Sky tonight

What’s in the sky tonight

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.

Pick a place to see tonight’s moon, planets, clouds and Space Station passes.

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Moon now: Waxing crescent, 23% lit. Full moon Tue, Nov 24.

Upcoming rocket launches

Times in UTC. Dates move often; “NET” means no earlier than.

Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)
Sat, Nov 14, 5:32 PM (in 6 h 24 min)
United Launch Alliance · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Go for Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-317
Wed, Nov 18, 3:14 AM (in 4 days)
SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Go for Launch
Long March 2D | Unknown Payload
Wed, Nov 18, 10:50 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, 11:00 AM (in 6 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-136
Sat, Nov 21, 12:30 PM (in 7 days)
SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Go for Launch
Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04)
Mon, Nov 23, 12:00 AM (in 9 days) · NET, day
Arianespace · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
To Be Determined
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-266
Mon, Nov 23, 4:04 PM (in 9 days)
SpaceX · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Go for Launch
Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P)
Tue, Nov 24, 5:03 AM (in 10 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–22 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	Thu, Nov 19	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–110 m	9.9 km/s

Data from NASA JPL’s close-approach database. Sizes are estimated from brightness, so they are ranges.