Kitt Peak National Observatory

Tucson, AZ

Tonight's best

First quarter, 60% lit.

Dark from 01:31 to 13:31 UTC.

Highest passes, ranked by peak altitude:

ARIANE 40 R/B

17:34 UTC, peak 85.0 degrees

METOP-SGA1

17:08 UTC, peak 82.1 degrees

SL-16 R/B

18:27 UTC, peak 79.1 degrees

Sky chart · Star compass · Pass simulation

Next possible eclipse

Possible lunar eclipse

Fri 22 Jan 2027, 12:00 UTC

Visible from here at that time.

Approximate, within about an hour. Check a published eclipse table before planning.

Planets

The sky is still too bright to see planets well at this time.

Jupiter

Above the horizon, 60.0 degrees up, to the SW

Mars

Above the horizon, 54.1 degrees up, to the W

Venus

Above the horizon, 27.9 degrees up, to the SE

Mercury

Above the horizon, 16.0 degrees up, to the SE

Uranus

Below the horizon (-3.8 degrees)

Saturn

Below the horizon (-52.3 degrees)

Neptune

Below the horizon (-56.8 degrees)

Calculated from NASA's DE421 planetary data. Times are UTC.

Sky conditions

Average cloud cover for the next 6 hours: 14%. Forecast by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Time (UTC)	Cloud	Visibility	Humidity	Rain
Mon 17:00	20%	28.6 km	61%	2%
Mon 18:00	26%	32.2 km	56%	6%
Mon 19:00	9%	34.1 km	53%	11%
Mon 20:00	0%	38.1 km	49%	11%
Mon 21:00	23%	39.2 km	47%	8%
Mon 22:00	3%	38.8 km	48%	6%

Pass reminders

Get a notification 2 minutes before each pass in the next 24 hours. Keep this page open, since reminders are scheduled in the browser.

Next 24 hours

Times are UTC. Each bar is a satellite above 10 degrees. The left edge is the start of the window.

Next pass at 17:01 UTC, peak 52.8 degrees.

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Satellite	Starts (UTC)	Peak
GOES 16	17:01	52.8°
CYGFM03	17:01	10.5°
GOES 17	17:01	47.0°
ARKTIKA-M 1	17:01	23.2°
GOES 18	17:01	43.8°
GOES 19	17:01	36.1°
FENGYUN 3B	17:02	40.3°
TIANMU-1 08	17:04	25.7°
USA 81	17:06	56.3°
RESURS-DK 1	17:06	27.1°