Planets Visible Tonight from Braintree, United Kingdom

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Braintree, United Kingdom (33° 58' 21.0" N, 116° 58' 37.2" 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	-	-2.35	1° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:21	-4.44	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:27	1.17	71° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 22:27	-1.92	19° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 02:45	1.09	68° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	10° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:42	7.78	66° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 6.0% illuminated, rises at 06:02.

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 03:21, 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 -4.44). View sky map of Venus at 04:04.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:27, 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 23:15.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 24 minutes after the Sun. Look towards West after sunset, from a location with unobstructed horizon. It will be easily visible to the naked eye as bright and large star (magnitude -1.92) with an orange color. Small binoculars will easily show its 4 major moons. View sky map of Jupiter at 21:45.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:45, i.e. 2 hours and 33 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 03:46.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 10° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:42, i.e. 2 hours and 35 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 03:45.