PLANETVenusbest ~9:25 PM
LookWNW sky
Height13° up
Appearsextremely bright — the brightest "star" in the sky
SKY · WHAT'S UP TONIGHT · USA
What's in the Sky Tonight — San Diego
Tonight over San Diego: 3 bright planets are out, a dark Moon.
TONIGHT'S SKY WINDOW · SAN DIEGOAs of Jun 16, 2026, 9:25 PM
Sunset8:00 PM
Dark by9:05 PM
Sunrise5:45 AM
Moon6% · Waxing Crescent
Sun & Moon positions computed for San Diego (32.7°, -117.2°) · times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over San Diego
4 THINGS UPThe best of what's above San Diego 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).
PLANETS VISIBLEplanets →
Venus, Mars, Saturn are above the horizon over San Diego tonight — see where and when to look.
DEEP-SKY PICKdeep sky →
Ring Nebula (M57) rides about 89° up in the western sky — a small-telescope target from a dark spot near San Diego.
GOLDEN HOURsun moon →
Tonight's golden hour over San Diego runs roughly 7:23 PM–8:16 PM, with true dark from about 9:40 PM.
Planets visible tonight
PLANETMarsbest ~5:05 AM
LookE sky
Height18° up
Appearsdistinctly reddish-orange
PLANETSaturnbest ~5:05 AM
LookESE sky
Height40° up
Appearsa moderately bright golden point
The Moon tonight
PhaseWaxing Crescent
Illuminated6% · waxing
Moonrise8:25 AM
Moonset10:10 PM
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from San Diego 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 San Diego's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for San Diego. 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.
San Diego right now
SKY · LIVE MAPThe night side over San DiegoEARTH · WEATHERClouds & conditions over San DiegoOCEAN · SOONTides on the nearest coast
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for San Diegotells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over San Diego
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.