Planets Visible Tonight from Philadelphia, United States

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Philadelphia, United States (33° 52' 54.1" N, 118° 7' 1.2" W). 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	-	-1.57	7° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:42	-4.50	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:23	1.16	74° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 22:15	-1.93	23° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 03:05	1.11	63° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	6° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 03:05	7.79	62° W

Moon: Waning Crescent, 11.4% illuminated, rises at 03:29.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 7° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:42, i.e. 2 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 -4.50). View sky map of Venus at 04:35.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:23, 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 22:56.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 45 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 21:23.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:05, i.e. 2 hours and 52 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 1.11) 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 04:17.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 6° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:05, i.e. 2 hours and 53 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 04:17.