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Planets Visible Tonight — Manchester
None of the bright naked-eye planets climb high into a dark sky over Manchester 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 Manchester (53.5°, -2.2°) · times in local time.
Planets up tonight from Manchester
The bright planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn) don't rise into a comfortably dark sky over Manchestertonight — 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 Manchester, local time.
Manchester right now
A clear sky matters as much as what's up — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for Manchestertells you whether it's worth heading out.
More sky over Manchester
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over Manchester in real time.