Sun, May 19 at 8:44 pm - Mon, May 20 at 6:06 am
9 hours, 22 minutes
Mercury: From Mon 6:02 am
Venus: From Mon 5:08 am
Mars: Until Sun 11:28 pm
Jupiter: From Sun 10:26 pm
Saturn: From Mon 12:23 am
Uranus: From Mon 4:58 am
Neptune: From Mon 3:13 am
Beta The Interactive Night Sky Map simulates the sky above Oberlin 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.
Mon, May 20 ↑6:02 am
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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.
Mon, May 20 ↑5:08 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.
Sun, May 19 ↓11:28 pm
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Most of the night until sunrise.
Jupiter is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the early morning hours and until sunrise.
Sun, May 19 ↑10:26 pm
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View in the early morning.
Saturn can be seen for more than 5 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.
Mon, May 20 ↑12:23 am
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Fairly close to the Sun. Visible around sunrise and sunset only. Bring binoculars.
Uranus is just 24 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see. You may need binoculars.
Mon, May 20 ↑4:58 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.
Mon, May 20 ↑3:13 am
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, May 20, 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Mon 6:02 am | Mon 8:41 pm | Mon 1:21 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Mon 5:08 am | Mon 6:42 pm | Mon 11:55 am | Slightly difficult to see |
| Mars | Sun 8:12 am | Sun 11:28 pm | Sun 3:50 pm | Average visibility |
| Jupiter | Sun 10:26 pm | Mon 7:40 am | Mon 3:03 am | Perfect visibility |
| Saturn | Mon 12:23 am | Mon 9:46 am | Mon 5:05 am | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Mon 4:58 am | Mon 6:31 pm | Mon 11:44 am | Extremely difficult to see |
| Neptune | Mon 3:13 am | Mon 2:39 pm | Mon 8:56 am | Very difficult to see |
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