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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in McMurdo, Antarctica (McMurdo Station, Ross Island)

Moon: 71.1%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time:None
Sunset:None
End of Twilight*:None
Start of Twilight*:None
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ McMurdo has polar day (Midnight Sun)

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Planet Parade 2025: Can We See All the Planets?

We were curious: How often are all the planets above the horizon at the same time, in a reasonably dark sky?

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Tonight's Sky in McMurdo, Feb 18 – Feb 19, 2025

Mercury rise and set in McMurdo

Up all day.

Mercury is up all of the polar day .

Wed, Feb 19 ↓12:44 am
Wed, Feb 19 ↑4:36 am

Feb 18, 2025
Feb 19, 2025

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Venus rise and set in McMurdo

Up all day.

Venus is up all of the polar day . Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Tue, Feb 18 ↑12:42 pm
Tue, Feb 18 ↓8:00 pm

Feb 18, 2025
Feb 19, 2025

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Planets Visible in McMurdo

 Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Feb 18, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryWed 4:36 amThu 12:18 amWed 2:38 pmExtremely difficult to see
VenusTue 12:42 pmTue 8:00 pmTue 4:22 pmExtremely difficult to see
MarsDown all dayTue 11:15 pmDown all night, not visible
JupiterDown all dayTue 8:40 pmDown all night, not visible
SaturnWed 7:14 amWed 11:26 pmWed 3:20 pmNot visible
UranusDown all dayTue 7:24 pmDown all night, not visible
NeptuneWed 9:10 amWed 10:35 pmWed 3:53 pmNot visible