° 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 , 79° 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
Sat 31 Oct N16° NE ENE4.3 min
Sun 1 Nov NNE10° NNE NE0.8 min
Mon 2 Nov NNW42° NE ESE5.3 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 – 87% ↑ ↓ 40 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Thu 29 Oct – 78% ↑ ↓ 1 h 45 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Fri 30 Oct – 68% ↑ 2 h 50 min Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sat 31 Oct – 56% ↑ ↓ 4 h 00 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Sun 1 Nov – 45% ↑ ↓ 5 h 10 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
Mon 2 Nov – 34% ↑ ↓ 6 h 15 min Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

Moon calendar for October 2026 in Tucson

1 Thu 70% ↑ ↓
2 Fri 59% ↑ ↓
3 Sat 47% ↑ ↓
4 Sun 36% ↓
5 Mon 26% ↑ ↓
6 Tue 17% ↑ ↓
7 Wed 9% ↑ ↓
8 Thu 4% ↑ ↓
9 Fri 1% ↑ ↓
10 Sat 0% ↑ ↓
11 Sun 2% ↑ ↓
12 Mon 5% ↑ ↓
13 Tue 10% ↑ ↓
14 Wed 17% ↑ ↓
15 Thu 24% ↑ ↓
16 Fri 33% ↑ ↓
17 Sat 42% ↑ ↓
18 Sun 51% ↑ ↓
19 Mon 61% ↑
20 Tue 70% ↑ ↓
21 Wed 79% ↑ ↓
22 Thu 87% ↑ ↓
23 Fri 93% ↑ ↓
24 Sat 97% ↑ ↓
25 Sun 100% ↑ ↓
26 Mon 99% ↑ ↓
27 Tue 96% ↑ ↓
28 Wed 91% ↑ ↓
29 Thu 83% ↑ ↓
30 Fri 73% ↑ ↓
31 Sat 62% ↑ ↓

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

Planets this month from Tucson

PlanetThu 1 OctThu 15 OctSat 31 Oct
Mercury – – not visible
Venus 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 Thursday 5 November 2026, local

Best on the night of Wed 4 Nov around , when the radiant is 73° 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 Wed 11 Nov around , when the radiant is 80° 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 71° 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 Tucson

Nearby cities

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