Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Oslo, Norway
Wed, Aug 15 at 9:10 pm - Thu, Aug 16 at 5:33 am
8 hours, 24 minutes
Mercury: From Thu 4:48 am
Venus: Until Wed 9:42 pm
Mars: ↑ Wed 9:41 pm ↓ Thu 2:04 am
Jupiter: Until Wed 10:43 pm
Saturn: Until Thu 12:55 am
Uranus: From Wed 10:12 pm
Neptune: From Wed 9:30 pm
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.
Thu, Aug 16 ↑4:48 am
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Try after sunset.
Venus sets shortly after sunset, so it is very close to the horizon. This makes it very difficult to observe.
Wed, Aug 15 ↓9:42 pm
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After sunset and most of the night.
Mars is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the late evening hours after sunset.
Wed, Aug 15 ↑9:41 pm
Thu, Aug 16 ↓2:04 am
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View after sunset.
Jupiter can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.
Wed, Aug 15 ↓10:43 pm
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View after sunset.
Saturn can be seen for more than 3 hours after sunset. It is quite close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view.
Thu, Aug 16 ↓12:55 am
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View in the early morning.
Uranus can be seen for more than 7 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.
Wed, Aug 15 ↑10:12 pm
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Most of the night until sunrise.
Neptune is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the early morning hours and until sunrise.
Wed, Aug 15 ↑9:30 pm
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Aug 15, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Thu 4:48 am | Thu 8:17 pm | Thu 12:31 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Wed 10:37 am | Wed 9:42 pm | Wed 4:10 pm | Average visiblity |
| Mars | Wed 9:41 pm | Thu 2:04 am | Wed 11:52 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Jupiter | Wed 2:22 pm | Wed 10:43 pm | Wed 6:33 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Wed 6:50 pm | Thu 12:55 am | Wed 9:52 pm | Average visiblity |
| Uranus | Wed 10:12 pm | Thu 1:09 pm | Thu 5:41 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Wed 9:30 pm | Thu 8:06 am | Thu 2:48 am | Difficult to see |
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