🪐 Planets visible tonight from Chicago
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Tonight · Thursday 29 October
Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are up tonight.
Sunset 5:49 pm · sunrise 7:21 am, Chicago time
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The Moon most of the nightMore than half lit, shrinking, 81% lit. Rises at 8:25 pm, then up until dawn, almost overhead in the south around 4:45 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 12:33 am. High in the south-east before sunrise. Looks like a steady, orange-red star, like a bright star. Seen in Cancer.
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Jupiter before dawnRises at 1:08 am. High in the south-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 nightHalfway up in the south around 11:00 pm. Sets at 5:02 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.