Sky tonight
The sky tonight over Sidney
When the International Space Station flies over, which planets are up, the moon and the clouds, worked out for your spot. Plus rocket launches, asteroids passing Earth.
Darkness
Dark now
light again 6:53 AM · sunrise 7:22 AM
Moon
Waxing crescent, 29% lit
rises Sun, Nov 15, 12:41 PM · sets Sun, Nov 15, 10:32 PM
Full Tue, Nov 24 · new Tue, Dec 8
Clouds tonight
Overcast (97% cover)
11:00 PM6:00 AM
Planets tonight
Times in America/New York. “Highest” is when it stands highest in the dark sky.
Mercury
Up from 6:38 AM until dawn
Highest 6:48 AM, 10° up in the ESE
bright (mag -0.1) · in Virgo
Venus
Up from 5:48 AM until dawn
Highest 6:48 AM, 20° up in the ESE
dazzling (mag -4.8) · in Virgo
Mars
Up from 12:48 AM until dawn
Highest 6:48 AM, 65° up in the S
bright (mag 0.7) · in Leo
Jupiter
Up from 12:48 AM until dawn
Highest 6:48 AM, 63° up in the S
very bright (mag -2.1) · in Leo
Saturn
Up at dusk until 2:48 AM
Highest 11:28 PM, 43° up in the SW
bright (mag 0.5) · in Cetus
Space Station passes, next 3 days
Passes higher than 10°. “Visible” passes happen while it is dark where you are but the station is still in sunlight: look for a steady, bright moving star.
- Sun, Nov 15, 12:25 AMNW → WSW (77° high) → SE7 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Sun, Nov 15, 5:08 PMSSW → SE (45° high) → ENE6 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Sun, Nov 15, 6:45 PMW → NNW (26° high) → NNE6 minVisible
- Sun, Nov 15, 8:24 PMNNW → N (12° high) → NNE3 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Sun, Nov 15, 10:02 PMNNW → NNE (16° high) → NE4 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Sun, Nov 15, 11:38 PMNW → NNE (61° high) → ESE7 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Mon, Nov 16, 1:16 AMW → SW (15° high) → SSW4 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Mon, Nov 16, 4:21 PMSSW → SE (25° high) → ENE6 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Mon, Nov 16, 5:57 PMW → NNW (37° high) → NE6 minVisible
- Mon, Nov 16, 7:36 PMNW → N (13° high) → NNE4 minVisible
- Mon, Nov 16, 9:14 PMNNW → NNE (14° high) → NE3 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Mon, Nov 16, 10:50 PMNW → NE (38° high) → E6 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Tue, Nov 17, 12:27 AMWNW → SW (25° high) → S6 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Tue, Nov 17, 3:34 PMSSE → SE (15° high) → E4 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Tue, Nov 17, 5:09 PMWSW → NW (59° high) → NE6 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Tue, Nov 17, 6:47 PMNW → NNW (16° high) → NNE4 minVisible
- Tue, Nov 17, 8:26 PMNNW → N (12° high) → NNE3 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
- Tue, Nov 17, 10:02 PMNNW → NNE (26° high) → E6 minnot visible (daylight or in Earth’s shadow)
Worked out from CelesTrak orbit data with the SGP4 model; accurate to about a minute. See the station now on Live Earth.
Upcoming rocket launches
Times in America/New York. Dates move often; “NET” means no earlier than.
Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)Sun, Nov 15, 12:11 PM (in 12 h)
United Launch Alliance · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Go for Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317Tue, Nov 17, 10:14 PM (in 3 days)
SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Go for Launch
Long March 2D | Unknown PayloadWed, Nov 18, 5:50 PM (in 4 days) · NET, hour
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Go for Launch
Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group TBD?Fri, Nov 20, 6:00 AM (in 5 days) · NET, hour
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
To Be Confirmed
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-136Sat, Nov 21, 7:30 AM (in 6 days)
SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Go for Launch
Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04)Sun, Nov 22, 7:00 PM (in 8 days) · NET, day
Arianespace · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
To Be Determined
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-266
Mon, Nov 23, 11:04 AM (in 8 days)
SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Go for Launch
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)Tue, Nov 24, 12:03 AM (in 9 days)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
To Be Confirmed
Data from The Space Devs Launch Library 2.
Asteroids passing Earth, next 60 days
Every known object coming within 0.05 au (about 19 times the Moon’s distance). None of these is on a collision course.
| Object | Closest | Distance | Size (est.) | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 VV15 | Sat, Nov 14 | 4.1× Moon | 17 m–37 m | 15.0 km/s |
| 2026 VS11 | Sat, Nov 14 | 11.6× Moon | 15 m–34 m | 14.0 km/s |
| 2026 VF7 | Sat, Nov 14 | 9.5× Moon | 26 m–58 m | 7.4 km/s |
| 2026 VV8 | Sat, Nov 14 | 3.6× Moon | 15 m–34 m | 6.3 km/s |
| 2026 VK13 | Sun, Nov 15 | 8.0× Moon | 13 m–30 m | 8.6 km/s |
| 2026 VW15 | Mon, Nov 16 | 5.1× Moon | 10 m–23 m | 6.1 km/s |
| 2026 VM3 | Mon, Nov 16 | 8.1× Moon | 9 m–20 m | 3.7 km/s |
| 2026 VJ13 | Tue, Nov 17 | 3.5× Moon | 9 m–21 m | 10.4 km/s |
| 2023 VE6 | Tue, Nov 17 | 18.3× Moon | 10 m–22 m | 10.1 km/s |
| 2026 VB13 | Tue, Nov 17 | 9.9× Moon | 23 m–52 m | 20.5 km/s |
| 2022 VB2 | Tue, Nov 17 | 7.7× Moon | 25 m–55 m | 9.0 km/s |
| 2012 VF46 | Wed, Nov 18 | 16.5× Moon | 51 m–113 m | 11.2 km/s |
| 2018 NE1 | Wed, Nov 18 | 16.6× Moon | 56 m–124 m | 13.3 km/s |
| 2026 VA11 | Thu, Nov 19 | 8.7× Moon | 9 m–21 m | 8.9 km/s |
| 2026 TB84 | Thu, Nov 19 | 12.1× Moon | 49 m–111 m | 9.9 km/s |
Data from NASA JPL’s close-approach database. Sizes are estimated from brightness, so they are ranges.