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Popular Objects

Popular objects during the last 7 days based on the number of visualizations.

The Solar System

Current positions of the major bodies of the Solar System and the brightest comets.

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Sun and Moon

How the Sun and the Moon look like today.

Credit: NASA, SDO, and the HMI Science Team
Information about the Sun
Sun position in sky map
Phase: Third Quarter  Age: 23.57 days
Information about the Moon
Moon position in sky map
R.A. Decl. Apparent Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked Sun 01h 58m 53s +12° 07’ 45” 1,909.2” -26.73 trending_flat Aries map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon 20h 55m 31s -21° 43’ 52” 1,875.8” -9.79 trending_down Capricornus map
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The Planets

Current essential information about the planets. Click each planet to view full details.

Planet R.A. Decl. Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked Mercury 00h 20m 52s -00° 27’ 36” 7.9” 0.42 trending_up Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus 23h 41m 04s +00° 58’ 50” 42.4” -4.78 trending_flat Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars 08h 17m 02s +21° 56’ 57” 7.0” 0.73 trending_down Cancer map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter 05h 14m 43s +22° 46’ 09” 33.6” -2.01 trending_down Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn 23h 51m 41s -03° 03’ 13” 15.4” 1.17 trending_flat Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus 03h 34m 08s +18° 59’ 44” 3.4” 5.84 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune 00h 04m 57s -00° 50’ 51” 2.2” 7.82 trending_flat Pisces map my_location
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Jupiter Moons

Position of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. A dedicated tool is available, with more advanced features.

Current positions of Jupiter's Galilean moons

List of upcoming phenomena of Jupiter's satellites:

Date Local Time Satellite Event
Apr 21 22:21 Europa Begin Occultation
Apr 21 22:30 Io End Eclipse
Apr 22 03:02 Europa End Eclipse
Apr 22 16:34 Io Begin Transit
Apr 22 17:33 Io Begin Shadow Transit
Apr 22 18:48 Io End Transit
Apr 22 19:48 Io End Shadow Transit

Saturn Moons & Rings

Inclination of the rings of Saturn and positions of major satellites. A dedicated tool is available, with more advanced features.

Current inclination of Saturn's rings and position of its major moons

Apparent Planet Sizes

Comparison between the apparent size of the planets, measured in seconds of a degree, as they appear today.

Mercury
7.9”
Venus
42.4”
Mars
7.0”
Jupiter
33.6”
Saturn
15.4”
Uranus
3.4”
Neptune
2.2”

Credits for the planet images: NASA-APL - NASA.

Brightest Comets

List of the 10 brightest comets (open the full list of 241 comets).

Comet R.A. Decl. Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked C/2025 F2 (SWAN) 01h 31m 12s +35° 01’ 57” 9.1 7.22 trending_up Andromeda And map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2021 G2 (Atlas) 15h 28m 54s -09° 10’ 27” 13.5 14.81 trending_flat Libra Lib map my_location
radio_button_checked P/2010 H2 (Vales) 13h 25m 22s +06° 24’ 43” - 13.52 trending_flat Virgo Vir map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) 00h 36m 59s +17° 00’ 55” - 14.25 trending_down Pisces Psc map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 20h 21m 00s +22° 24’ 15” 14.3 14.21 trending_down Vulpecula Vul map my_location
radio_button_checked 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 09h 37m 08s +10° 44’ 05” 14.7 17.52 trending_flat Leo Leo map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) 01h 30m 42s -45° 46’ 09” - 14.74 trending_down Phoenix Phe map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 C2 (ATLAS) 22h 50m 35s +22° 55’ 08” 15.0 15.92 trending_down Pegasus Peg map my_location
radio_button_checked 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 02h 20m 56s +06° 36’ 31” - 15.07 trending_down Cetus Cet map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 A1 (ATLAS) 06h 37m 04s +07° 39’ 46” 15.2 16.22 trending_down Monoceros Mon map my_location
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We acknowledge with thanks the comet observations from the COBS Comet Observation Database contributed by observers worldwide and used in this table to report recent comet observations.

Brightest Asteroids

List of the 10 brightest asteroids (open the full list of 78 asteroids and dwarf planets.)

Asteroid R.A. Decl. MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked 4 Vesta 15h 02m 32s -04° 53’ 33” 5.76 trending_up Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 1 Ceres 23h 42m 17s -11° 05’ 34” 9.31 trending_flat Aquarius map my_location
radio_button_checked 7 Iris 02h 50m 54s +18° 05’ 54” 9.73 trending_up Aries map my_location
radio_button_checked 9 Metis 15h 26m 05s -15° 01’ 28” 10.08 trending_up Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 3 Juno 16h 00m 29s -04° 36’ 39” 10.19 trending_up Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 6 Hebe 21h 16m 27s -09° 19’ 32” 10.30 trending_up Aquarius map my_location
radio_button_checked 2 Pallas 20h 52m 24s +11° 36’ 19” 10.44 trending_up Delphinus map my_location
radio_button_checked 8 Flora 11h 16m 54s +13° 33’ 59” 10.46 trending_down Leo map my_location
radio_button_checked 15 Eunomia 06h 27m 45s +22° 28’ 09” 10.54 trending_down Gemini map my_location
radio_button_checked 29 Amphitrite 09h 26m 49s +17° 12’ 54” 10.63 trending_down Leo map my_location
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Active Meteor Showers

List of the currently active meteor showers.

Name Peak Radiant R.A. Radiant Decl. ZHR  Rating Parent Object Charts
radio_button_checked Eta Aquariids 6 May 22h 30m -01° 50 bright 1P/Halley map
radio_button_checked Lyrids 22 Apr 18h 06m +34° 18 bright C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) map
radio_button_checked Pi Puppids 23 Apr 07h 17m -45° variable bright 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup map
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