Tonight's sky over Algiers: what to see, Saturday 24 October
What is up over Algiers, Algeria tonight (Saturday 24 October): Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, a waxing gibbous Moon. Truly dark from 19:30 — times local, computed for this city.
- Truly dark from 19:30 to 05:40 (sunset 18:00, sunrise 07:10).
- Jupiter — visible 02:30–06:30, highest at 06:30, 58° up in the south-east.
- Saturn — visible 18:30–04:20, highest at 23:10, 55° up in the south.
- Mars — visible 01:50–06:30, highest at 06:30, 65° up in the south-east.
- Moon: waxing gibbous, 98% lit — rises 16:50, sets 06:20. Bright enough to wash out the faint stars.
- ISS: no visible pass tonight — the next ones this week.
- Orionids meteor shower is active, radiant 30° up in the east around 00:35.
Computed for Algiers (36.73, 3.09) from the real positions of the Sun, Moon and planets and the current NORAD orbit of the ISS. Planets count once they are 10° above the horizon after dusk. Times are local.
Put tonight's sky over Algiers on your site
Free, updates itself every day. Paste this where you want it:
Or as a light image, for forums, READMEs and sites that block iframes:
Keep this sky
Tonight will not come back. Firmament prints the real sky over any place and moment — tonight over Algiers, or the night that matters to you — as an A3 star chart.
Make the A3 poster of tonight — $4.99
More over Algiers
The star map over Algiers · ISS passes this week · 500 cities in the full list.