SKY · MILKY WAY · SAUDI ARABIA
Can You See the Milky Way from Riyadh?
Good news for Riyadh: tonight the galactic core climbs to about 36° above the southern horizon in a dark sky. With dark skies and no Moon, the bright heart of the Milky Way is on show.
Core altitude computed for Riyadh (24.7°, 46.7°) during tonight's dark hours.
Milky Way season & the Moon for Riyadh
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
The Milky Way is faint and easily lost to light pollution and moonlight. Even when the core is high, you need a genuinely dark sky — well away from city lights — and ideally a night near the new Moon to see it well from Riyadh.
Riyadh right now
A dark, cloudless sky is everything for the Milky Way — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Riyadhtells you whether it's worth the trip out of town.
More sky over Riyadh
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Riyadh in real time.