Will it be clear for stargazing in Madrid tonight?

Cloudy all night; the Moon (56% lit) rises at 23:47. That is the hourly total-cloud forecast for Madrid, Spain on the night of 2 October 2026, read inside the darkest hours: under 25% cloud counts as clear and 65% or more as cloudy. Rain or showers possible from about 21:00. Most of the cloud is low cloud, which blocks the sky outright.

When does it get dark in Madrid tonight?

In Madrid, Spain on the night of 2 October 2026, astronomical darkness begins at 21:25 and lasts until 06:42 GMT+2 — 9 h 17 min of fully dark sky. The Sun sets at 19:55, and nautical twilight ends at 20:54.

Is the Moon up tonight in Madrid?

On the night of 2 October 2026 in Madrid, Spain, the Moon is a waning gibbous, 56% illuminated. It sets at 14:57 and rises at 23:47, GMT+2. 2 h 25 min of the dark window is moon-free.

Which planets can I see from Madrid tonight?

From Madrid, Spain on the night of 2 October 2026: Mars (03:35–06:42, highest 46° in the E at 06:42, magnitude 1.1); Jupiter (05:05–06:42, highest 30° in the E at 06:42, magnitude -1.9); Saturn (21:25–06:42, highest 52° in the S at 02:15, magnitude 0.2). Times are GMT+2; all are visible to the naked eye.

Stargazing forecast

Stargazing forecast for Madrid, Spain

Fri 2 Oct night
40.416° N, 3.703° W
665 m
GMT+2 · Europe/Madrid

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Tonight at a glance

Cloudy all night; the Moon (56% lit) rises at 23:47.

Rain or showers possible from about 21:00.
Most of the cloud is low cloud, which blocks the sky outright.
Dew risk: the temperature comes within 2 °C (3.6 °F) of the dew point by 21:00 — optics may fog without a dew heater.

Updated 21:01 GMT+2 (2 Oct, 19:01 UTC) · MET Norway forecast issued 2 Oct, 17:18 UTC

Cloud cover: 96%Cloudy
Dark hours: 9 h 17 min21:25–06:42
Moon: 56%2 h 25 min moon-free
Wind: 11 km/hLight
Low temperature: 16°CDuring the dark hours
Dew risk: HighAir comes within 0° of the dew point

Photo: Milky Way over Paranal — ESO/A. Ghizzi Panizza (www.albertoghizzipanizza.com), CC BY 4.0

Hourly forecast

Cloud by layer, hour by hour. Darker blue means clearer sky; each cell shows its percentage. Low cloud blocks the sky outright; thin high cloud only dims it.

Hourly cloud cover (%) and conditions tonight in Madrid
GMT+2	Fri 2				Sat 3																								Sun 4
Hour	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11
Sky: Nautical twilight 20–21, Dark 21–07, Nautical twilight 07–08, Daylight 08–20, Nautical twilight 20–21, Dark 21–07, Nautical twilight 07–08, Daylight 08–12
Total cloud	23	91	71	95	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	80	86	100	98	98	100	99	99	98	96	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Low cloud	1	44	2	91	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	88	100	100	91	88	100	73	41	12	73	21	9	95	8	87	34	48	100	98	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99
Mid cloud	2	52	10	15	3	13	1	23	18	32	30	22	3	2	9	9	15	13	27	1	2	5	10	25	59	8	45	3	1	5	8	6	20	16	16	45	6	18	26	38
High cloud	21	70	66	35	43	65	95	99	93	100	98	98	98	98	98	99	98	96	91	66	84	99	98	98	99	99	94	98	92	57	84	81	94	95	85	87	97	88	71	77
Sun & Moon
Temperature °C	20	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	20	18	19	21	21	20	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17
Dew point °C; dew risk (within 2° of the dew point): 21, 22, 23, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Wind km/h	10	18	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	6	6	7	10	10	15	9	8	10	9	10	9	8	9	11	10	9	8	6	6	7
Rain (mm)	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0.1	0.2	2.0	0.7	0.1	0	0	0	0.2	0.2	3.3	2.0	0	0.1	1.2	0.2	2.7	1.2	0.8	0.4	0	0	0.1	1.1	4.0	5.3	5.8	2.1	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2

Cloud cover0–9%10–24%25–44%45–64%65–84%85–100%

SkyDaylightCivil twilightNautical twilightAstronomical twilightDark

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Weather data: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)

Next 7 nights

Average cloud during each night's dark hours, with the Moon. The first two to three nights use hourly data; later nights use MET Norway's 6-hourly steps and are less certain.

Tonight2 Oct
96%Cloudy
56% · 2 h 20 min moon-free
21:25–06:42
Sat3 Oct
99%Cloudy
45% · 3 h 40 min moon-free
21:24–06:43
Sun4 Oct
96%Cloudy
34% · 4 h 50 min moon-free
21:22–06:44
Mon5 Oct
74%Cloudy
24% · 6 h 10 min moon-free
21:21–06:45
6-hourly data
Tue6 Oct
97%Cloudy
15% · 7 h 20 min moon-free
21:19–06:46
6-hourly data
Wed7 Oct
27%Partly cloudy
8% · 8 h 30 min moon-free
21:17–06:47
6-hourly data
Thu8 Oct
15%Clear
3% · 9 h 33 min moon-free
21:16–06:48
6-hourly data

Sun & twilight

Twilight ends in three steps. Faint galaxies and the Milky Way need astronomical darkness, when the Sun is more than 18° below the horizon.

Sunset: 19:55
Civil dusk (−6°): 20:22
Nautical dusk (−12°): 20:54
Astronomical dusk (−18°): 21:25
Astronomical dawn (−18°): 06:42
Nautical dawn (−12°): 07:14
Civil dawn (−6°): 07:45
Sunrise: 08:13

Dark window: 21:25 – 06:42 GMT+2 (9 h 17 min)

The Moon

Waning Gibbous

Illuminated: 56%
Age: 21.3 days
Moonrise: 23:47
Moonset: 14:57
Moon-free dark time: 2 h 25 min

Next phases

Last QuarterSat 3 Oct15:25
New MoonSat 10 Oct17:50
First QuarterSun 18 Oct18:13
Full MoonMon 26 Oct05:12

Next lunar eclipse visible here: Partial · Wed 12 Jan 2028, 05:13 · Moon 38° up
Next solar eclipse visible here: Partial · Mon 2 Aug 2027, 10:51 · 86% of the Sun covered

Planets tonight

Naked-eye planets that climb more than 10° above the horizon during the astronomically dark hours.

Altitude through the night

Planets tonight — Madrid
Planet	Rises	Transits (altitude)	Sets	Best seen tonight	Brightness	In
JupiterVisible	04:00	10:56 · 65°	17:56	05:05–06:42, E	mag -1.9	Leo
SaturnVisible	20:05	02:14 · 52°	08:22	21:25–06:42, S	mag 0.2	Cetus
MarsVisible	02:31	09:49 · 70°	17:07	03:35–06:42, E	mag 1.1	Cancer
Venus	10:54	15:44 · 28°	20:29	Below 10°	mag -4.7	Virgo
Mercury	10:18	15:29 · 35°	20:41	Below 10°	mag -0.1	Virgo

Lower magnitude = brighter. Venus and Jupiter outshine every star.

Sky events — next 90 days

Moon phases, seasons, planet highlights and eclipses, with times for this city.

Oct4Sun
Planet · 14:12
Saturn at opposition
Saturn is opposite the Sun: up all night, and at its closest and brightest for the year.
Oct10Sat
Moon · 17:50
New Moon
Darkest skies of the month for galaxies and the Milky Way.
Oct12Mon
Planet · 12:06
Mercury at greatest evening elongation
25° from the Sun — the best evening view of Mercury, low in the west after sunset.
Oct26Mon
Moon · 05:12
Full Moon
Bright moonlight all night; best for the Moon itself.
Oct28Wed
Moon · 19:04
Moon at perigee near full (a “supermoon”)
Closest to Earth this month: 364,397 km.
Nov9Mon
Moon · 08:02
New Moon
Darkest skies of the month for galaxies and the Milky Way.
Nov24Tue
Moon · 15:54
Full Moon
Bright moonlight all night; best for the Moon itself.
Nov25Wed
Moon · 22:02
Moon at perigee near full (a “supermoon”)
Closest to Earth this month: 359,335 km.
Dec9Wed
Moon · 01:52
New Moon
Darkest skies of the month for galaxies and the Milky Way.
Dec21Mon
Season · 21:50
Winter solstice
The longest night of the year — the most hours of darkness.
Dec24Thu
Moon · 02:28
Full Moon
Bright moonlight all night; best for the Moon itself.
Dec24Thu
Moon · 09:32
Moon at perigee near full (a “supermoon”)
Closest to Earth this month: 356,641 km.

Quick answers

Will it be clear for stargazing in Madrid tonight?: Cloudy all night; the Moon (56% lit) rises at 23:47. That is the hourly total-cloud forecast for Madrid, Spain on the night of 2 October 2026, read inside the darkest hours: under 25% cloud counts as clear and 65% or more as cloudy. Rain or showers possible from about 21:00. Most of the cloud is low cloud, which blocks the sky outright.
When does it get dark in Madrid tonight?: In Madrid, Spain on the night of 2 October 2026, astronomical darkness begins at 21:25 and lasts until 06:42 GMT+2 — 9 h 17 min of fully dark sky. The Sun sets at 19:55, and nautical twilight ends at 20:54.
Is the Moon up tonight in Madrid?: On the night of 2 October 2026 in Madrid, Spain, the Moon is a waning gibbous, 56% illuminated. It sets at 14:57 and rises at 23:47, GMT+2. 2 h 25 min of the dark window is moon-free.
Which planets can I see from Madrid tonight?: From Madrid, Spain on the night of 2 October 2026: Mars (03:35–06:42, highest 46° in the E at 06:42, magnitude 1.1); Jupiter (05:05–06:42, highest 30° in the E at 06:42, magnitude -1.9); Saturn (21:25–06:42, highest 52° in the S at 02:15, magnitude 0.2). Times are GMT+2; all are visible to the naked eye.

Forecast details

Location: 40.416° N, 3.703° W
Elevation: 665 m
Time zone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+2)
Weather model: MET Norway Locationforecast 2.0
Forecast issued: 2 Oct, 17:18 UTC
Next update expected: ≈ 2 Oct, 18:48 UTC
Page generated: 2 Oct, 19:01 UTC
Astronomy: Computed with astronomy-engine for these coordinates

Computed for 40.416° N, 3.703° W, elevation 665 m, time zone Europe/Madrid. City centres are light-polluted; the times here apply anywhere within about 50 km, so drive out to darker skies.

Sun, Moon and planet positions are calculated with astronomy-engine. Twilight uses the Sun's geometric centre; sunrise and sunset use the upper limb with standard refraction.

The summary line restates the hourly total-cloud forecast inside the dark window (clear under 25%, cloudy from 65%) and the Moon's times. It is not a score — the Tonight score lives in the app.

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