Venus has the densest atmosphere of the four terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars , which consists mostly of carbon dioxide. Always brilliant, and shining with a steady, silvery light. When the year opens, it will be visible very low near the east-southeast horizon about 90 minutes before sunrise. Within several weeks it moves too close to the Sun to be seen. Superior conjunction is on March Venus will be out of view until late spring when it emerges above the west-northwest horizon soon after sunset.
It will gradually increase in prominence through the balance of the year. Its greatest angular distance elongation east of the Sun is on October Venus will attain its greatest brilliancy in the evening sky on December 5. Through December it will resemble a striking crescent phase, getting progressively larger and thinner in telescopes and steadily-held binoculars.
Learn more about Venus! Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our Solar System. Iron looks black, but the element takes on a reddish tinge when it has been exposed to oxygen, i. Coming off a spectacular autumn apparition in when Mars came within Positioned against the stars of Pisces, Mars is high in the south-southeast at nightfall and will not set until a.
In the weeks and months to come, as Mars pulls farther away from Earth its brightness diminishes. By mid-May it has dropped to rank of second-magnitude and it is setting before midnight. When it finally disappears into the sunset fires in late August, it will have receded to million miles million km away.
It finally reappears late in November, low in the east-southeast sky. It will be well on its way toward another bright opposition which will take place almost a year later on December 8, ,. Read more about Mars!
Jupiter is usually the third brightest object in the night sky, after the Moon and Venus only Mars, our next-door neighbor, is occasionally brighter , and summer is an especially good time to view this bright behemoth.
Through all of , the King of the planets will be situated against the star background of Capricornus the Sea Goat. On this date, the clock hour from 1 a. The mnemonic is: "Spring Ahead, Fall Back. Mercury — enjoys its very best morning apparition of this month. Each morning thereafter it rises a couple of minutes earlier, climbs noticeably higher and also gets noticeably brighter.
On Nov. For several mornings both before and after this date, Mercury will appear to rise prior to the onset of twilight, in a dark sky, about 1 hour 45 minutes before sunup.
At a brilliant magnitude of At around 5 a. After greatest elongation, Mercury will slide rapidly back toward the sun. By the 24th it's again rising about 75 minutes before sunrise, but still should be bright enough Venus rise and set in New York View after sunset.
Venus Time:. Mars rise and set in New York Fairly close to the Sun. Mars Time:. Jupiter rise and set in New York View after sunset. Jupiter Time:. Saturn rise and set in New York View after sunset. Saturn Time:. Uranus rise and set in New York Up most of the night. Jupiter is now easy to observe in the evening sky, reaching its highest position, due south, in the early evening. As the sky does darken towards the end of the month , look out for Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, all in a line with Saturn in the middle.
Uranus reaches opposition on 4 November and is visible all night long. A bright, almost full Moon sits 1. Neptune remains well-positioned all month, an evening planet near mag.
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