Planets Visible Tonight from Gros Islet, Saint Lucia

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the America/St_Lucia 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	Before sunrise, difficult	Rises at 04:59	-1.19	11° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:02	-4.54	45° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 23:40	1.14	75° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 20:15	-1.93	26° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 02:16	1.12	60° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	2° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:20	7.79	58° W

Moon: Third Quarter, 50.1% illuminated, rises at 00:18.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will be difficult to observe because it rises only 1 hour and 7 minutes before the Sun. Look towards the East under very clear sky conditions and from a location with an unobstructed horizon. Mercury will appear very low on the horizon, as a small bright and light-orange star (magnitude -1.19). It will be visible to the naked eye, however small binoculars can be helpful to locate it. View sky map of Mercury at 05:18.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:02, i.e. 3 hours and 4 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 -4.54). View sky map of Venus at 04:19.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 23:40, 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 1.14) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 21:02.

Jupiter sets 51 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 -1.93) with an orange color. Small binoculars will easily show its 4 major moons. View sky map of Jupiter at 19:20.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:16, i.e. 3 hours and 50 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 1.12) 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 03:56.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 2° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:20, i.e. 3 hours and 46 minutes before the Sun. Look towards East before sunrise, from a location with unobstructed horizon. Considering its low brightness (magnitude 7.79), at least binoculars will be needed to observe it and a small telescope is recommended. View sky map of Neptune at 03:58.