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Tonight over Sydney · New South Wales, AU · Fri 13 Nov

Go out at 05:14, look N: skies look mostly clear.

The International Space Station rises out of the north, climbs low (21°) and fades in the east about 5 minutes later. It looks like a bright, steady star moving quickly, with no flashing lights.

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The real sky over Sydney at 05:14, facing north-east. Gold dots are planets, white dots the brightest stars, and the blue dotted line is the Space Station’s path.
Moon
Waxing crescent, 15% lit. Rises 09:02 tomorrow. Sets 23:18. Full Moon Wed 25 Nov.
Planets
  • Saturn in the evening, from 20:09 until 03:14, 55° up in the north · in Cetus
  • Mars before dawn, best around 05:09, 33° up in the north-east · in Leo
  • Jupiter before dawn, best around 05:09, 34° up in the north-east · in Leo
  • Venus before dawn, best around 05:29, 15° up in the east · in Virgo
Space Station
  • 05:14 from the N, up to 21°, gone in the E by 05:19 · mag -1.7

Next: Sun 04:27 (11° NE); Mon 05:14 (78° NE)

Meteors
Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 Nov (in 5 nights), and a few are already about. Up to about 15 an hour under a perfectly dark sky, Moon 56% lit at the peak. TimeandDate gives the peak as 17–18 Nov; the American Meteor Society says 16–17 Nov.
Cloud

Taller bars mean more cloud. 42% at the time above. Clearest around 04:00 (13%).

Aurora
No aurora this far from the poles, except in the rarest storms.
Sun
Sunset 19:34 · properly dark 20:34 · first light 04:44 · sunrise 05:44