Which planet is rising in the east every night lately?

Question

I live in New Mexico USA, it comes up every night about 9pm MST. My children asked me which planet it is, can someone help me answer them?

Answer 1

Venus?

Answer 2

Mars

Answer 3

Saturn (http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Yourhori...

Answer 4

It is Jupiter.  It rises 4 minutes earlier each night, so in a few weeks it will be rising just around sunset.

One very good site to see what is in the night sky is astronomy.com - they have a Your Sky Tonight section and you can enter the nearest large city to you and see which planets and brighter stars are in your sky.

Answer 5

By JOVE... it's JUPITER!!!  See "Star Gazer" website below for complete description, and bookmark it for future reference.

Have a "starry" day... or night?

Answer 6

Lindajune is correct, it's Jupiter. Mars and Saturn are setting in the west about that time, and Venus is too close to the sun to be visible at present.