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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany

Moon: 30.2%
Waxing Crescent
Night Time:12 hours, 57 minutes
Sunset:Oct 8 at 6:40 pm
End of Twilight*:Oct 8 at 7:54 pm
Start of Twilight*:Oct 9 at 6:22 am
Sunrise:Oct 9 at 7:36 am

*Nautical twilight

Location of SoltauLocation

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS might be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks. Show the comet on our Night Sky Map (below).

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Tonight's Sky in Soltau, Oct 8 – Oct 9, 2024

Mercury rise and set in Soltau

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Mercury is just 6 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

Tue, Oct 8 ↓6:51 pm

Oct 8, 2024
Oct 9, 2024

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Venus rise and set in Soltau

Try after sunset.

Venus sets shortly after sunset, so it is very close to the horizon. This makes it very difficult to observe. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Tue, Oct 8 ↓7:36 pm

Oct 8, 2024
Oct 9, 2024

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Mars rise and set in Soltau

View before sunrise.

Mars can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter.

Tue, Oct 8 ↑11:10 pm

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Oct 9, 2024

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Jupiter rise and set in Soltau

View in the early morning.

Jupiter can be seen for more than 10 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.

Tue, Oct 8 ↑9:13 pm

Oct 8, 2024
Oct 9, 2024

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Saturn rise and set in Soltau

After sunset and most of the night.

Saturn is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the late evening hours after sunset.

Wed, Oct 9 ↓4:30 am

Oct 8, 2024
Oct 9, 2024

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Uranus rise and set in Soltau

View in the early morning. Bring binoculars.

Uranus can be seen for more than 11 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. You may need binoculars.

Tue, Oct 8 ↑7:52 pm

Oct 8, 2024
Oct 9, 2024

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Neptune rise and set in Soltau

Up most of the night. Use binoculars.

Neptune is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night. Very faint, use binoculars.

Wed, Oct 9 ↓5:55 am

Oct 8, 2024
Oct 9, 2024

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Planets Visible in Soltau

 Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Oct 8, 2024
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryTue 8:06 amTue 6:51 pmTue 1:29 pmVery difficult to see
VenusTue 10:51 amTue 7:36 pmTue 3:14 pmSlightly difficult to see
MarsTue 11:10 pmWed 3:50 pmWed 7:30 amAverage visibility
JupiterTue 9:13 pmWed 1:46 pmWed 5:30 amPerfect visibility
SaturnTue 5:54 pmWed 4:30 amTue 11:12 pmPerfect visibility
UranusTue 7:52 pmWed 11:38 amWed 3:45 amAverage visibility
NeptuneTue 6:11 pmWed 5:55 amWed 12:03 amSlightly difficult to see