Mon, Jul 15 at 5:12 pm - Tue, Jul 16 at 7:57 am
14 hours, 46 minutes
Mercury: Until Mon 6:15 pm
Venus: From Tue 7:32 am
Mars: Until Mon 6:28 pm
Jupiter: Until Tue 5:28 am
Saturn: Until Tue 7:42 am
Uranus: From Tue 2:01 am
Neptune: From Mon 9:53 pm
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Christchurch 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.
Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.
Mercury is just 11 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.
Mon, Jul 15 ↓6:15 pm
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.
Venus is just 8 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.
Tue, Jul 16 ↑7:32 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunset only.
Mars is just 16 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.
Mon, Jul 15 ↓6:28 pm
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After sunset and most of the night.
Jupiter is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the late evening hours after sunset.
Tue, Jul 16 ↓5:28 am
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Up most of the night.
Saturn is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night.
Tue, Jul 16 ↓7:42 am
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View before sunrise. Bring binoculars.
Uranus can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter. You may need binoculars.
Tue, Jul 16 ↑2:01 am
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View in the early morning. Use binoculars.
Neptune can be seen for more than 10 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. Very faint, use binoculars.
Mon, Jul 15 ↑9:53 pm
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Jul 16, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Mon 8:13 am | Mon 6:15 pm | Mon 1:14 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Tue 7:32 am | Tue 4:30 pm | Tue 12:01 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Mon 8:57 am | Mon 6:28 pm | Mon 1:43 pm | Difficult to see |
| Jupiter | Mon 2:21 pm | Tue 5:28 am | Mon 9:55 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Mon 4:36 pm | Tue 7:42 am | Tue 12:09 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Tue 2:01 am | Tue 12:23 pm | Tue 7:12 am | Difficult to see |
| Neptune | Mon 9:53 pm | Tue 10:39 am | Tue 4:16 am | Difficult to see |
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