Your horizon, this minute
The whole circle of your horizon, unrolled — north through east, south, west. Worlds above the line are in your sky right now; tap any of them to fly there in the Atlas.
The sky is not a museum
Tonight
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reading your sky…
The Moon
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- Moonrise
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- Moonset
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- In the sky now
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The planets, right now
Altitude and compass bearing are for your horizon, this minute. The worlds marked are above it now — walk outside and they are there.
The fall of darkness
- Sunset
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- Civil duskstreetlights on
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- Nautical duskhorizon fades
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- True darknessthe Milky Way, if your sky allows
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- Sunrise
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Falling stars
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- Radiant
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- Peak rate
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- Peak night
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The Space Station
Locating…
Seven people are living up there, falling around the Earth every 92 minutes.
- Ground track
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- Speed
- 27,600 km/h
- Altitude
- ~420 km
While you were looking away
Loading NASA's picture of the day…
Numbers are a map. The sky is the territory.
Stand under tonight's sky in the Atlas