Night sky tonight in Los Angeles
The night of Sunday 18 October to Monday 19 October 2026
At a glance
Sunset 18:12, properly dark from 19:10, getting light from 06:05, sunrise 07:04 (local time).
The Moon is 56 per cent lit and waxing, setting at 00:18. It is in the zodiac sign of Aquarius.
The planets
- Jupiter: visible from 03:00 to 06:00, highest at 06:00 in the east, 49° up, near Regulus. Magnitude −1.8.
- Saturn: visible from 19:10 to 04:50, highest at 23:40 in the south, 57° up. Magnitude 0.4.
- Mars: visible from 02:00 to 06:00, highest at 06:00 in the southeast, 59° 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.