Jupiter
Great2:50 AM
Early Friday morning, until 6:50 AM
Look southeast, high up
Looks like a bright star that doesn't twinkle.
More details
- Visible
- 2:50 AM to 6:50 AM
- Height at best
- 55° in the SE
- Brightness
- magnitude -2.0
Tonight in Philadelphia
Thursday, October 22 · Sunset 6:10 PM · Moon 89% full, so faint things are harder
Space Station
MaybeFlying over Philadelphia
5:14 AM
Early Friday morning
Look north, it'll cross to the northeast
A bright, steady light gliding across for about 1 minute.
More details
- What it is
- The International Space Station (ISS), lit by the Sun
- Path
- NNE → up 13° in the NNE → NNE
- Brightness
- magnitude about -0.7 (lower = brighter)
- Length
- 0 min 35 s
- Source
- CelesTrak orbit data
Space Station
MaybeFlying over Philadelphia
6:49 AM
Early Friday morning
Look north, it'll cross to the northeast
A bright, steady light gliding across for about 2 minutes.
More details
- What it is
- The International Space Station (ISS), lit by the Sun
- Path
- NNW → up 12° in the N → NNE
- Brightness
- magnitude about -1.3 (lower = brighter)
- Length
- 2 min 30 s
- Source
- CelesTrak orbit data
Saturn
Maybe6:40 PM
Tonight, until 4:40 AM
Look south, high up
Looks like a steady, medium-bright star.
More details
- Visible
- 6:40 PM to 4:40 AM
- Height at best
- 51° in the S
- Brightness
- magnitude 0.4
2 more tonight
Mars
Maybe2:00 AM
Early Friday morning, until 6:50 AM
Look southeast, high up
Looks like a steady, medium-bright star.
More details
- Visible
- 2:00 AM to 6:50 AM
- Height at best
- 63° in the SE
- Brightness
- magnitude 0.9
Orionids meteor shower
MaybeNear the peak
5:20 AM
Best time · Early Friday morning
Look up, anywhere in the sky
Up to about 18 shooting stars an hour from a dark spot. The peak was a night away.
More details
- Rate (ZHR)
- 20 per hour under perfect skies
- Radiant
- 66° up at the best time
- Moon
- 79% lit
- Source
- International Meteor Organization
Coming up
- Full MoonMon, Oct 26 Rises at sunsetGreat
- Space StationTue, Oct 27 6:52 AMGreat
- Space StationThu, Oct 29 6:53 AMGreat
- Space StationFri, Oct 30 6:07 AMGreat
- Moon and Mars togetherMon, Nov 2 8:21 AMGreat
- Moon and Jupiter togetherMon, Nov 2 5:21 PMGreat
- Southern Taurids meteor showerBest time · Fri, Nov 6 12:30 AMMaybe
- Moon and Venus togetherSat, Nov 7 5:21 AMGreat
- Northern Taurids meteor showerBest time · Fri, Nov 13 12:20 AMMaybe
- Mars and Jupiter togetherSun, Nov 15 9:21 PMGreat
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