SALT, Sutherland Observatory

Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa

Tonight's best

First quarter, 60% lit.

Dark from 17:33 to 03:33 UTC.

Highest passes, ranked by peak altitude:

CYGFM02

19:41 UTC, peak 84.1 degrees

ATLAS CENTAUR R/B

18:03 UTC, peak 80.6 degrees

CZ-4B R/B

19:30 UTC, peak 80.5 degrees

Sky chart · Star compass · Pass simulation

Next possible eclipse

Possible lunar eclipse

Fri 22 Jan 2027, 12:00 UTC

Not visible from here: below the horizon 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.

Neptune

Above the horizon, 26.9 degrees up, to the E

Mercury

Above the horizon, 20.3 degrees up, to the W

Saturn

Above the horizon, 19.6 degrees up, to the E

Venus

Below the horizon (5.2 degrees)

Uranus

Below the horizon (-34.5 degrees)

Jupiter

Below the horizon (-64.3 degrees)

Mars

Below the horizon (-73.3 degrees)

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

Sky conditions

Average cloud cover for the next 6 hours: 32%. Forecast by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Time (UTC)	Cloud	Visibility	Humidity	Rain
Mon 17:00	30%	74.2 km	28%	0%
Mon 18:00	60%	74.1 km	29%	0%
Mon 19:00	87%	74.2 km	34%	0%
Mon 20:00	15%	74.2 km	39%	0%
Mon 21:00	0%	68.7 km	44%	0%
Mon 22:00	1%	68.7 km	46%	0%

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 17:03 UTC, peak 20.0 degrees.

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Satellite	Starts (UTC)	Peak
ATLAS CENTAUR 2	17:03	20.0°
INTERCOSMOS 24	17:03	11.9°
SPACEMOBILE-002	17:03	82.3°
DMSP 5D-3 F16 (USA 172)	17:03	19.0°
METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2)	17:03	52.3°
EWS-G3 (GOES 14)	17:03	33.8°
EWS-G2 (GOES 15)	17:03	32.2°
METEOSAT-10 (MSG-3)	17:03	51.1°
METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4)	17:03	54.1°
ELEKTRO-L 2	17:03	42.1°