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Planets Visible Tonight — San Francisco
None of the bright naked-eye planets climb high into a dark sky over San Francisco 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 San Francisco (37.8°, -122.4°) · times in local time.
Planets up tonight from San Francisco
The bright planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn) don't rise into a comfortably dark sky over San Franciscotonight — 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 San Francisco, local time.
San Francisco right now
A clear sky matters as much as what's up — a quick check of tonight's cloud cover for San Franciscotells you whether it's worth heading out.
More sky over San Francisco
SEE IT ON THE MAP
The live sky map shows the day/night line over San Francisco in real time.