Planets Visible Tonight from Raffingora, Zimbabwe

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Raffingora, Zimbabwe (51° 28' 48.0" N, 0° 0' 0.0" E). All times reported are in the Africa/Harare 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	-	-1.59	7° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:05	-4.50	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 22:45	1.16	74° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 19:00	-1.93	23° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:48	1.11	64° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	6° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:55	7.79	62° W

Moon: Waning Crescent, 10.3% illuminated, rises at 03:09.

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 03:05, i.e. 3 hours and 43 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 04:42.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 22:45, 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 20:08.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 29 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 18:16.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:48, i.e. 0 minute 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 04:03.

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 01:55, i.e. 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 04:07.