Highlights

• The Sun is in Aries, the Moon is Waning Gibbous in Scorpius
• T CrB: magnitude 10.189 ± 0.011 [2025-05-13 05:02:48 UTC, CCD/V, YSD/AAVSO]
• Mercury is in favorable conditions for morning observations with a solar elongation of 17.7° (sky map)
• Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) - SWAN25F: magnitude 8.04 in Orion
• Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: magnitude 13.6 in Leo
• Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales): magnitude 13.66 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 3 Juno is close to opposition
• Asteroid 4 Vesta is close to opposition
• Asteroid 9 Metis is close to opposition
• Asteroid 349 Dembowska (1892 T) is at 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	03h 23m 31s	+18° 35’ 11”	1,898.9”	-26.72 trending_flat	Aries	map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon	16h 12m 17s	-26° 31’ 20”	1,775.2”	-12.26 trending_down	Scorpius	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	02h 16m 25s	+11° 28’ 51”	5.7”	-0.61 trending_up	Aries	map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus	00h 33m 40s	+02° 54’ 11”	30.1”	-4.61 trending_down	Pisces	map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars	08h 58m 41s	+18° 57’ 38”	6.1”	1.11 trending_down	Cancer	map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter	05h 33m 59s	+23° 05’ 18”	32.3”	-1.95 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn	23h 59m 50s	-02° 14’ 31”	15.8”	1.14 trending_flat	Pisces	map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus	03h 39m 16s	+19° 17’ 26”	3.4”	5.85 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune	00h 07m 24s	-00° 35’ 47”	2.2”	7.80 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 upcoming phenomena of Jupiter's satellites:

Date	Local Time	Satellite	Event
May 13	22:38	Io	Begin Transit
May 13	23:19	Io	Begin Shadow Transit
May 14	00:52	Io	End Transit
May 14	01:34	Io	End Shadow Transit
May 14	19:49	Io	Begin Occultation
May 14	22:43	Io	End Eclipse

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 241 comets).

	Comet	R.A.	Decl.	Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs	Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred		ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked	C/2025 F2 (SWAN)	04h 57m 07s	+04° 33’ 10”	-	8.04	trending_down	Orion Ori	map my_location
radio_button_checked	29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann	09h 39m 41s	+10° 29’ 26”	13.6	17.65	trending_down	Leo Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	P/2010 H2 (Vales)	13h 12m 07s	+05° 40’ 03”	-	13.66	trending_down	Virgo Vir	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2021 G2 (Atlas)	15h 19m 59s	-06° 11’ 46”	14.0	14.85	trending_down	Libra Lib	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos)	01h 19m 04s	+13° 27’ 51”	-	14.56	trending_down	Pisces Psc	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 L5 (ATLAS)	11h 39m 48s	-12° 52’ 16”	15.3	15.99	trending_down	Crater Crt	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)	01h 50m 53s	+49° 07’ 52”	-	15.35	trending_down	Perseus Per	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)	02h 08m 46s	-49° 42’ 31”	-	15.45	trending_down	Eridanus Eri	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)	01h 35m 45s	+14° 10’ 42”	-	15.51	trending_flat	Pisces Psc	map my_location
radio_button_checked	21P/Giacobini-Zinner	03h 47m 23s	+06° 54’ 18”	-	15.63	trending_down	Taurus Tau	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 78 asteroids and dwarf planets.)

	Asteroid	R.A.	Decl.	MagnitudeMag		ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked	4 Vesta	14h 41m 52s	-03° 59’ 32”	5.74	trending_down	Virgo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	1 Ceres	00h 11m 00s	-08° 41’ 09”	9.30	trending_flat	Cetus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	7 Iris	03h 47m 46s	+21° 03’ 08”	9.58	trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	9 Metis	15h 04m 29s	-14° 14’ 18”	9.76	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	3 Juno	15h 44m 14s	-02° 41’ 33”	9.98	trending_up	Serpens	map my_location
radio_button_checked	6 Hebe	21h 48m 37s	-07° 34’ 43”	10.00	trending_up	Aquarius	map my_location
radio_button_checked	349 Dembowska	15h 10m 45s	-21° 59’ 47”	10.30	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	2 Pallas	21h 04m 13s	+14° 07’ 17”	10.30	trending_flat	Delphinus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	15 Eunomia	07h 03m 32s	+20° 57’ 42”	10.70	trending_down	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked	8 Flora	11h 17m 05s	+12° 38’ 10”	10.91	trending_down	Leo	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	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