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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: Waxing Gibbous  Age: 14.40 days
Information about the Moon
Moon position in sky map
R.A. Decl. Apparent Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked Sun 03h 16m 56s +18° 10’ 27” 1,899.6” -26.72 trending_flat Aries map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon 14h 44m 43s -20° 53’ 30” 1,765.8” -12.38 trending_up Libra 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 05m 23s +10° 19’ 03” 5.8” -0.49 trending_up Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus 00h 28m 37s +02° 34’ 20” 30.9” -4.64 trending_down Cetus map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars 08h 55m 22s +19° 13’ 01” 6.1” 1.11 trending_up Cancer map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter 05h 32m 27s +23° 04’ 08” 32.4” -1.95 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn 23h 59m 16s -02° 17’ 47” 15.8” 1.14 trending_flat Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus 03h 38m 52s +19° 16’ 04” 3.4” 5.85 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune 00h 07m 14s -00° 36’ 46” 2.2” 7.80 trending_flat 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 12 04:08 Io Begin Transit
May 12 04:19 Ganimede End Eclipse
May 12 04:51 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 12 06:21 Io End Transit
May 12 07:05 Io End Shadow Transit
May 13 01:18 Io Begin Occultation
May 13 04:14 Io End Eclipse
May 13 06:50 Europa Begin Occultation
May 13 10:55 Europa End Eclipse
May 13 22:38 Io Begin Transit
May 13 23:19 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 14 00:52 Io End 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
5.8”
Venus
30.9”
Mars
6.1”
Jupiter
32.4”
Saturn
15.8”
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 241 comets).

Comet R.A. Decl. Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked C/2025 F2 (SWAN) 04h 51m 37s +07° 16’ 06” 8.6 7.58 trending_down Orion Ori map my_location
radio_button_checked P/2010 H2 (Vales) 13h 12m 52s +05° 46’ 00” - 13.64 trending_down Virgo Vir map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2021 G2 (Atlas) 15h 20m 41s -06° 24’ 38” 14.0 14.84 trending_flat Libra Lib map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) 01h 16m 02s +13° 45’ 30” - 14.53 trending_down Pisces Psc map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 01h 50m 25s +49° 02’ 02” - 15.34 trending_flat Perseus Per map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) 02h 05m 56s -49° 21’ 54” - 15.40 trending_down Eridanus Eri map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS) 01h 33m 38s +13° 57’ 26” - 15.52 trending_up Pisces Psc map my_location
radio_button_checked 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 03h 41m 10s +06° 55’ 27” - 15.58 trending_down Taurus Tau map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 20h 06m 17s +25° 45’ 36” 15.7 14.32 trending_down Vulpecula Vul map my_location
radio_button_checked 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 09h 39m 19s +10° 31’ 20” 15.8 17.64 trending_flat Leo Leo 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 43m 26s -04° 00’ 59” 5.70 trending_down Virgo map my_location
radio_button_checked 1 Ceres 00h 08m 55s -08° 51’ 13” 9.30 trending_flat Cetus map my_location
radio_button_checked 7 Iris 03h 43m 24s +20° 52’ 00” 9.59 trending_up Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked 9 Metis 15h 06m 11s -14° 17’ 50” 9.71 trending_down Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 3 Juno 15h 45m 36s -02° 48’ 55” 9.99 trending_flat Serpens map my_location
radio_button_checked 6 Hebe 21h 46m 20s -07° 41’ 49” 10.03 trending_up Aquarius map my_location
radio_button_checked 349 Dembowska 15h 12m 16s -22° 02’ 04” 10.29 trending_flat Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 2 Pallas 21h 03m 34s +13° 56’ 22” 10.31 trending_up Delphinus map my_location
radio_button_checked 15 Eunomia 07h 00m 46s +21° 05’ 24” 10.68 trending_down Gemini map my_location
radio_button_checked 8 Flora 11h 16m 39s +12° 45’ 12” 10.88 trending_down Leo 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 Eta Lyrids 9 May 19h 06m +44° 3 medium map
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