Planets Visible Tonight from Rancho Santa Fe, United States

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Rancho Santa Fe, United States (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the America/Los_Angeles 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	-1.87	5° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:24	-4.39	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 00:23	1.21	69° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 21:02	-1.91	16° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 02:15	1.07	72° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.84	14° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 02:15	7.78	71° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 47.6% illuminated, rises at 12:17.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 5° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:24, i.e. 2 hours and 46 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 -4.39). View sky map of Venus at 04:33.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 00:23, 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 1.21) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 22:07.

Jupiter sets only 1 hour and 10 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 20:26.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:15, i.e. 3 hours and 56 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 1.07) 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 03:58.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 14° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 02:15, i.e. 3 hours and 56 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 03:58.