PLANETMarsbest ~5:50 AM
LookE sky
Height20° up
Appearsdistinctly reddish-orange
SKY · WHAT'S UP TONIGHT · USA
What's in the Sky Tonight — Dallas
Tonight over Dallas: 2 bright planets are out, a waxing crescent (23% lit).
TONIGHT'S SKY WINDOW · DALLASAs of Jun 19, 2026, 2:30 AM
Sunset8:40 PM
Dark by9:45 PM
Sunrise6:20 AM
Moon23% · Waxing Crescent
Sun & Moon positions computed for Dallas (32.8°, -96.8°) · times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over Dallas
4 THINGS UPThe best of what's above Dallas right now, pulled together from every layer and ranked — tap any to go deeper.
COMING UPevents →
June solstice — The longest day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest in the south. (in 2 days).
DEEP-SKY PICKdeep sky →
Ring Nebula (M57) rides about 90° up in the northern sky — a small-telescope target from a dark spot near Dallas.
GOLDEN HOURsun moon →
Tonight's golden hour over Dallas runs roughly 8:02 PM–8:55 PM, with true dark from about 10:20 PM.
PLANETS VISIBLEplanets →
Mars, Saturn are above the horizon over Dallas tonight — see where and when to look.
Planets visible tonight
PLANETSaturnbest ~5:50 AM
LookESE sky
Height43° up
Appearsa moderately bright golden point
The Moon tonight
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated23% · waxing
Moonrise11:20 AM
Moonset12:35 AM
A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from Dallas tonight: Kp is 1.0, below the roughly Kp 9 needed here. It takes a stronger storm to push the oval this far.
Current Kp1.0
Kp needed here9+
Storm levelQuiet
Source: NOAA SWPC (planetary Kp) · viewing threshold from Dallas's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for Dallas. 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.
Dallas right now
SKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over DallasEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over DallasOCEAN · SOONTides on the nearest coast
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Dallastells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over Dallas
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.