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Night Sky Tonight in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Moon: 99.1%
Waning Gibbous
Night Time:8 hours, 43 minutes
Sunset:13 May, 20:59
End of Twilight*:13 May, 22:29
Start of Twilight*:14 May, 04:13
Sunrise:14 May, 05:42

*Nautical twilight

Location of HeidelbergLocation

May 23: Three Solar System Bodies in Alignment

Venus, the Moon, and Saturn will line up in the sky before sunrise.

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Tonight's Sky in Heidelberg, 13 May – 14 May 2025

Mercury rise and set in Heidelberg

Fairly close to the Sun. Visible only before sunrise and/or after sunset.

Mercury is just 18 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult to see.

14 May Çar ↑05:15

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

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Venus rise and set in Heidelberg

View before sunrise.

Venus can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter. Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

14 May Çar ↑04:12

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

Venus

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Mars rise and set in Heidelberg

View after sunset.

Mars can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.

14 May Çar ↓02:34

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

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Jupiter rise and set in Heidelberg

View after sunset.

Jupiter can best be seen in the hours just after sunset. Visibility improves as the sunlight fades.

13 May Sal ↓23:35

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

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Saturn rise and set in Heidelberg

View before sunrise.

Saturn can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter.

14 May Çar ↑04:03

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

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Uranus rise and set in Heidelberg

Very close to Sun, hard or impossible to see.

Uranus is just 4 degrees from the Sun in the sky, so it is difficult or impossible to see it.

13 May Sal ↓21:17

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

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Neptune rise and set in Heidelberg

View before sunrise. Use binoculars.

Neptune can best be seen in the hours just before sunrise. Visibility deteriorates as the sky gets brighter. Very faint, use binoculars.

14 May Çar ↑04:03

13 May 2025
14 May 2025

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Planets Visible in Heidelberg

 Planetrise/Planetset, 13 May 2025 Sal
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryÇar 05:15Çar 19:18Çar 12:16Slightly difficult to see
VenusÇar 04:12Çar 16:44Çar 10:28Great visibility
MarsSal 11:18Çar 02:34Sal 18:56Average visibility
JupiterSal 07:30Sal 23:35Sal 15:32Fairly good visibility
SaturnÇar 04:03Çar 15:48Çar 09:55Average visibility
UranusSal 05:59Sal 21:17Sal 13:38Extremely difficult to see
NeptuneÇar 04:03Çar 16:03Çar 10:03Very difficult to see
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