Look up. Someone near you is probably watching the same sky.
Sky Now is a place to share what's happening overhead, right now — a fiery sunset, a rainbow after the rain, a full moon rising, the aurora putting on a show. Snap a photo, tag what you saw, and it shows up on the map for people nearby to see while it's still happening.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Post a sky moment — sunsets, sunrises, rainbows, cloud formations, aurora, lightning, full moons, meteor showers, lunar and solar eclipses, storms, or anything else worth looking up for.
• See it on the map — every recent sighting near you shows up as a pin, so you can tell at a glance what's happening across town or across the state.
• Get notified when it's happening live — when multiple nearby users confirm the same kind of sighting, Sky Now sends a real-time alert so you don't miss it.
• Check My Sky Today — moon phase, visible planets, aurora forecast, and tonight's sunset quality, all in one place.
• Get a heads-up before predictable events — full moons, meteor showers, and eclipses, so you can plan to actually go outside and look.
• Comment and reply on sightings from your community, with notifications when someone responds.
• Earn badges for posting across different regions or spotting rare phenomena — just a fun record of what you've seen, not a pressure tactic.
• Search for and follow other users by username.
BUILT AROUND PRIVACY
• No email required. Sign up with just a username and password.
• Your exact location is never sent anywhere. Before a post is even uploaded, your coordinates are blurred by roughly a third of a mile — enough to place your pin on the map without ever pinpointing your home or workplace. Photos also have location metadata stripped automatically.
• Every photo is automatically screened to confirm it actually shows a sky or nature scene before it's posted. Captions and comments are screened too.
• You're always in control: edit or delete any post or comment, block anyone, and report content that shouldn't be there.
• Delete your entire account — and everything tied to it — anytime, from Settings. It's immediate and permanent.
Sky Now only shows what's happened in the last 24 hours — it's not a photo archive, it's a live snapshot of the sky where you are. The best moments are the ones you almost missed. Sky Now helps you catch them, and helps the people near you catch them too.
Real-time sky sightings: sunsets, rainbows, auroras, and more, nearby.