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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Chișinău, Moldova (Kishinev)

Moon: 10.5%
Waxing Crescent
Night Time:12 hours, 35 minutes
Sunset:Oct 5 at 6:35 pm
End of Twilight*:Oct 5 at 7:41 pm
Start of Twilight*:Oct 6 at 6:04 am
Sunrise:Oct 6 at 7:10 am

*Nautical twilight

Location of ChișinăuLocation

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 Chișinău, Oct 5 – Oct 6, 2024

Mercury rise and set in Chișinău

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Mercury is just 4 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

Sat, Oct 5 ↓6:46 pm

Oct 5, 2024
Oct 6, 2024

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Venus rise and set in Chișinău

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, Oct 5 ↓7:43 pm

Oct 5, 2024
Oct 6, 2024

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Mars rise and set in Chișinău

View before sunrise.

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

Sat, Oct 5 ↑11:27 pm

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Oct 6, 2024

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Jupiter rise and set in Chișinău

View in the early morning.

Jupiter can be seen for more than 9 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.

Sat, Oct 5 ↑9:38 pm

Oct 5, 2024
Oct 6, 2024

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Saturn rise and set in Chișinău

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.

Sun, Oct 6 ↓4:35 am

Oct 5, 2024
Oct 6, 2024

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Uranus rise and set in Chișinău

View in the early morning. Bring binoculars.

Uranus can be seen for more than 10 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. You may need binoculars.

Sat, Oct 5 ↑8:11 pm

Oct 5, 2024
Oct 6, 2024

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Neptune rise and set in Chișinău

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.

Sun, Oct 6 ↓5:53 am

Oct 5, 2024
Oct 6, 2024

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Planets Visible in Chișinău

 Planetrise/Planetset, Sun, Oct 6, 2024
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercurySat 7:26 amSat 6:46 pmSat 1:07 pmExtremely difficult to see
VenusSat 10:07 amSat 7:43 pmSat 2:55 pmGood visibility
MarsSat 11:27 pmSun 3:11 pmSun 7:19 amAverage visibility
JupiterSat 9:38 pmSun 1:14 pmSun 5:26 amPerfect visibility
SaturnSat 5:42 pmSun 4:35 amSat 11:09 pmPerfect visibility
UranusSat 8:11 pmSun 11:12 amSun 3:42 amAverage visibility
NeptuneSat 6:05 pmSun 5:53 amSat 11:59 pmSlightly difficult to see