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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in London, England, United Kingdom

Night Time

8 hours, 5 minutes

Sat, 21 May, 20:54 – Sun, 22 May, 04:59

Visible tonight, 21 May – 22 May 2022

Venus: From Sun 03:48
Mars: From Sun 03:05
Jupiter: From Sun 03:08
Saturn: From Sun 02:03
Uranus: From Sun 04:25
Neptune: From Sun 02:57
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Tonight's Sky in London, 21 May – 22 May 2022 (6 planets visible)

Venus rise and set in London

View before sunrise.

Venus can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Sun, 22 May ↑03:48

21 May 2022
22 May 2022

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Mars rise and set in London

View before sunrise.

Mars can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter.

Sun, 22 May ↑03:05

21 May 2022
22 May 2022

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Jupiter rise and set in London

View before sunrise.

Jupiter can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter.

Sun, 22 May ↑03:08

21 May 2022
22 May 2022

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Saturn rise and set in London

View before sunrise.

Saturn can be seen for more than 2 hours before sunrise.

Sun, 22 May ↑02:03

21 May 2022
22 May 2022

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Uranus rise and set in London

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Uranus is just 15 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

Sun, 22 May ↑04:25

21 May 2022
22 May 2022

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Neptune rise and set in London

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.

Sun, 22 May ↑02:57

21 May 2022
22 May 2022

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Planets Visible in London

 Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, 21 May 2022
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercurySun 05:09Sun 20:36Sun 12:54Very close to Sun, not visible
VenusSun 03:48Sun 17:07Sun 10:27Good visibility
MarsSun 03:05Sun 14:48Sun 08:56Average visibility
JupiterSun 03:08Sun 15:12Sun 09:10Fairly good visibility
SaturnSun 02:03Sun 11:41Sun 06:52Fairly good visibility
UranusSun 04:25Sun 19:22Sun 11:53Extremely difficult to see
NeptuneSun 02:57Sun 14:32Sun 08:44Very difficult to see