Is tonight worth looking up?
Get a plain-English stargazing verdict for your town — moon, dark-sky hours, visible planets and the best nights ahead — plus what's coming up in the sky.
Europe's first since 1999. See what it looks like from your city.
Up to ~90 meteors an hour with perfectly dark skies this year.
Electric-blue clouds at the edge of space — peak season right now up north.
A straight answer, not a data dump
Every location page leads with a verdict — Excellent, Good, Fair or Poor for tonight — worked out from the Moon, how long the sky stays truly dark, and a live cloud forecast. Then the details, if you want them.
How much moonlight, and how many hours of real darkness you actually get tonight.
Which planets are visible, where to look, and the next meteor showers and events.
A two-week planner that ranks the darkest upcoming nights near you.
Lesser-known things to catch
All events →Electric-blue, wispy clouds at the very edge of space (~80 km up) that stay lit long after sunset. The most overlooked summer sky show — visible from roughly 50–70° north, so ideal for the UK, northern Europe, Canada and the northern US. Right now is peak season.
The most distant planet reaches opposition on 26 September — its brightest for the year, though still faint. A rewarding challenge target: Neptune shows as a tiny blue-grey disc through a telescope. One for the keen.
Fast, faint meteors — debris from Halley's Comet — peaking around 21 October at ~20 per hour. A quieter, connoisseur's shower; moonlight hampers the 2026 peak, so aim for the darkest hours.
The Leonids peak around 17 November at ~15 fast meteors an hour. Famous for rare, spectacular storms every ~33 years; 2026 is a normal year, but still a pleasant pre-dawn watch.
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