Thu, May 23 at 6:21 pm - Fri, May 24 at 5:53 am
11 hours, 32 minutes
Mercury: Until Thu 6:30 pm
Venus: From Fri 4:30 am
Mars: Until Thu 8:43 pm
Jupiter: From Thu 7:40 pm
Saturn: From Thu 9:41 pm
Uranus: From Fri 4:05 am
Neptune: From Fri 1:25 am
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Colombo 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?
Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.
Mercury is just 2 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.
Thu, May 23 ↓6:30 pm
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View just before sunrise.
Venus is close to the Sun and can only be seen shortly before sunrise. Try finding a good, unobstructed view of the horizon. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.
Fri, May 24 ↑4:30 am
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View after sunset.
Mars can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.
Thu, May 23 ↓8:43 pm
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Up most of the night.
Jupiter is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night.
Thu, May 23 ↑7:40 pm
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View in the early morning.
Saturn can be seen for more than 8 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.
Thu, May 23 ↑9:41 pm
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only. Bring binoculars.
Uranus is just 28 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see. You may need binoculars.
Fri, May 24 ↑4:05 am
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View before sunrise. Use binoculars.
Neptune can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter. Very faint, use binoculars.
Fri, May 24 ↑1:25 am
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, May 23, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Thu 6:01 am | Thu 6:30 pm | Thu 12:15 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Fri 4:30 am | Fri 4:48 pm | Fri 10:39 am | Fairly good visibility |
| Mars | Thu 8:13 am | Thu 8:43 pm | Thu 2:28 pm | Average visibility |
| Jupiter | Thu 7:40 pm | Fri 7:19 am | Fri 1:29 am | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Thu 9:41 pm | Fri 9:22 am | Fri 3:32 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Fri 4:05 am | Fri 4:20 pm | Fri 10:13 am | Very difficult to see |
| Neptune | Fri 1:25 am | Fri 1:23 pm | Fri 7:24 am | Very difficult to see |
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