Mon, Jul 22 at 6:30 pm - Tue, Jul 23 at 6:03 am
11 hours, 32 minutes
Mercury: From Tue 5:52 am
Venus: From Tue 5:38 am
Mars: Until Mon 7:25 pm
Jupiter: Until Tue 2:55 am
Saturn: Until Tue 5:10 am
Uranus: From Tue 12:17 am
Neptune: From Mon 9:29 pm
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 5 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.
Tue, Jul 23 ↑5:52 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.
Venus is just 6 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 23 ↑5:38 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunset only.
Mars is just 14 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.
Mon, Jul 22 ↓7:25 pm
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View after sunset.
Jupiter can be seen for more than 8 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night.
Tue, Jul 23 ↓2:55 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 23 ↓5:10 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 23 ↑12:17 am
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View in the early morning. Use binoculars.
Neptune can be seen for more than 8 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. Very faint, use binoculars.
Mon, Jul 22 ↑9:29 pm
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Jul 22, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Tue 5:52 am | Tue 6:09 pm | Tue 12:01 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Tue 5:38 am | Tue 6:06 pm | Tue 11:52 am | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Mon 7:03 am | Mon 7:25 pm | Mon 1:14 pm | Very difficult to see |
| Jupiter | Mon 3:15 pm | Tue 2:55 am | Mon 9:05 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Mon 5:30 pm | Tue 5:10 am | Mon 11:20 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Tue 12:17 am | Tue 12:33 pm | Tue 6:25 am | Difficult to see |
| Neptune | Mon 9:29 pm | Tue 9:26 am | Tue 3:28 am | Difficult to see |
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