Highlights

• ⭐ We released a new animated visualization feature for solar eclipses. Check out for instance next year's August 12 total eclipse from Burgos, Spain.
• The Sun is in Taurus, the Moon is Waning Gibbous in Sagittarius
• T CrB: magnitude 10.253 ± 0.005 [2025-06-13 10:52:52 UTC, CCD/CV, IDG/AAVSO]
• Mercury is in favorable conditions for evening observations with a solar elongation of 16.8° (sky map)
• Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: magnitude 13.0 in Leo
• Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN): magnitude 13.76 in Lepus
• Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales): magnitude 13.99 in Virgo
• Next NEO approach: Asteroid (NEO) 2021 PJ1, Aug 15 2025 at 04:38 UTC, 1,674,743 km, 4.36 lunar distances
• Asteroid 5 Astraea is close to opposition

Popular Objects

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

Sun and Moon

How the Sun and the Moon look like today.

	R.A.	Decl.	Apparent Diameter	MagnitudeMag	ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked Sun	05h 30m 47s	+23° 15’ 49”	1,889.4”	-26.71 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon	19h 52m 23s	-26° 08’ 04”	1,831.9”	-11.81 trending_down	Sagittarius	map

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	06h 43m 53s	+25° 04’ 51”	5.7”	-0.73 trending_down	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus	02h 25m 58s	+11° 41’ 48”	20.8”	-4.28 trending_down	Aries	map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars	10h 03m 09s	+13° 16’ 42”	5.2”	1.38 trending_flat	Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter	06h 04m 11s	+23° 16’ 31”	31.4”	-1.90 trending_flat	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn	00h 07m 57s	-01° 29’ 33”	16.6”	1.03 trending_flat	Pisces	map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus	03h 46m 39s	+19° 41’ 37”	3.4”	5.84 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune	00h 09m 37s	-00° 22’ 58”	2.3”	7.78 trending_flat	Pisces	map my_location

Jupiter Moons

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

List of 5 upcoming phenomena of Jupiter's satellites:

Date	Local Time	Satellite	Event
Jun 14	07:39	Europa	Begin Occultation
Jun 14	10:41	Europa	End Eclipse
Jun 14	19:46	Io	Begin Transit
Jun 14	19:56	Io	Begin Shadow Transit
Jun 14	22:00	Io	End Transit

To see the complete list of the upcoming phenomena for the next 7 days consult the dedicated Jupiter's Galilean Moons section.

Saturn Moons & Rings

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

Apparent Planet Sizes

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

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

Brightest Comets

List of the 10 brightest comets (open the full list of 246 comets).

	Comet	R.A.	Decl.	Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs	Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred		ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked	29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann	09h 50m 35s	+09° 30’ 29”	13.0	17.81	trending_down	Leo Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2025 F2 (SWAN)	05h 45m 30s	-24° 01’ 16”	-	13.76	trending_down	Lepus Lep	map my_location
radio_button_checked	P/2010 H2 (Vales)	13h 08m 01s	+02° 44’ 39”	-	13.99	trending_down	Virgo Vir	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2021 G2 (Atlas)	15h 08m 58s	-02° 52’ 10”	14.0	15.02	trending_flat	Libra Lib	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)	01h 54m 49s	+51° 34’ 32”	14.8	15.40	trending_flat	Perseus Per	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos)	02h 10m 40s	+06° 48’ 39”	-	15.06	trending_down	Cetus Cet	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2023 C2 (ATLAS)	23h 36m 48s	+40° 38’ 11”	15.2	16.12	trending_down	Andromeda And	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)	02h 14m 35s	+18° 05’ 46”	-	15.34	trending_flat	Aries Ari	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2020 V2 (ZTF)	22h 03m 04s	-70° 27’ 01”	15.5	16.92	trending_flat	Indus Ind	map my_location
radio_button_checked	65P/Gunn	18h 52m 14s	-30° 27’ 03”	-	15.76	trending_flat	Sagittarius Sgr	map my_location

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 79 asteroids and dwarf planets.)

	Asteroid	R.A.	Decl.	MagnitudeMag		ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked	4 Vesta	14h 23m 40s	-05° 13’ 19”	6.36	trending_down	Virgo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	1 Ceres	00h 46m 31s	-06° 09’ 32”	9.15	trending_up	Cetus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	6 Hebe	22h 25m 24s	-06° 16’ 19”	9.43	trending_up	Aquarius	map my_location
radio_button_checked	7 Iris	05h 09m 59s	+23° 11’ 09”	9.60	trending_down	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	2 Pallas	21h 07m 15s	+16° 50’ 38”	9.98	trending_up	Delphinus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	3 Juno	15h 20m 53s	-01° 31’ 00”	10.30	trending_down	Serpens	map my_location
radio_button_checked	9 Metis	14h 40m 09s	-13° 41’ 42”	10.53	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	5 Astraea	16h 54m 09s	-14° 51’ 05”	10.72	trending_down	Ophiuchus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	349 Dembowska	14h 47m 18s	-21° 09’ 54”	10.79	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	15 Eunomia	07h 55m 52s	+18° 03’ 45”	10.80	trending_down	Gemini	map my_location

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	Daytime Arietids	7 Jun	02h 53m	+24°	50	medium	1566 Icarus ?	map