Thu, May 23 at 9:36 pm - Fri, May 24 at 4:50 am
7 hours, 14 minutes
Mercury: Until Thu 9:56 pm
Venus: From Fri 4:17 am
Mars: Until Fri 12:28 am
Jupiter: From Thu 11:01 pm
Saturn: From Fri 12:55 am
Uranus: From Fri 3:59 am
Neptune: From Fri 2:59 am
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Glasgow 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 ↓9:56 pm
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Try before sunrise.
Venus rises shortly before sunrise, so it is very close to the horizon. This makes it very difficult to observe. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.
Fri, May 24 ↑4:17 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.
Fri, May 24 ↓12:28 am
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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 ↑11:01 pm
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View before sunrise.
Saturn can be seen for more than 3 hours before sunrise.
Fri, May 24 ↑12:55 am
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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 ↑3:59 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 ↑2:59 am
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Thu, May 23, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Thu 4:54 am | Thu 9:56 pm | Thu 1:23 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Fri 4:17 am | Fri 7:16 pm | Fri 11:46 am | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Thu 6:40 am | Fri 12:28 am | Thu 3:34 pm | Average visibility |
| Jupiter | Thu 11:01 pm | Fri 6:09 am | Fri 2:35 am | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Fri 12:55 am | Fri 8:19 am | Fri 4:37 am | Fairly good visibility |
| Uranus | Fri 3:59 am | Fri 6:38 pm | Fri 11:18 am | Extremely difficult to see |
| Neptune | Fri 2:59 am | Fri 2:00 pm | Fri 8:29 am | Very difficult to see |
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