Planets Visible Tonight from Fuzhou, China

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Fuzhou, China (41° 1' 30.4" N, 80° 45' 39.2" W). 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	Not visible	Too close to the Sun	-2.33	1° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 02:45	-4.42	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 23:31	1.17	71° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 20:03	-1.91	18° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:34	1.09	69° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	12° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:35	7.78	68° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 17.9% illuminated, rises at 08:59.

Planet Visibility Details

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

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 02:45, i.e. 2 hours and 56 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 -4.42). View sky map of Venus at 03:58.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 23:31, 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 1.17) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 21:10.

Jupiter sets only 1 hour and 14 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 19:26.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:34, i.e. 4 hours and 7 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 1.09) 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 03:23.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 12° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:35, i.e. 4 hours and 6 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 7.78), at least binoculars will be needed to observe it and a small telescope is recommended. View sky map of Neptune at 03:23.