Tonight's sky over Ouagadougou: what to see, Saturday 24 October
What is up over Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso tonight (Saturday 24 October): Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, a waxing gibbous Moon. Truly dark from 19:00 — times local, computed for this city.
- Truly dark from 19:00 to 04:50 (sunset 17:50, sunrise 06:00).
- Jupiter — visible 02:10–05:30, highest at 05:30, 60° up in the east.
- Saturn — visible 18:10–03:50, highest at 22:30, 79° up in the south.
- Mars — visible 01:30–05:30, highest at 05:30, 67° up in the east.
- Moon: waxing gibbous, 98% lit — rises 16:30, sets 05:10. Bright enough to wash out the faint stars.
- ISS: no visible pass tonight — the next ones this week.
- Orionids meteor shower is active, radiant 28° up in the east around 23:55.
Computed for Ouagadougou (12.37, -1.53) 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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