SKY Β· WHAT'S UP TONIGHT Β· USA
What's in the Sky Tonight β St. Louis
Tonight over St. Louis: 4 bright planets are out, a dark Moon.
Sun & Moon positions computed for St. Louis (38.6Β°, -90.2Β°) Β· times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over St. Louis
4 THINGS UPThe best of what's above St. Louis right now, pulled together from every layer and ranked β tap any to go deeper.
The Moon meets Jupiter β The Moon passes about 4.6Β° from Jupiter β an easy naked-eye pairing. (in 2 days).
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn are above the horizon over St. Louis tonight β see where and when to look.
Great Hercules Cluster (M13) rides about 87Β° up in the south-eastern sky β a binocular target from a dark spot near St. Louis.
Tonight's golden hour over St. Louis runs roughly 7:47 PMβ8:46 PM, with true dark from about 10:24 PM.
Planets visible tonight
The Moon tonight
The Moon is nearly out of the way β dark skies for faint objects.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from St. Louis tonight: Kp is 2.0, below the roughly Kp 9 needed here. It takes a stronger storm to push the oval this far.
Source: NOAA SWPC (planetary Kp) Β· viewing threshold from St. Louis's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for St. Louis. For satellite passes we can use your exact spot β 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 βtrainβ and other bright satellites over your exact spot β 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.
St. Louis right now
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there β a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for St. Louistells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over St. Louis
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.