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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Auckland, New Zealand (Tāmaki Makaurau)

Moon: 60.1%
Third Quarter
Night Time:9 hours, 43 minutes
Sunset:Jan 19 at 8:40 pm
End of Twilight*:Jan 19 at 9:46 pm
Start of Twilight*:Jan 20 at 5:17 am
Sunrise:Jan 20 at 6:23 am

*Nautical twilight

Location of AucklandLocation

Jan 2025: See the Planets (And the Moon)

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Tonight's Sky in Auckland, Jan 20 – Jan 21, 2025

Mercury rise and set in Auckland

Fairly close to the Sun. Visible only before sunrise and/or after sunset.

Mercury is just 13 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.

Tue, Jan 21 ↑5:20 am

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Venus rise and set in Auckland

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, Jan 20 ↓10:50 pm

Jan 20, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

Venus

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Mars rise and set in Auckland

Up most of the night.

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

Tue, Jan 21 ↓5:47 am

Jan 20, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

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Jupiter rise and set in Auckland

View after sunset.

Jupiter can be seen for more than 6 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night.

Tue, Jan 21 ↓2:54 am

Jan 20, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

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Saturn rise and set in Auckland

View after sunset.

Saturn can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.

Mon, Jan 20 ↓10:57 pm

Jan 20, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

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Uranus rise and set in Auckland

View after sunset. Bring binoculars.

Uranus can be seen for more than 5 hours after sunset and during the late evening/early night. You may need binoculars.

Tue, Jan 21 ↓1:49 am

Jan 20, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

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Neptune rise and set in Auckland

View after sunset. Use binoculars.

Neptune can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades. Very faint, use binoculars.

Mon, Jan 20 ↓11:23 pm

Jan 20, 2025
Jan 21, 2025

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Planets Visible in Auckland

 Planetrise/Planetset, Tue, Jan 21, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryTue 5:20 amTue 8:00 pmTue 12:40 pmDifficult to see
VenusMon 10:16 amMon 10:50 pmMon 4:33 pmGreat visibility
MarsMon 8:30 pmTue 5:47 amTue 1:09 amPerfect visibility
JupiterMon 5:08 pmTue 2:54 amMon 10:01 pmPerfect visibility
SaturnMon 10:10 amMon 10:57 pmMon 4:34 pmAverage visibility
UranusMon 3:40 pmTue 1:49 amMon 8:45 pmAverage visibility
NeptuneMon 11:07 amMon 11:23 pmMon 5:15 pmVery difficult to see