Tonight's sky over Ribeirão Preto: what to see, Saturday 24 October
What is up over Ribeirão Preto, Brazil tonight (Saturday 24 October): Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, a waxing gibbous Moon. Truly dark from 19:40 — times local, computed for this city.
- Truly dark from 19:40 to 04:20 (sunset 18:20, sunrise 05:40).
- Jupiter — visible 02:50–05:00, highest at 05:00, 37° up in the north-east.
- Saturn — visible 18:50–03:50, highest at 22:40, 68° up in the north.
- Mercury — visible 18:50–18:50, highest at 18:50, 11° up in the west.
- Mars — visible 02:30–05:00, highest at 05:00, 40° up in the north-east.
- Moon: waxing gibbous, 98% lit — rises 17:00, sets 04:50. Bright enough to wash out the faint stars.
- ISS: no visible pass tonight — the next ones this week.
Computed for Ribeirão Preto (-21.18, -47.81) 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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