Planets Visible Tonight from McMurdo Station, Queen Maud Land

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for McMurdo Station, Queen Maud Land (50° 47' 32.6" N, 10° 36' 56.5" E). All times reported are in the Antarctica/McMurdo timezone. These location and timezone settings have been set as your defaults and you can change them here.

At this latitude and time of year, the sun does not rise, resulting in continuous night time. Planet visibility conditions will mainly depend on their elongation and how much they will rise above the horizon during the 24 hours night.

At a Glance

Planet	Visibility	Notes	Mag	Elongation
Mercury	Not visible	Never rises	0.66	26° E
Venus	Not visible	Never rises	-4.11	43° W
Mars	At transit	Max altitude 4.0°	1.43	56° E
Jupiter	Not visible	Never rises	-1.89	9° W
Saturn	At transit	Max altitude 13.5°	0.93	103° W
Uranus	Not visible	Never rises	5.81	45° W
Neptune	At transit	Max altitude 12.5°	7.75	103° W

Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 87.2% illuminated, rises at 00:00.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury is not visible because it never rises today at this latitude.

Venus is not visible because it never rises today at this latitude.

Mars transits at 16:44 at an altitude of 4.0°. View sky map of Mars at 15:58.

Jupiter is not visible because it never rises today at this latitude.

Saturn transits at 06:00 at an altitude of 13.5°.

Uranus is not visible because it never rises today at this latitude.

Neptune transits at 05:59 at an altitude of 12.5°.