Planets Visible Tonight from Gampola, Sri Lanka

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Gampola, Sri Lanka (33° 43' 14.5" N, 116° 13' 1.2" W). All times reported are in the Asia/Colombo 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	-	-1.68	6° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:04	-4.49	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 23:24	1.15	73° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 19:50	-1.92	22° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:58	1.11	64° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	7° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:02	7.79	63° W

Moon: Waning Crescent, 5.3% illuminated, rises at 04:38.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 6° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:04, i.e. 16 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 -4.49). View sky map of Venus at 04:27.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 23:24, 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 1.15) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 20:51.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 31 minutes after the Sun. Look towards West after sunset, from a location with unobstructed horizon. It will be easily visible to the naked eye as bright and large star (magnitude -1.92) with an orange color. Small binoculars will easily show its 4 major moons. View sky map of Jupiter at 19:04.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:58, i.e. 22 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 1.11) 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 03:54.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 7° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:02, i.e. 18 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 7.79), at least binoculars will be needed to observe it and a small telescope is recommended. View sky map of Neptune at 03:56.