Weather and Nature

Is Saturn visible tonight?

Whether Saturn can be seen tonight: highest point, direction, estimated brightness and angular distance from the Sun.

Saturn

Visible

above the horizon while the sky is dark

Highest point tonight

51°

Direction: south · 00:03

Estimated magnitude

0.6

Angular distance from the Sun

167°

Distance from Earth

8.455 au

New York City · Window used: 18:43 – 06:41 (America/New_York)

Nearby cities

Highest point tonightDirectionTime zone
New York CityVisible51°southAmerica/New_York
LondonVisible40°southEurope/London
SydneyVisible54°northAustralia/Sydney
MelbourneVisible51°northAustralia/Melbourne
Los AngelesVisible58°southAmerica/Los_Angeles
TorontoVisible48°southAmerica/Toronto

See also

How these times are calculated

Planet positions come from the mean Keplerian elements published by JPL/Solar System Dynamics, valid from 1800 to 2050, with errors from 15 arcseconds for Mercury to a few arcminutes for Saturn. Checked against JPL Horizons. The visibility test is deliberately conservative: a planet counts as visible only if it climbs above 10° at some point between the end and the start of civil twilight and sits more than 15° from the Sun. Nothing here models clouds, light pollution, hills or buildings on your horizon.

Highest point tonight ≥ 10° · Angular distance from the Sun ≥ 15°