Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Wed, Sep 19 at 7:31 pm - Thu, Sep 20 at 7:14 am
11 hours, 43 minutes
Mercury: ↓ Wed 7:35 pm ↑ Thu 7:10 am
Venus: Until Wed 8:35 pm
Mars: Until Thu 2:26 am
Jupiter: Until Wed 9:45 pm
Saturn: Until Thu 12:21 am
Uranus: From Wed 8:48 pm
Neptune: Until Thu 6:15 am
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.
Wed, Sep 19 ↓7:35 pm
Thu, Sep 20 ↑7:10 am
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View after sunset.
Venus can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.
Wed, Sep 19 ↓8:35 pm
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View after sunset.
Mars can be seen for more than 6 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night.
Thu, Sep 20 ↓2:26 am
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View after sunset.
Jupiter can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.
Wed, Sep 19 ↓9:45 pm
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View after sunset.
Saturn can be seen for more than 4 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night.
Thu, Sep 20 ↓12:21 am
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Most of the night until sunrise.
Uranus is visible during most of the night, but it is best viewed in the early morning hours and until sunrise.
Wed, Sep 19 ↑8:48 pm
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Up most of the night.
Neptune is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night.
Thu, Sep 20 ↓6:15 am
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| Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 19, 2018 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet | Rise | Set | Meridian | Comment |
| Mercury | Wed 7:04 am | Wed 7:35 pm | Wed 1:20 pm | Extremely difficult to see |
| Venus | Wed 10:49 am | Wed 8:35 pm | Wed 3:42 pm | Great visibility |
| Mars | Wed 5:24 pm | Thu 2:26 am | Wed 9:55 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Jupiter | Wed 11:45 am | Wed 9:45 pm | Wed 4:45 pm | Fairly good visibility |
| Saturn | Wed 3:08 pm | Thu 12:21 am | Wed 7:45 pm | Perfect visibility |
| Uranus | Wed 8:48 pm | Thu 10:15 am | Thu 3:31 am | Average visiblity |
| Neptune | Wed 7:00 pm | Thu 6:15 am | Thu 12:38 am | Slightly difficult to see |
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