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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in Tromsø, Norway

Moon: 79.2%
Waxing Gibbous
Night Time:3 hours, 54 minutes
Sunset:May 7 at 10:42 pm
End of Twilight*:None
Start of Twilight*:None
Sunrise:May 8 at 2:37 am

*Nautical twilight

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Tonight's Sky in Tromsø, May 7 – May 8, 2025

Mercury rise and set in Tromsø

Try at night.

Can only be seen shortly, if at all, it is very close to the horizon.

May 7, 2025
May 8, 2025
Set
6:45 pm
293°WNW
Rise
3:48 am
66°ENE
Meridian
11:19 am
180°S

Mercury

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Venus rise and set in Tromsø

Try at night.

Can only be seen shortly, if at all, it is very close to the horizon. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

May 7, 2025
May 8, 2025
Set
4:22 pm
277°W
Rise
3:29 am
83°E
Meridian
9:55 am
180°S

Venus

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Mars rise and set in Tromsø

View after sunset.

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

May 7, 2025
May 8, 2025
Meridian
6:27 pm
180°S

Mars

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Jupiter rise and set in Tromsø

View after sunset.

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

May 7, 2025
May 8, 2025
Meridian
3:09 pm
180°S

Jupiter

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Uranus rise and set in Tromsø

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Uranus is just 10 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

Thu, May 8 ↓12:21 am
Thu, May 8 ↑2:14 am

May 7, 2025
May 8, 2025
Meridian
1:19 pm
180°S
Set
12:21 am
347°NNW
Rise
2:14 am
13°NNE

Uranus

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Planets Visible in Tromsø

 Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, May 7, 2025
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryThu 3:48 amThu 6:54 pmThu 11:19 amDifficult to see
VenusThu 3:29 amThu 4:20 pmThu 9:55 amAverage visibility
MarsFri 6:51 amSat 5:44 amFri 6:23 pmAverage visibility
JupiterUp all dayWed 3:09 pmFairly good visibility
SaturnThu 3:57 amThu 3:16 pmThu 9:36 amNot visible
UranusWed 2:18 amThu 12:21 amWed 1:19 pmExtremely difficult to see
NeptuneThu 3:46 amThu 3:43 pmThu 9:45 amNot visible