Night sky tonight in Vancouver
The night of Sunday 18 October to Monday 19 October 2026
At a glance
Sunset 18:12, properly dark from 19:26, getting light from 06:29, sunrise 07:43 (local time).
The Moon is 56 per cent lit and waxing, setting at 23:47. It is in the zodiac sign of Aquarius.
The planets
- Jupiter: visible from 02:56 to 06:26, highest at 06:26 in the southeast, 43° up, near Regulus. Magnitude −1.8.
- Saturn: visible from 19:26 to 05:06, highest at 00:06 in the south, 42° up. Magnitude 0.4.
- Mars: visible from 01:56 to 06:26, highest at 06:26 in the southeast, 52° up. Magnitude 1.0.
Not visible: Mercury, Venus (too close to the Sun or not up in the dark).
ISS and space stations
- ISS: Monday 19 October, 05:15 to 05:18, from the southeast to the east, up to 26°
- ISS: Tuesday 20 October, 06:03 to 06:07, from the southwest to the east, up to 77°
- ISS: Wednesday 21 October, 05:18 to 05:20, from the east to the east, up to 41°
Visible passes this night and the next two: the station lit by the Sun, the sky dark. It glides across the sky as a bright steady point, without blinking.
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.