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Planets Visible in the Night Sky in South Pole, Antarctica (Amundsen-Scott station)

Moon: 29.3%
Waning Crescent
Night Time:None
Sunset:None
End of Twilight*:None
Start of Twilight*:None
Sunrise:None

*Nautical twilight

⚠ South Pole has polar day (Midnight Sun)

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2024 Ends with a Black Moon

In most time zones, the final New Moon of the year will be the second New Moon in December—making it a Black Moon.

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Tonight's Sky in South Pole, Dec 25 – Dec 26, 2024

Mercury rise and set in South Pole

Up all day.

Mercury is up all of the polar day .

Dec 25, 2024
Dec 26, 2024

Mercury

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Venus rise and set in South Pole

Up all day.

Venus is up all of the polar day . Venus is visible by day, but may be hard to find.

Dec 25, 2024
Dec 26, 2024

Venus

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Planets Visible in South Pole

 Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Dec 25, 2024
PlanetRiseSetMeridianComment
MercuryUp all dayWed 11:26 pmExtremely difficult to see
VenusUp all dayWed 4:16 amExtremely difficult to see
MarsDown all dayWed 3:12 pmDown all night, not visible
JupiterDown all dayWed 11:35 amDown all night, not visible
SaturnDown all dayWed 5:49 amNot visible
UranusDown all dayWed 10:10 amDown all night, not visible
NeptuneDown all dayWed 6:36 amNot visible