Planets Visible Tonight from Letlhakeng, Botswana

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Letlhakeng, Botswana (56° 6' 46.1" N, 69° 29' 24.7" E). All times reported are in the Africa/Gaborone 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	-2.33	1° E
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:30	-4.42	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 22:46	1.17	71° E
Jupiter	After sunset, difficult	Sets at 18:47	-1.91	18° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:43	1.09	69° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	12° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:49	7.78	68° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 17.8% illuminated, rises at 11:04.

Planet Visibility Details

Mercury will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 1° from the Sun.

Venus is in excellent visibility conditions for early morning observations. It rises at 03:30, i.e. 3 hours and 55 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 -4.42). View sky map of Venus at 05:13.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 22:46, 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 1.17) with a distinctive reddish color. View sky map of Mars at 20:12.

Jupiter sets only 1 hour and 8 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 18:13.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:43, i.e. 42 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 1.09) 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 04:19.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 12° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:49, i.e. 36 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 04:23.