PLANETMarsbest ~5:25 AM
LookE sky
Height20° up
Appearsdistinctly reddish-orange
SKY · WHAT'S UP TONIGHT · USA
What's in the Sky Tonight — New Orleans
Tonight over New Orleans: 2 bright planets are out, a dark Moon.
TONIGHT'S SKY WINDOW · NEW ORLEANSAs of Jun 16, 2026, 11:25 PM
Sunset8:05 PM
Dark by9:05 PM
Sunrise6:00 AM
Moon6% · Waxing Crescent
Sun & Moon positions computed for New Orleans (30.0°, -90.1°) · times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over New Orleans
4 THINGS UPThe best of what's above New Orleans right now, pulled together from every layer and ranked — tap any to go deeper.
COMING UPevents →
The Moon meets Jupiter — The Moon passes about 3.4° from Jupiter — an easy naked-eye pairing. (tonight).
DEEP-SKY PICKdeep sky →
Ring Nebula (M57) rides about 87° up in the north-eastern sky — a small-telescope target from a dark spot near New Orleans.
GOLDEN HOURsun moon →
Tonight's golden hour over New Orleans runs roughly 7:28 PM–8:20 PM, with true dark from about 9:40 PM.
PLANETS VISIBLEplanets →
Mars, Saturn are above the horizon over New Orleans tonight — see where and when to look.
Planets visible tonight
PLANETSaturnbest ~5:25 AM
LookESE sky
Height43° up
Appearsa moderately bright golden point
The Moon tonight
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:40 AM
Moonset10:55 PM
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from New Orleans 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 New Orleans's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for New Orleans. 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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New Orleans right now
SKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over New OrleansEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over New OrleansOCEAN · SOONTides on the nearest coast
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for New Orleanstells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over New Orleans
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.