Tonight's sky over Mérida: what to see, Saturday 24 October
What is up over Mérida, Mexico tonight (Saturday 24 October): Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, a waxing gibbous Moon. Truly dark from 18:50 — times local, computed for this city.
- Truly dark from 18:50 to 04:50 (sunset 17:30, sunrise 06:00).
- Jupiter — visible 01:50–05:30, highest at 05:30, 62° up in the east.
- Saturn — visible 18:00–03:40, highest at 22:20, 70° up in the south.
- Mars — visible 01:20–05:30, highest at 05:30, 70° up in the east.
- Moon: waxing gibbous, 99% lit — rises 16:20, sets 05:30. 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 23:50.
Computed for Mérida (20.97, -89.62) 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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