Planets Visible Tonight from Bagaces, Costa Rica

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Bagaces, Costa Rica (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the America/Costa_Rica 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	-2.03	3° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 02:32	-4.40	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 22:48	1.20	70° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 19:11	-1.91	17° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:08	1.08	71° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	13° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:11	7.78	70° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 35.3% illuminated, rises at 10:35.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 3° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 02:32, i.e. 3 hours and 16 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 -4.40). 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 22:48, 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 1.20) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 20:25.

Jupiter sets only 1 hour and 8 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 18:37.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:08, i.e. 4 hours and 40 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 1.08) 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 03:13.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 13° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:11, i.e. 4 hours and 37 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 03:15.