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What's in the Sky Tonight — Edinburgh

Tonight over Edinburgh: no naked-eye planets are well placed, a waxing gibbous (85% lit).

TONIGHT'S SKY WINDOW · EDINBURGHAs of Jul 25, 2026, 10:48 AM

Sunset9:38 PM

Dark by11:48 PM

Sunrise5:08 AM

Moon85% · Waxing Gibbous

Sun & Moon positions computed for Edinburgh (56.0°, -3.2°) · times in local time.

Tonight's highlights over Edinburgh

5 THINGS UP

The best of what's above Edinburgh right now, pulled together from every layer and ranked — tap any to go deeper.

DELTA AQUARIIDS METEORSmeteor showers →

The Delta Aquariids are active (peaks in 5d); the radiant climbs to about 17° over Edinburgh, fairly low. Up to ~25/hr under a dark sky.

PERSEIDS METEORSmeteor showers →

The Perseids are active (peaks in 18d); the radiant climbs to about 49° over Edinburgh — well placed. Up to ~100/hr under a dark sky.

COMING UPevents →

The Moon meets Mars — The Moon passes about 4.9° from Mars — an easy naked-eye pairing. (in 15 days).

DEEP-SKY PICKdeep sky →

Ring Nebula (M57) rides about 67° up in the southern sky — a small-telescope target from a dark spot near Edinburgh.

GOLDEN HOURsun moon →

Tonight's golden hour over Edinburgh runs roughly 8:36 PM–10:04 PM, with true dark not reached tonight.

Planets visible tonight

None of the bright naked-eye planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn) climb high into a dark sky over Edinburgh tonight. They drift in and out of view over weeks — check back, or see where they are now on the live map.

The Moon tonight

PhaseWaxing Gibbous

Illuminated85% · waxing

Moonrise7:43 PM

Moonset1:03 AM

A bright Moon (85% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.

Aurora outlook

Aurora is unlikely from Edinburgh tonight: Kp is 0.0, below the roughly Kp 7 needed here. It takes a stronger storm to push the oval this far.

Current Kp0.0

Kp needed here7+

Storm levelQuiet

Open the aurora tracker →

Source: NOAA SWPC (planetary Kp) · viewing threshold from Edinburgh's geomagnetic latitude.

The Space Station & satellites over you

The roundup above is for Edinburgh. 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?

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