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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: 16.07 days
Information about the Moon
Moon position in sky map
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
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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 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
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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 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.

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
5.7”
Venus
30.1”
Mars
6.1”
Jupiter
32.3”
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 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
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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 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
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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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