PLANETMarsbest ~5:10 AM
LookENE sky
Height14° up
Appearsdistinctly reddish-orange
SKY · WHAT'S UP TONIGHT · USA
What's in the Sky Tonight — Salt Lake City
Tonight over Salt Lake City: 2 bright planets are out, a waxing crescent (23% lit).
TONIGHT'S SKY WINDOW · SALT LAKE CITYAs of Jun 19, 2026, 1:30 AM
Sunset9:05 PM
Dark by10:20 PM
Sunrise6:00 AM
Moon23% · Waxing Crescent
Sun & Moon positions computed for Salt Lake City (40.8°, -111.9°) · times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over Salt Lake City
4 THINGS UPThe best of what's above Salt Lake City 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 82° up in the southern sky — a small-telescope target from a dark spot near Salt Lake City.
GOLDEN HOURsun moon →
Tonight's golden hour over Salt Lake City runs roughly 8:21 PM–9:22 PM, with true dark from about 11:09 PM.
PLANETS VISIBLEplanets →
Mars, Saturn are above the horizon over Salt Lake City tonight — see where and when to look.
Planets visible tonight
PLANETSaturnbest ~5:10 AM
LookESE sky
Height32° up
Appearsa moderately bright golden point
The Moon tonight
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated23% · waxing
Moonrise11:15 AM
Moonset12:45 AM
A modest Moon — bright planets and constellations are fine, faint detail less so.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for Salt Lake City. 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.
Salt Lake City right now
SKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over Salt Lake CityEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over Salt Lake CityOCEAN · SOONTides on the nearest coast
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Salt Lake Citytells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over Salt Lake City
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.