Planets Visible Tonight from Libu, China

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Libu, China (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the Asia/Shanghai 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	After sunset	Sets at 20:45	0.83	25° E
Venus	Before sunrise	Rises at 03:00	-4.09	42° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 22:27	1.45	55° E
Jupiter	Before sunrise, difficult	Rises at 05:00	-1.89	11° W
Saturn	Most of the night	Transits at 05:24	0.91	106° W
Uranus	End of the night	Rises at 02:29	5.81	48° W
Neptune	Most of the night	Transits at 05:24	7.73	106° W

Moon: Full, 99.6% illuminated, rises at 19:09.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury sets 1 hour and 23 minutes after the Sun. Look towards West after sunset, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Mercury will appear low on the horizon, as a small bright and light-orange star (magnitude 0.83). It will be visible to the naked eye, however small binoculars can be helpful to locate it. View sky map of Mercury at 20:03.

Venus is in favorable conditions for early morning observations. It rises 3 hours and 19 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 -4.09). View sky map of Venus at 04:25.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 22:27, 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 1.45) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 20:54.

Jupiter will be difficult to observe because it rises only 1 hour and 19 minutes before the Sun. Look towards the East 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 -1.89) 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 05:25.

Saturn will be in good visibility conditions for most part of the night. It rises at 23:29, i.e. 6 hours and 50 minutes before the Sun. Best conditions will be around the time Saturn will reach its highest altitude, at 05:24 (look towards South). It will be visible to the naked eye as a moderately bright star (magnitude 0.91) with an orange color. Binoculars with at least 20x magnification will show its elongated shape while a small telescope will show its rings.

Uranus is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:29, i.e. 3 hours and 50 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Under ideal sky conditions Uranus would theoretically be visible to the naked eye (magnitude 5.81), binoculars will easily show it. View sky map of Uranus at 04:09.

Neptune will be in good visibility conditions for most part of the night. It rises at 23:26, i.e. 6 hours and 53 minutes before the Sun. Best conditions will be around the time Neptune will reach its highest altitude, at 05:24 (look towards South). Considering its low brightness (magnitude 7.73), at least binoculars will be needed to observe it and a small telescope is recommended.