Tonight Timeline from Maamba, Zambia
Observing Location: Maamba, Zambia
Latitude: 17° 22’ 00” S
Longitude: 27° 08’ 59” E
Timezone: Africa/Lusaka
This observing guide helps you plan your Solar System observations. It's divided into three sections, detailing visible objects for post-sunset, nighttime and pre-sunrise viewing. Only objects reaching at least 15° altitude and set/rise at least 15 minutes after/before the Sun are listed.
Objects Visible After Sunset
Object | Visibility | Set | Mag | Constellation | Map |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang | Professional Telescope |
19:06
0h 15m after sunset |
36.21 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2023 C2 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
19:08
0h 17m after sunset |
15.40 | Aquila | map |
Pluto | Large Telescope |
19:09
0h 18m after sunset |
14.53 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 2015 TB145 | Professional Telescope |
19:17
0h 25m after sunset |
21.73 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 263P/Gibbs | Professional Telescope |
19:18
0h 27m after sunset |
25.62 | Capricornus | map |
Comet C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
19:19
0h 27m after sunset |
16.3 | Cygnus | map |
Comet 48P/Johnson | Large Telescope |
19:21
0h 30m after sunset |
16.56 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 EA6 | Professional Telescope |
19:25
0h 34m after sunset |
29.87 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2008 DB | Professional Telescope |
19:31
0h 40m after sunset |
28.00 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 KQ4 | Professional Telescope |
19:37
0h 46m after sunset |
29.15 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 1566 Icarus | Professional Telescope |
19:38
0h 47m after sunset |
20.48 | Microscopium | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 CU | Professional Telescope |
19:41
0h 50m after sunset |
31.57 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2003 LN6 | Professional Telescope |
19:43
0h 51m after sunset |
26.46 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 333P/LINEAR | Large Telescope |
19:44
0h 53m after sunset |
14.2 | Pegasus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 TB | Professional Telescope |
19:45
0h 54m after sunset |
31.82 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 XF | Professional Telescope |
19:47
0h 55m after sunset |
28.62 | Capricornus | map |
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) | Naked Eye |
19:48
0h 57m after sunset |
-0.8 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 YZ12 | Professional Telescope |
19:52
1h 01m after sunset |
23.49 | Pegasus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QB6 | Professional Telescope |
19:53
1h 01m after sunset |
26.77 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 DK | Professional Telescope |
19:59
1h 08m after sunset |
26.40 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 DK | Professional Telescope |
19:59
1h 08m after sunset |
26.40 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 VQ | Professional Telescope |
20:01
1h 10m after sunset |
29.76 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2010 VQ | Professional Telescope |
20:01
1h 10m after sunset |
29.76 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 DU | Professional Telescope |
20:02
1h 11m after sunset |
31.44 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 290P/Jager | Professional Telescope |
20:05
1h 14m after sunset |
23.13 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 KU | Professional Telescope |
20:05
1h 14m after sunset |
23.70 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 MK1 | Professional Telescope |
20:10
1h 19m after sunset |
26.64 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid 1 Ceres | Binocular |
20:11
1h 20m after sunset |
9.15 | Capricornus | map |
Comet C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
20:12
1h 21m after sunset |
17.2 | Pegasus | map |
Comet C/2021 C5 (PANSTARRS) | Professional Telescope |
20:12
1h 21m after sunset |
21.19 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 37P/Forbes | Professional Telescope |
20:16
1h 25m after sunset |
18.09 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 PX | Professional Telescope |
20:17
1h 25m after sunset |
28.05 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 292220 | Professional Telescope |
20:21
1h 30m after sunset |
23.63 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 EF1 | Professional Telescope |
20:27
1h 36m after sunset |
31.68 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2011 AH5 | Professional Telescope |
20:31
1h 40m after sunset |
29.26 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2013 GM3 | Professional Telescope |
20:33
1h 41m after sunset |
27.61 | Capricornus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 DR | Professional Telescope |
20:34
1h 43m after sunset |
29.56 | Capricornus | map |
Comet Encke (2P/Encke) | Professional Telescope |
20:34
1h 43m after sunset |
21.55 | Capricornus | map |
Comet 81P/Wild | Professional Telescope |
20:39
1h 48m after sunset |
22.10 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2012 XE133 | Professional Telescope |
20:41
1h 50m after sunset |
25.10 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 XE | Professional Telescope |
20:46
1h 54m after sunset |
31.60 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 QX4 | Professional Telescope |
20:50
1h 59m after sunset |
26.57 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 RS5 | Professional Telescope |
20:56
2h 04m after sunset |
31.10 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 VY1 | Professional Telescope |
20:59
2h 08m after sunset |
27.38 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 289P/Blanpain | Professional Telescope |
21:02
2h 11m after sunset |
24.63 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 137108 | Professional Telescope |
21:02
2h 11m after sunset |
22.33 | Cassiopeia | map |
Asteroid 2007 OR10 | Professional Telescope |
21:03
2h 11m after sunset |
21.48 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 209P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
21:05
2h 13m after sunset |
22.31 | Pisces Austrinus | map |
Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup | Professional Telescope |
21:07
2h 16m after sunset |
22.70 | Pisces | map |
Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro | Professional Telescope |
21:10
2h 19m after sunset |
21.37 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 UX1 | Professional Telescope |
21:11
2h 19m after sunset |
31.79 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 2017 XO2 | Professional Telescope |
21:11
2h 20m after sunset |
24.67 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 GK6 | Professional Telescope |
21:12
2h 21m after sunset |
30.05 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 240P/NEAT | Professional Telescope |
21:12
2h 21m after sunset |
18.22 | Pisces Austrinus | map |
Asteroid 16 Psyche | Small Telescope |
21:16
2h 25m after sunset |
11.49 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 AH3 | Professional Telescope |
21:17
2h 26m after sunset |
32.32 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 JH1 | Professional Telescope |
21:17
2h 26m after sunset |
30.37 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 164P/Christensen | Large Telescope |
21:31
2h 39m after sunset |
17.93 | Aquarius | map |
Venus | Naked Eye |
21:31
2h 40m after sunset |
-4.60 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 7 Iris | Small Telescope |
21:33
2h 41m after sunset |
9.99 | Pisces | map |
Comet 77P/Longmore | Professional Telescope |
21:33
2h 41m after sunset |
21.56 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 1998 OR2 | Professional Telescope |
21:33
2h 42m after sunset |
22.31 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 EF1 | Professional Telescope |
21:33
2h 42m after sunset |
29.57 | Pisces | map |
Comet 116P/Wild | Professional Telescope |
21:35
2h 44m after sunset |
22.49 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 125P/Spacewatch | Professional Telescope |
21:37
2h 46m after sunset |
23.51 | Aquarius | map |
Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami | Professional Telescope |
21:39
2h 48m after sunset |
29.56 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 XF5 | Professional Telescope |
21:39
2h 48m after sunset |
29.97 | Pisces | map |
Saturn | Naked Eye |
21:41
2h 49m after sunset |
1.10 | Aquarius | map |
Comet C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) | Large Telescope |
21:41
2h 49m after sunset |
15.0 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) | Professional Telescope |
21:41
2h 50m after sunset |
38.79 | Pegasus | map |
Asteroid 2014 SR349 | Professional Telescope |
21:51
3h 00m after sunset |
24.10 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 WB5 | Professional Telescope |
21:51
3h 00m after sunset |
28.59 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid 2010 RF12 | Professional Telescope |
21:52
3h 00m after sunset |
30.33 | Aquarius | map |
Asteroid 1979 XB | Professional Telescope |
21:53
3h 02m after sunset |
25.40 | Pisces Austrinus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2016 JA6 | Professional Telescope |
21:56
3h 04m after sunset |
28.56 | Aquarius | map |
Comet P/2023 M4 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
21:56
3h 05m after sunset |
18.24 | Pisces | map |
Comet ZTF (C/2020 V2) | Large Telescope |
21:57
3h 06m after sunset |
16.64 | Pavo | map |
Asteroid 2020 CD3 (Earth's minimoon) | Professional Telescope |
21:59
3h 07m after sunset |
34.10 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid 101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36) | Professional Telescope |
22:00
3h 08m after sunset |
21.89 | Pegasus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 FA | Professional Telescope |
22:05
3h 13m after sunset |
31.82 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 DG | Professional Telescope |
22:13
3h 21m after sunset |
33.55 | Pisces | map |
Asteroid 2000 SG344 | Professional Telescope |
22:13
3h 22m after sunset |
26.55 | Pisces | map |
Neptune | Binocular |
22:16
3h 24m after sunset |
7.79 | Pisces | map |
Comet 252P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
22:20
3h 29m after sunset |
31.05 | Pisces | map |
Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley | Professional Telescope |
22:20
3h 29m after sunset |
26.80 | Andromeda | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 TG4 | Professional Telescope |
22:21
3h 29m after sunset |
24.57 | Aquarius | map |
Objects Visible During the Night
Objects Visible Before Sunrise
Object | Visibility | Rise | Mag | Constellation | Map |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comet C/2024 C4 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
05:16
0h 35m before sunrise |
24.04 | Hercules | map |
Comet 141P/Machholz | Professional Telescope |
02:30
3h 21m before sunrise |
26.34 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 XH55 | Professional Telescope |
02:38
3h 13m before sunrise |
32.02 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet C/2024 B1 (Lemmon) | Large Telescope |
04:17
1h 33m before sunrise |
16.98 | Hercules | map |
Comet 354P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
02:25
3h 26m before sunrise |
21.90 | Scorpius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 SU7 | Professional Telescope |
02:51
2h 59m before sunrise |
30.00 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 UP6 | Professional Telescope |
02:35
3h 15m before sunrise |
31.16 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2003 RU11 | Professional Telescope |
02:44
3h 07m before sunrise |
27.30 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 14P/Wolf | Professional Telescope |
03:31
2h 20m before sunrise |
21.97 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 VV | Professional Telescope |
02:51
3h 00m before sunrise |
30.25 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham | Professional Telescope |
02:33
3h 18m before sunrise |
25.17 | Scorpius | map |
Comet 65P/Gunn | Large Telescope |
02:55
2h 56m before sunrise |
17.42 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 207P/NEAT | Professional Telescope |
03:18
2h 32m before sunrise |
25.45 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 TW17 | Professional Telescope |
03:02
2h 49m before sunrise |
23.56 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet C/2022 S4 (Lemmon) | Large Telescope |
00:11
5h 39m before sunrise |
15.96 | Norma | map |
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
03:14
2h 37m before sunrise |
32.06 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 201P/LONEOS | Professional Telescope |
02:55
2h 55m before sunrise |
28.04 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy | Professional Telescope |
03:30
2h 20m before sunrise |
23.06 | Serpens | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2015 VL64 | Professional Telescope |
03:09
2h 42m before sunrise |
30.11 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan | Professional Telescope |
03:11
2h 39m before sunrise |
28.66 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 SN3 | Professional Telescope |
06:01
23h 49m before sunrise |
27.66 | Lyra | map |
Comet C/2019 T4 (ATLAS) | Professional Telescope |
05:24
0h 27m before sunrise |
18.48 | Hercules | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 35396 | Professional Telescope |
03:19
2h 31m before sunrise |
19.71 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 157P/Tritton | Professional Telescope |
02:59
2h 52m before sunrise |
25.97 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 104P/Kowal | Professional Telescope |
03:30
2h 20m before sunrise |
27.88 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 YB1 | Professional Telescope |
03:12
2h 38m before sunrise |
28.63 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2014 XC8 | Professional Telescope |
03:27
2h 24m before sunrise |
29.02 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT | Professional Telescope |
03:36
2h 15m before sunrise |
23.40 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 27P/Crommelin | Professional Telescope |
03:48
2h 03m before sunrise |
54.02 | Ophiuchus | map |
Comet 13P/Olbers | Large Telescope |
03:53
1h 57m before sunrise |
14.86 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks | Large Telescope |
01:50
4h 00m before sunrise |
15.0 | Ara | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 DP | Professional Telescope |
03:22
2h 29m before sunrise |
28.35 | Ophiuchus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 HE2 | Professional Telescope |
03:45
2h 06m before sunrise |
28.83 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 261P/Larson | Professional Telescope |
03:37
2h 14m before sunrise |
23.83 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf | Professional Telescope |
03:01
2h 49m before sunrise |
27.66 | Scorpius | map |
Asteroid 1999 KW4 | Professional Telescope |
03:49
2h 02m before sunrise |
19.04 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra | Professional Telescope |
03:57
1h 53m before sunrise |
26.40 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2007 EG | Professional Telescope |
04:07
1h 43m before sunrise |
26.11 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2023 R2 (PANSTARRS) | Professional Telescope |
05:05
0h 46m before sunrise |
18.30 | Serpens | map |
Comet 150P/LONEOS | Professional Telescope |
03:57
1h 54m before sunrise |
20.84 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid 6 Hebe | Small Telescope |
04:35
1h 15m before sunrise |
10.76 | Scutum | map |
Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) | Professional Telescope |
01:52
3h 59m before sunrise |
46.23 | Ara | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2024 YR6 | Professional Telescope |
04:19
1h 31m before sunrise |
34.06 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 8P/Tuttle | Professional Telescope |
04:39
1h 12m before sunrise |
23.66 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 110P/Hartley | Professional Telescope |
04:13
1h 38m before sunrise |
24.49 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 BB | Professional Telescope |
04:16
1h 34m before sunrise |
30.20 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid 2 Pallas | Small Telescope |
05:36
0h 15m before sunrise |
10.42 | Aquila | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BE5 | Professional Telescope |
04:33
1h 17m before sunrise |
25.31 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2019 BE5 | Professional Telescope |
04:33
1h 17m before sunrise |
25.31 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 75D/Kohoutek (Lost) | Professional Telescope |
04:39
1h 12m before sunrise |
21.60 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2022 U1 (Leonard) | Professional Telescope |
06:14
23h 37m before sunrise |
19.26 | Aquila | map |
Comet 78P/Gehrels | Professional Telescope |
04:55
0h 55m before sunrise |
20.38 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 249P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
04:46
1h 05m before sunrise |
18.24 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 255P/Levy | Professional Telescope |
04:48
1h 03m before sunrise |
42.01 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid 2002 NT7 | Professional Telescope |
05:33
0h 17m before sunrise |
21.46 | Aquila | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 TD167 | Professional Telescope |
04:53
0h 58m before sunrise |
30.85 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 SN6 | Professional Telescope |
04:51
0h 59m before sunrise |
31.93 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2023 VB2 | Professional Telescope |
04:39
1h 12m before sunrise |
34.48 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2017 VN2 | Professional Telescope |
04:53
0h 58m before sunrise |
29.09 | Sagittarius | map |
Mercury | Naked Eye |
04:52
0h 59m before sunrise |
-0.49 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid 2009 JF1 | Professional Telescope |
04:50
1h 00m before sunrise |
28.90 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) | Large Telescope |
07:24
22h 27m before sunrise |
15.6 | Cygnus | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 PC7 | Professional Telescope |
03:57
1h 53m before sunrise |
21.38 | Corona Australis | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 GY1 | Professional Telescope |
05:13
0h 37m before sunrise |
30.49 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid 433 Eros | Large Telescope |
04:52
0h 58m before sunrise |
13.99 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2014 HB177 | Professional Telescope |
05:00
0h 50m before sunrise |
30.01 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS) | Professional Telescope |
05:24
0h 26m before sunrise |
21.61 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 96P/Machholz | Professional Telescope |
04:42
1h 09m before sunrise |
24.59 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2020 UC4 | Professional Telescope |
05:11
0h 40m before sunrise |
28.42 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) | Professional Telescope |
02:50
3h 01m before sunrise |
28.62 | Ara | map |
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) | Small Telescope |
06:31
23h 19m before sunrise |
10.3 | Aquila | map |
5D/Brorsen (Lost) | Professional Telescope |
05:06
0h 45m before sunrise |
19.56 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2024 J3 (ATLAS) | Large Telescope |
04:58
0h 52m before sunrise |
17.54 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 217P/LINEAR | Professional Telescope |
05:30
0h 20m before sunrise |
18.22 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner | Large Telescope |
06:17
23h 34m before sunrise |
16.03 | Aquila | map |
Comet 210P/Christensen | Professional Telescope |
05:20
0h 31m before sunrise |
23.88 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2001 AV43 | Professional Telescope |
05:30
0h 21m before sunrise |
27.82 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2004 DF2 | Professional Telescope |
05:25
0h 26m before sunrise |
29.57 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell | Professional Telescope |
05:16
0h 35m before sunrise |
28.37 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2006 SB | Professional Telescope |
06:01
23h 50m before sunrise |
28.45 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet C/2021 X1 (Maury-Attard) | Professional Telescope |
07:06
22h 44m before sunrise |
19.19 | Delphinus | map |
Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff | Professional Telescope |
06:04
23h 47m before sunrise |
25.52 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2021 EO2 | Professional Telescope |
05:53
23h 58m before sunrise |
30.34 | Sagittarius | map |
Comet 398P/Boattini | Professional Telescope |
06:02
23h 49m before sunrise |
25.32 | Sagittarius | map |
Asteroid (NEO) 2022 BP4 | Professional Telescope |
05:56
23h 55m before sunrise |
28.68 | Sagittarius | map |
Tonight's Conjunctions
List of the closest conjunctions happening tonight between objects we are currently tracking, in order of increasing separation. The green arrow indicates that the objects are currently getting closer, while the red arrow means that the objects are increasing their apparent separation.
Object 1 | Object 2 | Separation | |
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Comet 32P/Comas Sola | Asteroid 4 Vesta | 1° 13’ 50” | map |
Comet C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) | Asteroid 7 Iris | 1° 55’ 40” | map |