Fri, May 24 at 11:40 pm - Sat, May 25 at 3:54 am
4 hours, 14 minutes
Mercury: ↓ Sat 12:31 am ↑ Sat 3:41 am
Venus: Slightly difficult to see
Mars: Until Sat 3:39 am
Jupiter: From Sat 1:00 am
Saturn: From Sat 2:45 am
Uranus: From Sat 3:49 am
Neptune: From Sat 3:40 am
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Fairbanks 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.
Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.
Mercury is just 4 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.
Sat, May 25 ↓12:31 am
Sat, May 25 ↑3:41 am
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Try at night.
Can only be seen shortly, if at all, it is very close to the horizon. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.
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View after sunset.
Mars can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.
Sat, May 25 ↓3:39 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.
Sat, May 25 ↑1:00 am
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Hard to see.
Saturn rises above the horizon for a short period only and remains very low in the sky, so it is unlikely to be visible.
Sat, May 25 ↑2:45 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only. Bring binoculars.
Uranus is just 29 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see. You may need binoculars.
Sat, May 25 ↑3:49 am
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Try before sunrise. Use binoculars.
Neptune rises shortly before sunrise, so it is very close to the horizon. This makes it very difficult to observe. Very faint, use binoculars.
Sat, May 25 ↑3:40 am
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 25, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Fri 3:48 am | Sat 12:31 am | Fri 2:04 pm | Difficult to see |
| Venus | Sat 4:04 am | Sat 8:40 pm | Sat 12:21 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Fri 4:32 am | Sat 3:39 am | Fri 4:06 pm | Average visibility |
| Jupiter | Sat 1:00 am | Sat 5:05 am | Sat 3:02 am | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Sat 2:45 am | Sat 7:26 am | Sat 5:05 am | Extremely difficult to see |
| Uranus | Sat 3:49 am | Sat 7:45 pm | Sat 11:47 am | Extremely difficult to see |
| Neptune | Sat 3:40 am | Sat 2:15 pm | Sat 8:58 am | Extremely difficult to see |
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