Planets Visible Tonight from Brandywine, United States

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Brandywine, United States (6° 1' 16.3" N, 80° 15' 1.1" E). All times reported are in the America/New_York 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	-	-1.92	4° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:47	-4.47	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:10	1.16	72° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 21:57	-1.92	21° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 03:01	1.10	66° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	8° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 03:02	7.79	64° W

Moon: New, 0.1% illuminated, rises at 04:51.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 4° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:47, i.e. 2 hours and 30 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 -4.47). View sky map of Venus at 04:48.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:10, 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 1.16) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 22:45.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 37 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 21:08.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:01, i.e. 3 hours and 16 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 1.10) 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 04:25.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 8° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:02, i.e. 3 hours and 16 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 04:25.