SKY · WHAT'S UP TONIGHT · USA
What's in the Sky Tonight — New York
Tonight over New York: no naked-eye planets are well placed, a last quarter (50% lit).
Sun & Moon positions computed for New York (40.7°, -74.0°) · times in local time.
Planets visible tonight
None of the bright naked-eye planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn) climb high into a dark sky over New York 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
A bright Moon (50% lit) will wash out faint stars and the Milky Way tonight.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from New York tonight: Kp is 1.0, below the roughly Kp 8 needed here. It takes a stronger storm to push the oval this far.
Source: NOAA SWPC (planetary Kp) · viewing threshold from New York's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for New York. For satellite passes we can use your exact spot — tap below to get the next ISS, Starlink-train and bright-satellite passes overhead.
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.
New York right now
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for New Yorktells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over New York
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.