Planets Visible Tonight from Kirkcudbright, United Kingdom

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Kirkcudbright, United Kingdom (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" 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	Not visible	Too close to the Sun	-1.44	9° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:19	-4.35	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:31	1.28	68° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 22:39	-1.91	13° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 02:33	1.06	76° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.84	18° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:29	7.77	74° W

Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 81.9% illuminated, rises at 16:47.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 9° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:19, i.e. 1 hour and 53 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 -4.35). View sky map of Venus at 04:01.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:31, 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 1.28) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 23:39.

Jupiter sets only 52 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 22:13.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:33, i.e. 2 hours and 39 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 1.06) 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 03:38.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 18° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:29, i.e. 2 hours and 43 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 03:36.