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TimezoneAsia/Colombo
Sunrise: 5:54 
Transit: 12:06 
Sunset: 18:18
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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.