# Should we be able to see one of the other planets right now? -unaided eye, California

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-be-able-to-see-one-of-the-other-planets-right-now-unaided-eye-california/475277 "2008-12-02T01:34:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![toddulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@toddulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toddulus)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-be-able-to-see-one-of-the-other-planets-right-now-unaided-eye-california/475277/21 "2008-12-02T21:00:45Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> It wouldn’t even take a day. The Moon moves 360 degrees through the sky in a month, which means about 13 degrees per day, or 26 times the diameter of the Moon, or about one diameter per hour. So it’d only take a few hours to go from smiley configuration to frowney.

Thanks, This would explain why Eastern Australia gets a smiley at 9.30 pm, Monday 1 Dec (UTC +11 hours) and Southern California gets a frowny (~UTC -8 hours).

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-be-able-to-see-one-of-the-other-planets-right-now-unaided-eye-california/475277/22 "2008-12-02T21:18:50Z")

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Link to another relevant thread: [Anyone watching the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494269)

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