Night sky tonight in Auckland
The night of Monday 19 October to Tuesday 20 October 2026
At a glance
Sunset 19:37, properly dark from 20:40, getting light from 05:30, sunrise 06:33 (local time).
The Moon is 58 per cent lit and waxing, setting at 03:06. It is in the zodiac sign of Aquarius.
The planets
- Jupiter: visible from 04:50 to 05:20, highest at 05:20 in the northeast, 16° up, near Regulus. Magnitude −1.8.
- Saturn: visible from 20:40 to 05:10, highest at 00:10 in the north, 52° up. Magnitude 0.4.
- Mars: visible from 04:30 to 05:20, highest at 05:20 in the northeast, 19° up. Magnitude 1.0.
Not visible: Mercury, Venus (too close to the Sun or not up in the dark).
ISS and space stations
No visible passes this night or the next two.
High in the sky at 10 pm
This week in the sky
- Orionids: peak: Up to 20 meteors an hour under an ideally dark sky. The Moon is 78 per cent lit then and drowns the fainter ones.