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Planets Visible Tonight — Los Angeles
None of the bright naked-eye planets climb high into a dark sky over Los Angeles tonight — they drift in and out of view over weeks. Here's the dark-sky window for when they return, and what else is up.
Sun & planet positions computed for Los Angeles (34.1°, -118.2°) · times in local time.
Planets up tonight from Los Angeles
The bright planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn) don't rise into a comfortably dark sky over Los Angelestonight — they're either too low, too close to the Sun, or only up in daylight. This shifts over the coming weeks as they move along their orbits; the full roundup below tracks it.
“Height” is degrees above the horizon — your fist at arm's length is about 10°. Directions are where to face. Times are when each planet is best placed in a dark sky over Los Angeles, local time.
Los Angeles right now
A clear sky matters as much as what's up — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Los Angelestells you whether it's worth heading out.
More sky over Los Angeles
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Los Angeles in real time.