🪐 Planets visible tonight from Cape Town
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Tonight · Friday 30 October
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are up tonight.
Sunset 7:13 pm · sunrise 5:47 am, Cape Town time
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The Moon before dawnMore than half lit, shrinking, 74% lit. Rises at 12:23 am, halfway up in the north around 5:30 am.
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Mercury not tonightToo close to the Sun to see.
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Venus not tonightToo close to the Sun to see.
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Mars before dawnRises at 2:17 am. Halfway up in the north-east before sunrise. Looks like a steady, orange-red star, like a bright star. Seen in Leo.
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Jupiter before dawnRises at 2:32 am. Halfway up in the north-east before sunrise. Looks like a steady, creamy white star, brighter than any star. Seen in Leo.
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Saturn most of the nightHigh in the north around 10:45 pm. Sets at 4:47 am. Looks like a steady, pale yellow star, as bright as the brightest stars. Seen in Cetus.
🌙 Its bright light hides fainter stars and most shooting stars tonight.
How to spot a planet
- Planets shine with a steady light. Stars twinkle. More ways to tell them apart.
- “Up” means at least a fist’s width above the horizon at arm’s length, clear of most trees and rooftops.
- “Low”, “halfway up” and “high” say how far up the sky to look, from just above the horizon to almost overhead.