Tue, Jul 16 at 8:23 pm - Wed, Jul 17 at 6:32 am
10 hours, 9 minutes
Mercury: Until Tue 8:32 pm
Venus: From Wed 5:56 am
Mars: Until Tue 9:20 pm
Jupiter: Until Wed 3:48 am
Saturn: Until Wed 6:02 am
Uranus: From Wed 1:25 am
Neptune: From Tue 11:12 pm
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Houston 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 9 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.
Tue, Jul 16 ↓8:32 pm
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only.
Venus is just 8 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.
Wed, Jul 17 ↑5:56 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunset only.
Mars is just 16 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.
Tue, Jul 16 ↓9:20 pm
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After sunset and most of the night.
Jupiter is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the late evening hours after sunset.
Wed, Jul 17 ↓3:48 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.
Wed, Jul 17 ↓6:02 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.
Wed, Jul 17 ↑1:25 am
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View in the early morning. Use binoculars.
Neptune can be seen for more than 7 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise. Very faint, use binoculars.
Tue, Jul 16 ↑11:12 pm
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Jul 16, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Tue 7:18 am | Tue 8:32 pm | Tue 1:55 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Wed 5:56 am | Wed 7:54 pm | Wed 12:55 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Tue 7:44 am | Tue 9:20 pm | Tue 2:32 pm | Difficult to see |
| Jupiter | Tue 5:31 pm | Wed 3:48 am | Tue 10:39 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Tue 7:46 pm | Wed 6:02 am | Wed 12:54 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Wed 1:25 am | Wed 2:30 pm | Wed 7:57 am | Difficult to see |
| Neptune | Tue 11:12 pm | Wed 10:50 am | Wed 5:01 am | Difficult to see |
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