Night sky tonight in Buenos Aires
The night of Monday 19 October to Tuesday 20 October 2026
At a glance
Sunset 19:08, properly dark from 20:09, getting light from 05:06, sunrise 06:07 (local time).
The Moon is 64 per cent lit and waxing, setting at 02:54. It is in the zodiac sign of Aquarius.
The planets
- Jupiter: visible from 04:19 to 04:59, at its highest at 04:59 in the north-east, 18° up, near Regulus. Magnitude −1.8.
- Saturn: visible from 20:09 to 04:39, at its highest at 23:39 in the north, 54° up. Magnitude 0.4.
- Mars: visible from 03:49 to 04:59, at its highest at 04:59 in the north-east, 22° up. Magnitude 1.0.
Not visible: Mercury, Venus (too close to the Sun or not up in the dark).
ISS and space stations
No visible passes tonight or on the next two nights.
High in the sky at 10 pm
This week in the sky
- Comet 161P/Hartley-IRAS at its brightest: About magnitude 9.7: at the limit of binoculars, better in a telescope
- Orionids: peak: Up to 20 meteors an hour under an ideally dark sky. The Moon is 78 per cent lit then and drowns the fainter ones.
Live star map for Buenos Aires
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