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 10.084 ± 0.005 [2025-06-12 10:43:16 UTC, CCD/CV, IDG/AAVSO]
• Mercury is in favorable conditions for evening observations with a solar elongation of 15.6° (sky map)
• Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: magnitude 13.0 in Leo
• Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN): magnitude 13.60 in Lepus
• Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales): magnitude 13.97 in Virgo
• Next NEO approach: Asteroid (NEO) 2021 PJ1, Aug 15 2025 at 04:38 UTC, 1,674,743 km, 4.36 lunar distances
• The Moon is close to opposition
• 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 25m 22s	+23° 11’ 43”	1,889.7”	-26.71 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon	18h 42m 10s	-28° 32’ 27”	1,811.9”	-12.17 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 33m 10s	+25° 13’ 13”	5.6”	-0.85 trending_down	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus	02h 20m 44s	+11° 17’ 19”	21.0”	-4.29 trending_down	Aries	map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars	10h 00m 23s	+13° 32’ 49”	5.2”	1.37 trending_flat	Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter	06h 02m 52s	+23° 16’ 30”	31.4”	-1.90 trending_flat	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn	00h 07m 42s	-01° 30’ 45”	16.6”	1.04 trending_flat	Pisces	map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus	03h 46m 22s	+19° 40’ 41”	3.4”	5.84 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune	00h 09m 33s	-00° 23’ 16”	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 13	01:16	Io	Begin Transit
Jun 13	01:28	Io	Begin Shadow Transit
Jun 13	03:30	Io	End Transit
Jun 13	03:42	Io	End Shadow Transit
Jun 13	06:49	Ganimede	Begin 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 49m 59s	+09° 33’ 47”	13.0	17.81	trending_down	Leo Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2025 F2 (SWAN)	05h 44m 02s	-23° 13’ 41”	-	13.60	trending_down	Lepus Lep	map my_location
radio_button_checked	P/2010 H2 (Vales)	13h 07m 48s	+02° 53’ 58”	-	13.97	trending_down	Virgo Vir	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos)	02h 08m 42s	+07° 08’ 33”	-	15.05	trending_down	Cetus Cet	map my_location
radio_button_checked	65P/Gunn	18h 53m 04s	-30° 21’ 15”	15.2	15.77	trending_flat	Sagittarius Sgr	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2021 G2 (Atlas)	15h 09m 17s	-02° 58’ 39”	15.3	15.01	trending_down	Libra Lib	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)	02h 13m 00s	+17° 56’ 34”	-	15.35	trending_flat	Aries Ari	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)	01h 54m 54s	+51° 27’ 15”	-	15.40	trending_flat	Perseus Per	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2020 V2 (ZTF)	22h 04m 28s	-70° 16’ 16”	15.5	16.91	trending_flat	Indus Ind	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 QE78 (ATLAS)	07h 15m 53s	+17° 30’ 45”	-	15.77	trending_down	Gemini Gem	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 52s	-05° 06’ 37”	6.34	trending_down	Virgo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	1 Ceres	00h 45m 13s	-06° 14’ 16”	9.16	trending_flat	Cetus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	6 Hebe	22h 24m 08s	-06° 16’ 48”	9.46	trending_up	Aquarius	map my_location
radio_button_checked	7 Iris	05h 06m 34s	+23° 08’ 57”	9.58	trending_down	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	2 Pallas	21h 07m 29s	+16° 46’ 02”	9.99	trending_up	Delphinus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	3 Juno	15h 21m 39s	-01° 31’ 08”	10.29	trending_down	Serpens	map my_location
radio_button_checked	9 Metis	14h 40m 45s	-13° 41’ 16”	10.51	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	5 Astraea	16h 55m 22s	-14° 51’ 07”	10.70	trending_down	Ophiuchus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	349 Dembowska	14h 47m 57s	-21° 11’ 34”	10.77	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	15 Eunomia	07h 53m 42s	+18° 12’ 10”	10.80	trending_flat	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