Planets Visible Tonight from Thaba Nchu, South Africa

This page shows planetary visibility conditions for Thaba Nchu, South Africa (42° 37' 37.9" N, 90° 35' 31.6" W). All times reported are in the Africa/Johannesburg 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	-	-2.35	1° W
Venus	End of the night	Rises at 03:26	-4.44	46° W
Mars	Beginning of the night	Sets at 22:35	1.17	71° E
Jupiter	After sunset	Sets at 18:35	-1.92	19° E
Saturn	End of the night	Rises at 01:43	1.09	68° W
Uranus	Not visible	-	5.85	10° W
Neptune	End of the night	Rises at 01:50	7.78	66° W

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 6.0% illuminated, rises at 09:27.

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 03:26, i.e. 4 hours and 1 minute 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 -4.44). View sky map of Venus at 05:12.

Mars will be in good visibility conditions after sunset and during the first part of the night. It sets at 22:35, 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 19:58.

Jupiter sets 1 hour and 13 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 -1.92) with an orange color. Small binoculars will easily show its 4 major moons. View sky map of Jupiter at 17:58.

Saturn is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:43, i.e. 44 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 04:20.

Uranus will not be visible tonight because of its elongation of only 10° from the Sun.

Neptune is in good visibility conditions towards the end of the night. It rises at 01:50, i.e. 37 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 04:24.