Planets Visible Tonight from Balikpapan, Indonesia

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Balikpapan, Indonesia (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the Asia/Makassar 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	Before sunrise, difficult	Rises at 05:24	-1.07	13° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:16	-4.56	45° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 23:30	1.15	76° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 19:58	-1.94	27° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 02:24	1.12	59° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	1° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:30	7.79	57° W

Moon: Waning Gibbous, 57.1% illuminated, rises at 23:45.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will be difficult to observe because it rises only 1 hour and 14 minutes before the Sun. Look towards the East under very clear sky conditions and from a location with an unobstructed horizon. Mercury will appear very low on the horizon, as a small bright and light-orange star (magnitude -1.07). It will be visible to the naked eye, however small binoculars can be helpful to locate it. View sky map of Mercury at 05:46.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:16, i.e. 3 hours and 22 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 -4.56). View sky map of Venus at 04:42.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 23:30, 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 20:50.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 49 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 -1.94) 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 02:24, i.e. 4 hours and 14 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 1.12) 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 04:16.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 1° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:30, i.e. 4 hours and 7 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 04:19.