PLANETVenusbest ~5:48 PM
LookNW sky
Height21° up
Appearsextremely bright — the brightest "star" in the sky
SKY · WHAT'S UP TONIGHT · AUSTRALIA
What's in the Sky Tonight — Adelaide
Tonight over Adelaide: 2 bright planets are out, a dark Moon.
TONIGHT'S SKY WINDOW · ADELAIDEAs of Jun 15, 2026, 11:08 AM
Sunset5:13 PM
Dark by6:13 PM
Sunrise7:23 AM
Moon0% · New Moon
Sun & Moon positions computed for Adelaide (-34.9°, 138.6°) · times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over Adelaide
4 THINGS UPThe best of what's above Adelaide right now, pulled together from every layer and ranked — tap any to go deeper.
COMING UPevents →
The Moon meets Jupiter — The Moon passes about 4.6° from Jupiter — an easy naked-eye pairing. (in 2 days).
DEEP-SKY PICKdeep sky →
Ptolemy Cluster (M7) rides about 89° up in the eastern sky — naked-eye target from a dark spot near Adelaide.
GOLDEN HOURsun moon →
Tonight's golden hour over Adelaide runs roughly 4:32 PM–5:28 PM, with true dark from about 6:41 PM.
PLANETS VISIBLEplanets →
Venus, Jupiter are above the horizon over Adelaide tonight — see where and when to look.
Planets visible tonight
PLANETJupiterbest ~5:48 PM
LookNW sky
Height18° up
Appearsvery bright and steady
The Moon tonight
PhaseNew Moon
Illuminated0% · waning
Moonrise8:38 AM
Moonset5:03 PM
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from Adelaide tonight: Kp is 2.0, below the roughly Kp 9 needed here. It takes a stronger storm to push the oval this far.
Current Kp2.0
Kp needed here9+
Storm levelQuiet
Source: NOAA SWPC (planetary Kp) · viewing threshold from Adelaide's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for Adelaide. For satellite passes we can use your exact spot — tap below to get the next ISS, Starlink-train and bright-satellite passes overhead.
SKY OVER YOU · TONIGHT
What can you see in your sky tonight?
We can work out the next passes of the Space Station, a fresh Starlink “train” and other bright satellites over your exact spot — plus which naked-eye planets are out tonight and where to look. Your location is used only in your browser to do the maths and is never sent anywhere.
Adelaide right now
SKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over AdelaideEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over AdelaideOCEAN · SOONTides on the nearest coast
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Adelaidetells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over Adelaide
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.