Planets visible tonight
Which planets are up tonight from where you are, when each one is highest, which way to face and how bright it will be — for new telescope and binocular owners, families and astrophotographers. Calculated on your device.
Sky at
North at the top, the outer ring is the horizon, the centre is straight overhead. Only bodies above the horizon are drawn.
Rise, highest point and set
Events in the next 120 days
How “visible” is decided
- The night runs from evening civil dusk (sun 6° below the horizon) to morning civil dawn. A planet is listed when it is at least 10° above the horizon during that time — 5° for Mercury and Venus, which always stay close to the sun.
- Altitudes include atmospheric refraction. Trees, buildings and haze near the horizon can still hide a planet that is technically up.
- Brightness is given as a magnitude: lower is brighter. Venus and Jupiter are usually brighter than any star; Uranus (about 5.7) needs a dark sky or binoculars, Neptune (about 7.8) a telescope.
Accuracy
Positions come from Astronomy Engine (VSOP87 and NOVAS-based; its author states accuracy within ±1 arcminute and tests it against NOVAS and JPL Horizons). Before release this app is checked against NASA JPL Horizons for Mars over New York, Jupiter over Seoul, Saturn over London, Venus over Sydney and Jupiter's rise, transit and set at Los Angeles: every position within 0.1° and every time within 2 minutes.
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