Your Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
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Today's Highlights

Popular Objects This Week

Popular objects this week

The Solar System Today

This interactive 3D view shows the current positions of the major bodies of the Solar System and the brightest comets. For more advanced features, check out our 3D Solar System Viewer.

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The Sun and the Moon Today

Here is how the Sun and the Moon look like today.

Credit: NASA, SDO, and the HMI Science Team
Information about the Sun
Current Sun Sky Map
Phase: Full Moon  Age: 13.13 days
Information about the Moon
Current Moon Sky Map
R.A. Decl. Apparent Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
launcher_assistant_on Sun 04h 37m 52s +22° 05’ 32” 1,892.3” -26.71 trending_flat Taurus location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Moon 14h 45m 32s -18° 00’ 51” 1,891.0” -12.03 trending_up Libra map
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The Planets Today

This table shows current essential information about the planets. By clicking on each row it is possible to view full details for each planet.

Planet R.A. Decl. Apparent Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
launcher_assistant_on Venus 07h 55m 36s +23° 27’ 25” 22.9” -4.38 trending_up Gemini location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Jupiter 02h 05m 52s +11° 35’ 44” 33.7” -2.10 trending_up Aries location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Mercury 03h 01m 05s +13° 40’ 46” 7.6” 0.29 trending_up Aries location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Saturn 22h 35m 58s -10° 28’ 21” 16.6” 0.85 trending_flat Aquarius location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Mars 08h 38m 34s +19° 58’ 07” 4.7” 1.59 trending_flat Cancer location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Uranus 03h 10m 20s +17° 25’ 26” 3.4” 5.87 trending_flat Aries location_searching map
launcher_assistant_on Neptune 23h 51m 25s -02° 14’ 42” 2.3” 7.78 trending_flat Pisces location_searching map
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Apparent Size of the Planets Today

The apparent size of a planet depends on its size and the distance from Earth. The larger the distance, the smaller the apparent size. The image below shows a comparison between the apparent size of the planets if they were observed today.

Mercury
7.6”
Venus
22.9”
Mars
4.7”
Jupiter
33.7”
Saturn
16.6”
Uranus
3.4”
Neptune
2.3”

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

Additional Information

  • List of Bright Comets. This is a list of the bright comets that are currently visible, or that will likely become bright and visible in the future. To provide the most accurate information, the data about visibility and other visual features is updated several times every day.
  • List of Bright Asteroids. This list is similar to the list above, and provides constantly updated information about the brightest asteroids and dwarf planets visible in the sky.

Active Meteor Showers Visible Today

This is a list of the currently active meteor showers. The celestial coordinates refer to the meteor shower radiant position, i.e. the point in the sky where the meteors appear to come from. The ZHR value refers to the Zenithal Hourly Rate, i.e. the average number of meteors an individual observer could see in an hour, assuming perfectly dark sky conditions. This number is an estimate, the actual number an observer could see depends on the actual intensity of the shower (which can be highly variable) and on the actual sky conditions. The data used here is derived from Wikipedia.

Name Peak Radiant R.A. Radiant Decl. ZHR Rating Parent Object Charts
launcher_assistant_on Daytime Arietids 7 Jun 02h 53m +24° 50 medium 1566 Icarus ? map
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