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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Local Municipality of Madibeng, North West, South Africa

Moon: 1.6%
Waxing Crescent
Night Time:10 hours, 23 minutes
Sunset:Dec 2 at 6:47 pm
End of Twilight*:Dec 2 at 7:43 pm
Start of Twilight*:Dec 3 at 4:13 am
Sunrise:Dec 3 at 5:10 am

*Nautical twilight

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Tonight's Sky in Local Municipality of Madibeng, Dec 2 – Dec 3, 2024

Mercury rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Mercury is just 8 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

Mon, Dec 2 ↓7:21 pm

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Venus rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

View after sunset.

Venus can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Mon, Dec 2 ↓10:00 pm

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Mars rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

View in the early morning.

Mars can be seen for more than 6 hours during the late night/early morning and until sunrise.

Mon, Dec 2 ↑10:36 pm

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Jupiter rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

Up most of the night.

Jupiter is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night.

Mon, Dec 2 ↑7:06 pm

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Saturn rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

View after sunset.

Saturn can be seen for more than 5 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night.

Tue, Dec 3 ↓12:39 am

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Uranus rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

Up most of the night. Bring binoculars.

Uranus is roughly in the opposite direction of the Sun, so it is visible during most of the night. You may need binoculars.

Tue, Dec 3 ↓4:14 am

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Neptune rise and set in Local Municipality of Madibeng

View after sunset. Use binoculars.

Neptune can be seen for more than 6 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night. Very faint, use binoculars.

Tue, Dec 3 ↓1:18 am

Dec 2, 2024
Dec 3, 2024

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Planets Visible in Local Municipality of Madibeng

 Planetrise/Planetset, Mon, Dec 2, 2024
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryMon 5:48 amMon 7:21 pmMon 12:34 pmExtremely difficult to see
VenusMon 8:17 amMon 10:00 pmMon 3:09 pmGood visibility
MarsMon 10:36 pmTue 9:15 amTue 3:56 amPerfect visibility
JupiterMon 7:06 pmTue 5:40 amTue 12:23 amPerfect visibility
SaturnMon 12:03 pmTue 12:39 amMon 6:21 pmGreat visibility
UranusMon 5:24 pmTue 4:14 amMon 10:49 pmAverage visibility
NeptuneMon 1:06 pmTue 1:18 amMon 7:12 pmDifficult to see