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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Long Island, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Moon: 43.8%
Waning Crescent
Night Time:All day
Sunset:None
End of Twilight*:Nov 23 at 1:22 pm
Start of Twilight*:Nov 24 at 9:20 am
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ Long Island has polar night

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Tonight's Sky in Long Island, Nov 23 – Nov 24, 2024

Mars rise and set in Long Island

Up all night.

Mars is up all of the polar night.

Nov 23, 2024
Nov 24, 2024

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Jupiter rise and set in Long Island

Up all night.

Jupiter is up all of the polar night.

Nov 23, 2024
Nov 24, 2024

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Saturn rise and set in Long Island

Up some of the night.

Saturn is visible more than 4 hours during the polar night. It is very close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view with as little light pollution as possible.

Sat, Nov 23 ↑3:58 pm
Sat, Nov 23 ↓8:37 pm

Nov 23, 2024
Nov 24, 2024

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Uranus rise and set in Long Island

Up all night. Bring binoculars.

Uranus is up all of the polar night. You may need binoculars.

Nov 23, 2024
Nov 24, 2024

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Neptune rise and set in Long Island

Up some of the night. Use binoculars.

Neptune is visible more than 10 hours during the polar night. It is quite close to the horizon, making it fainter because the light has to cover a larger distance when traveling through the Earth's atmosphere. Make sure to get an unobstructed view. Very faint, use binoculars.

Sat, Nov 23 ↑1:50 pm
Sun, Nov 24 ↓12:28 am

Nov 23, 2024
Nov 24, 2024

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Planets Visible in Long Island

 Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, Nov 23, 2024
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryDown all daySat 12:44 pmDown all night, not visible
VenusDown all daySat 2:20 pmDown all night, not visible
MarsUp all daySat 3:51 amPerfect visibility
JupiterUp all daySat 12:30 amPerfect visibility
SaturnSat 3:58 pmSat 8:37 pmSat 6:17 pmVery difficult to see
UranusUp all daySat 10:48 pmFairly good visibility
NeptuneSat 1:50 pmSun 12:28 amSat 7:09 pmVery difficult to see