Tonight's sky over Bamako: what to see, Saturday 24 October
What is up over Bamako, Mali 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 05:20 (sunset 18:10, sunrise 06:30).
- Jupiter — visible 02:30–06:00, highest at 06:00, 61° up in the east.
- Saturn — visible 18:40–04:10, highest at 23:00, 79° up in the south.
- Mars — visible 02:00–06:00, highest at 06:00, 68° up in the east.
- Moon: waxing gibbous, 98% lit — rises 16:50, sets 05:40. Bright enough to wash out the faint stars.
- ISS: no visible pass tonight — the next ones this week.
- Orionids meteor shower is active, radiant 29° up in the east around 00:25.
Computed for Bamako (12.61, -7.98) 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.
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