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What's in the Sky Tonight — Zürich
Tonight over Zürich: no naked-eye planets are well placed, a dark Moon.
Sun & Moon positions computed for Zürich (47.4°, 8.5°) · times in local time.
Tonight's highlights over Zürich
3 THINGS UPThe best of what's above Zürich right now, pulled together from every layer and ranked — tap any to go deeper.
The Moon meets Jupiter — The Moon passes about 3.4° from Jupiter — an easy naked-eye pairing. (tonight).
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) rides about 90° up in the southern sky — a small-telescope target from a dark spot near Zürich.
Tonight's golden hour over Zürich runs roughly 8:37 PM–9:49 PM, with true dark from about 12:28 AM.
Planets visible tonight
None of the bright naked-eye planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn) climb high into a dark sky over Zürich 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
The Moon is nearly out of the way — dark skies for faint objects.
Aurora outlook
Aurora is unlikely from Zürich tonight: Kp is 1.0, below the roughly Kp 9 needed here. It takes a stronger storm to push the oval this far.
Source: NOAA SWPC (planetary Kp) · viewing threshold from Zürich's geomagnetic latitude.
The Space Station & satellites over you
The roundup above is for Zürich. 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.
Zürich right now
Clear skies matter as much as what's up there — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Zürichtells you whether it's worth heading out.
Go deeper on the sky over Zürich
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the auroral oval and the day/night line in real time.