Planets Visible Tonight from Scunthorpe, United Kingdom

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Scunthorpe, United Kingdom (40° 35' 11.4" N, 122° 23' 31.2" W). 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	Not visible	Too close to the Sun	-1.66	7° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:12	-4.37	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:19	1.26	69° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 22:24	-1.91	15° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 02:27	1.07	74° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.84	16° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:24	7.78	72° W

Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 65.0% illuminated, rises at 14:05.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 7° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:12, i.e. 1 hour 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 -4.37). View sky map of Venus at 03:55.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:19, 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 1.26) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 23:21.

Jupiter sets only 1 hour and 0 minute 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 21:54.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:27, i.e. 2 hours and 41 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 1.07) 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 03:33.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 16° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:24, i.e. 2 hours and 44 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 03:31.