Planets Visible Tonight from Solihull, United Kingdom

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Solihull, United Kingdom (37° 44' 29.4" N, 127° 2' 49.2" E). All times reported are in the Europe/London 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 23:00	-0.15	22° E
Venus	Before sunrise	Rises at 02:50	-4.22	45° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 00:26	1.45	62° E
Jupiter	Not visible	Below the horizon	-1.89	2° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:26	1.00	89° W
Uranus	Before sunrise	Rises at 03:07	5.83	31° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:22	7.77	88° W

Moon: Waning Crescent, 20.2% illuminated, rises at 01:32.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury sets 1 hour and 28 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 -0.15). It will be visible to the naked eye, however small binoculars can be helpful to locate it. View sky map of Mercury at 22:16.

Venus is in favorable conditions for early morning observations. It rises 2 hours and 25 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 -4.22). View sky map of Venus at 03:48.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 00:26, 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 22:59.

Jupiter will not be visible tonight because, at this latitude, it will never rise above the horizon during the night.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:26, i.e. 3 hours and 49 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 1.00) 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 03:06.

Uranus rises 2 hours and 8 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 03:56.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:22, i.e. 3 hours and 53 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 7.77), at least binoculars will be needed to observe it and a small telescope is recommended. View sky map of Neptune at 03:03.