Sat, Dec 7 at 4:50 pm - Sun, Dec 8 at 7:09 am
14 hours, 19 minutes
Mercury: From Sun 5:43 am
Venus: Until Sat 6:50 pm
Mars: From Sun 4:26 am
Jupiter: Until Sat 5:54 pm
Saturn: Until Sat 7:14 pm
Uranus: Until Sun 3:45 am
Neptune: Until Sat 11:54 pm
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Houston Tower Site State Wildlife Area on a date of your choice. Use it to locate a planet, the Moon, or the Sun and track their movements across the sky. The map also shows the phases of the Moon, and all solar and lunar eclipses. Need some help?
Currently showing previous night. For planet visibility in the coming night, please check again after 12 noon.
Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.
Mercury is just 18 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.
Sun, Dec 8 ↑5:43 am
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View after sunset.
Venus can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.
Sat, Dec 7 ↓6:50 pm
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View before sunrise.
Mars can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter.
Sun, Dec 8 ↑4:26 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunset only.
Jupiter is just 16 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.
Sat, Dec 7 ↓5:54 pm
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View after sunset.
Saturn can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.
Sat, Dec 7 ↓7:14 pm
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View after sunset. Bring binoculars.
Uranus can be seen for more than 10 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night. You may need binoculars.
Sun, Dec 8 ↓3:45 am
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View after sunset. Use binoculars.
Neptune can be seen for more than 7 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night. Very faint, use binoculars.
Sat, Dec 7 ↓11:54 pm
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Sun, Dec 8, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Sun 5:43 am | Sun 3:51 pm | Sun 10:48 am | Slightly difficult to see |
| Venus | Sat 9:24 am | Sat 6:50 pm | Sat 2:07 pm | Good visibility |
| Mars | Sun 4:26 am | Sun 2:56 pm | Sun 9:41 am | Average visibility |
| Jupiter | Sat 8:22 am | Sat 5:54 pm | Sat 1:08 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Saturn | Sat 9:33 am | Sat 7:14 pm | Sat 2:23 pm | Average visibility |
| Uranus | Sat 2:26 pm | Sun 3:45 am | Sat 9:06 pm | Average visibility |
| Neptune | Sat 12:30 pm | Sat 11:54 pm | Sat 6:12 pm | Difficult to see |
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