Planets Visible Tonight from Seattle, United States

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Seattle, 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	-	-1.37	9° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:49	-4.52	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 01:44	1.14	75° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 22:41	-1.93	24° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 03:20	1.11	62° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	4° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 03:19	7.79	60° W

Moon: Waning Crescent, 29.6% illuminated, rises at 02:56.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 9° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:49, i.e. 2 hours and 5 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 -4.52). View sky map of Venus at 04:36.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 01:44, 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 1.14) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 23:15.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 54 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 21:44.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:20, i.e. 2 hours and 34 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 04:22.

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

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 03:19, i.e. 2 hours and 35 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 04:22.