Planets Visible Tonight from Benoni, South Africa

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Benoni, South Africa (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the Africa/Johannesburg timezone. These location and timezone settings have been set as your defaults and you can change them here.

At a Glance

Planet	Visibility	Notes	Mag	Elongation
Mercury	Not visible	Too close to the Sun	-1.39	10° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:22	-4.35	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 22:20	1.30	68° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 18:09	-1.91	13° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:04	1.06	76° W
Uranus	Before sunrise	Rises at 05:29	5.84	18° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:09	7.77	75° W

Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 86.0% illuminated, rises at 14:32.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 10° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:22, i.e. 3 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Venus will be easily visible as a very bright white or slightly bluish star. It will be the brightest object visible in the sky (magnitude -4.35). View sky map of Venus at 05:06.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 22:20, look towards South/South West after sunset and West later in the night. It will be easily visible to the naked eye as bright star (magnitude 1.30) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 19:50.

Jupiter sets only 48 minutes after the Sun, so it will be difficult to observe. Look towards the West under very clear sky conditions and from a location with an unobstructed horizon. Jupiter will be visible very low on the horizon as a large star (magnitude -1.91) with an orange color. It will be visible to the naked eye, however small binoculars can be helpful to locate it. View sky map of Jupiter at 17:45.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:04, i.e. 15 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. It will be visible to the naked eye as a moderately bright star (magnitude 1.06) with an orange color. Binoculars with at least 20x magnification will show its elongated shape while a small telescope will show its rings. View sky map of Saturn at 03:57.

Uranus rises 1 hour and 50 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 5.84) and low altitude on the horizon, at least binoculars will be necessary to observe it. View sky map of Uranus at 06:09.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:09, i.e. 10 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 7.77), at least binoculars will be needed to observe it and a small telescope is recommended. View sky map of Neptune at 03:59.