Planets Visible Tonight from Gretna, United States

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Gretna, United States (48° 36' 38.5" N, 118° 3' 21.6" W). All times reported are in the America/Chicago 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	-	-2.36	1° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:59	-4.44	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:25	1.17	71° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 22:12	-1.92	19° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 03:08	1.09	68° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	10° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 03:07	7.78	66° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 6.1% illuminated, rises at 07:54.

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 03:59, i.e. 2 hours and 27 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 04:58.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:25, 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 23:06.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 25 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 21:30.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:08, i.e. 3 hours and 18 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 04:32.

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 03:07, i.e. 3 hours and 19 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 04:32.