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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: Waning Gibbous  Age: 21.23 days
Information about the Moon
Moon position in sky map
R.A. Decl. Apparent Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked Sun 03h 43m 57s +19° 45’ 47” 1,896.8” -26.72 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon 20h 53m 51s -22° 05’ 28” 1,853.7” -10.74 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 02h 53m 18s +15° 09’ 16” 5.4” -1.05 trending_up Aries map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus 00h 50m 01s +04° 03’ 31” 28.1” -4.56 trending_down Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars 09h 09m 00s +18° 08’ 14” 5.9” 1.15 trending_down Cancer map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter 05h 38m 47s +23° 08’ 36” 32.1” -1.94 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn 00h 01m 28s -02° 04’ 56” 15.9” 1.12 trending_up Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus 03h 40m 31s +19° 21’ 35” 3.4” 5.85 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune 00h 07m 53s -00° 32’ 54” 2.2” 7.79 trending_up 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
May 19 03:05 Ganimede Begin Occultation
May 19 06:09 Io Begin Transit
May 19 06:46 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 19 08:19 Ganimede End Eclipse
May 19 08:23 Io End Transit
May 19 09:00 Io End Shadow Transit
May 20 03:19 Io Begin Occultation
May 20 06:09 Io End Eclipse
May 20 09:41 Europa Begin Occultation
May 20 13:32 Europa End Eclipse
May 21 00:40 Io Begin Transit
May 21 01:14 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 21 02:54 Io End Transit
May 21 03:29 Io End Shadow Transit
May 21 21:50 Io Begin Occultation
May 22 00:37 Io End Eclipse
May 22 03:59 Europa Begin Transit
May 22 05:05 Europa Begin Shadow Transit
May 22 06:38 Europa End Transit
May 22 07:45 Europa End Shadow Transit
May 22 17:25 Ganimede Begin Transit
May 22 19:10 Io Begin Transit
May 22 19:37 Ganimede Begin Shadow Transit
May 22 19:43 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 22 19:43 Unknown Unknown
May 22 20:13 Ganimede End Transit
May 22 21:24 Io End Transit
May 22 21:58 Io End Shadow Transit
May 22 21:58 Unknown Unknown
May 22 22:26 Ganimede End Shadow Transit
May 23 16:20 Io Begin Occultation
May 23 19:06 Io End Eclipse
May 23 23:06 Europa Begin Occultation
May 24 02:51 Europa End Eclipse
May 24 13:41 Io Begin Transit
May 24 14:12 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 24 15:55 Io End Transit
May 24 16:26 Io End Shadow Transit
May 25 10:50 Io Begin Occultation
May 25 13:35 Io End Eclipse
May 25 17:24 Europa Begin Transit
May 25 18:23 Europa Begin Shadow Transit
May 25 20:02 Europa End Transit
May 25 21:02 Europa 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
5.4”
Venus
28.1”
Mars
5.9”
Jupiter
32.1”
Saturn
15.9”
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 243 comets).

Comet R.A. Decl. Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked C/2025 F2 (SWAN) 05h 09m 53s -02° 36’ 18” - 9.36 trending_down Orion Ori map my_location
radio_button_checked 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 09h 40m 55s +10° 22’ 41” 10.7 17.68 trending_down Leo Leo map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 19h 59m 18s +26° 43’ 06” 11.0 14.36 trending_flat Vulpecula Vul map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2021 G2 (Atlas) 15h 17m 51s -05° 33’ 13” 13.3 14.87 trending_down Libra Lib map my_location
radio_button_checked P/2010 H2 (Vales) 13h 10m 07s +05° 19’ 13” - 13.71 trending_down Virgo Vir map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) 01h 28m 13s +12° 31’ 35” - 14.63 trending_down Pisces Psc map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 H5 (Lemmon) 10h 38m 06s +65° 33’ 12” 15.1 16.56 trending_down Ursa Major UMa map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 01h 52m 12s +49° 27’ 20” - 15.36 trending_flat Perseus Per map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 01h 42m 14s +14° 51’ 16” - 15.49 trending_flat Pisces Psc map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) 02h 17m 28s -50° 48’ 50” - 15.60 trending_down Eridanus Eri 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 14h 37m 18s -03° 58’ 26” 5.83 trending_down Virgo map my_location
radio_button_checked 1 Ceres 00h 17m 21s -08° 11’ 13” 9.28 trending_up Cetus map my_location
radio_button_checked 7 Iris 04h 01m 15s +21° 34’ 48” 9.53 trending_up Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked 9 Metis 14h 59m 22s -14° 04’ 06” 9.91 trending_down Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 6 Hebe 21h 55m 31s -07° 14’ 12” 9.92 trending_up Aquarius map my_location
radio_button_checked 3 Juno 15h 39m 59s -02° 20’ 49” 10.00 trending_down Serpens map my_location
radio_button_checked 2 Pallas 21h 05m 55s +14° 39’ 59” 10.25 trending_up Delphinus map my_location
radio_button_checked 349 Dembowska 15h 06m 07s -21° 52’ 03” 10.37 trending_down Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 15 Eunomia 07h 12m 06s +20° 32’ 56” 10.72 trending_flat Gemini map my_location
radio_button_checked 5 Astraea 17h 18m 33s -15° 10’ 59” 10.87 trending_up Ophiuchus 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 Daytime Arietids 7 Jun 02h 53m +24° 50 medium 1566 Icarus ? map
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