Planets Visible Tonight from Gold Coast, Australia

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Gold Coast, Australia (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the Australia/Brisbane 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 18:19	-0.37	20° E
Venus	Before sunrise	Rises at 03:11	-4.25	45° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 21:43	1.43	63° E
Jupiter	Not visible	Too close to the Sun	-1.90	5° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 00:04	1.02	86° W
Uranus	Before sunrise	Rises at 04:29	5.83	28° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 00:07	7.78	85° W

Moon: Third Quarter, 53.9% illuminated, rises at 23:30.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury sets 1 hour and 21 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 -0.37). It will be visible to the naked eye, however small binoculars can be helpful to locate it. View sky map of Mercury at 17:38.

Venus is in favorable conditions for early morning observations. It rises 3 hours and 55 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 -4.25). View sky map of Venus at 04:54.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 21:43, 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 1.43) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 19:20.

Jupiter will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 5° from the Sun.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 00:04, i.e. 7 hours and 2 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 1.02) 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 03:21.

Uranus rises 2 hours and 37 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 5.83) and low altitude on the horizon, at least binoculars will be necessary to observe it. View sky map of Uranus at 05:33.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 00:07, i.e. 6 hours and 59 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 03:22.