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 Third Quarter in Aquarius
• Mercury is in very favorable conditions for evening observations with a solar elongation of 20.1° (sky map)
• Comet C/2021 G2 (Atlas): magnitude 11.9 in Libra
• Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: magnitude 12.5 in Leo
• Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales): magnitude 14.03 in Virgo
• Next NEO approach: Asteroid (NEO) 2025 MA, Jun 18 2025 at 15:22 UTC, 1,008,158 km, 2.62 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 48m 11s	+23° 24’ 22”	1,888.7”	-26.71 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon	23h 24m 26s	-04° 45’ 43”	1,908.9”	-10.39 trending_down	Aquarius	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	07h 15m 57s	+24° 15’ 38”	6.1”	-0.38 trending_down	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus	02h 42m 57s	+12° 59’ 37”	19.9”	-4.25 trending_down	Aries	map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars	10h 12m 01s	+12° 24’ 15”	5.1”	1.43 trending_up	Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter	06h 08m 19s	+23° 16’ 19”	31.3”	-1.90 trending_down	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn	00h 08m 39s	-01° 26’ 08”	16.7”	1.02 trending_up	Pisces	map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus	03h 47m 35s	+19° 44’ 34”	3.4”	5.83 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune	00h 09m 46s	-00° 22’ 10”	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 18	08:47	Io	Begin Transit
Jun 18	08:54	Io	Begin Shadow Transit
Jun 18	11:01	Io	End Transit
Jun 18	11:08	Io	End Shadow Transit
Jun 19	05:56	Io	Begin Occultation

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	C/2021 G2 (Atlas)	15h 08m 01s	-02° 32’ 35”	11.9	15.05	trending_flat	Libra Lib	map my_location
radio_button_checked	29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann	09h 52m 34s	+09° 19’ 32”	12.5	17.83	trending_down	Leo Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	P/2010 H2 (Vales)	13h 08m 55s	+02° 13’ 55”	-	14.03	trending_down	Virgo Vir	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2025 F2 (SWAN)	05h 50m 06s	-26° 28’ 59”	-	14.23	trending_down	Lepus Lep	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos)	02h 16m 49s	+05° 42’ 35”	-	15.14	trending_down	Cetus Cet	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)	02h 19m 36s	+18° 34’ 49”	-	15.32	trending_up	Aries Ari	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)	01h 54m 21s	+51° 58’ 23”	15.4	15.40	trending_flat	Perseus Per	map my_location
radio_button_checked	65P/Gunn	18h 49m 23s	-30° 44’ 59”	-	15.75	trending_up	Sagittarius Sgr	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)	07h 20m 53s	+17° 40’ 44”	-	15.77	trending_flat	Gemini Gem	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)	19h 28m 50s	-18° 32’ 31”	-	15.91	trending_up	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 19s	-05° 36’ 35”	6.45	trending_down	Virgo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	1 Ceres	00h 50m 39s	-05° 55’ 31”	9.12	trending_up	Cetus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	6 Hebe	22h 29m 13s	-06° 16’ 59”	9.33	trending_up	Aquarius	map my_location
radio_button_checked	7 Iris	05h 20m 55s	+23° 16’ 15”	9.65	trending_down	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	2 Pallas	21h 06m 16s	+17° 03’ 33”	9.93	trending_up	Delphinus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	3 Juno	15h 18m 39s	-01° 32’ 09”	10.36	trending_down	Serpens	map my_location
radio_button_checked	9 Metis	14h 38m 35s	-13° 44’ 18”	10.63	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	20 Massalia	05h 52m 09s	+23° 00’ 13”	10.72	trending_up	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	15 Eunomia	08h 02m 52s	+17° 36’ 11”	10.81	trending_flat	Cancer	map my_location
radio_button_checked	5 Astraea	16h 50m 22s	-14° 51’ 43”	10.83	trending_down	Ophiuchus	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