Fri, May 24 at 8:58 pm - Sat, May 25 at 6:18 am
9 hours, 20 minutes
Mercury: Until Fri 9:21 pm
Venus: From Sat 5:19 am
Mars: Until Fri 11:31 pm
Jupiter: From Fri 10:13 pm
Saturn: From Sat 12:12 am
Uranus: From Sat 4:53 am
Neptune: From Sat 3:06 am
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Muncie 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 4 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.
Fri, May 24 ↓9:21 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.
Sat, May 25 ↑5:19 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 ↓11:31 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.
Fri, May 24 ↑10:13 pm
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View in the early morning.
Saturn can be seen for more than 6 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.
Sat, May 25 ↑12:12 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 ↑4:53 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.
Sat, May 25 ↑3:06 am
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 25, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Fri 6:28 am | Fri 9:21 pm | Fri 1:54 pm | Very difficult to see |
| Venus | Sat 5:19 am | Sat 7:04 pm | Sat 12:11 pm | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Fri 8:24 am | Fri 11:31 pm | Fri 3:57 pm | Average visibility |
| Jupiter | Fri 10:13 pm | Sat 7:34 am | Sat 2:54 am | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Sat 12:12 am | Sat 9:41 am | Sat 4:57 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Sat 4:53 am | Sat 6:24 pm | Sat 11:38 am | Very difficult to see |
| Neptune | Sat 3:06 am | Sat 2:33 pm | Sat 8:49 am | Very difficult to see |
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