Highlights
- The Sun is in Aquarius, the Moon is Waning Gibbous in Virgo
- T CrB: magnitude
11.2944 ± 0.0012 [2025-02-17 08:56:51 UTC, CCD/B, WGR/AAVSO] - Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS):
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7.3 in Grus - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann:
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11.4 in Leo - Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS):
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11.7 in Delphinus -
Next NEO approach:
Asteroid (NEO) 2018 RC2,
Mar 8 2025 at 11:45 UTC,756,524 km,1.97 lunar distances - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite is close to opposition
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.
Sun and Moon
How the Sun and the Moon look like today.
R.A. | Decl. | Apparent Diameter | MagnitudeMag | ConstellationConst | Charts | |
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Sun | 22h 06m 14s | -11° 39’ 52” | 1,941.6” | -26.77 | Aquarius | map my_location |
Moon | 13h 43m 34s | -14° 01’ 59” | 1,770.1” | -11.05 | Virgo | map |
The Planets
Current essential information about the planets. Click each planet to view full details.
Planet | R.A. | Decl. | Diameter | MagnitudeMag | ConstellationConst | Charts |
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Mercury | 22h 34m 13s | -10° 39’ 51” | 5.1” | -1.40 | Aquarius | map my_location |
Venus | 00h 22m 11s | +07° 32’ 23” | 41.0” | -4.87 | Pisces | map my_location |
Mars | 07h 16m 59s | +26° 09’ 46” | 12.0” | -0.56 | Gemini | map my_location |
Jupiter | 04h 40m 27s | +21° 44’ 24” | 40.2” | -2.38 | Taurus | map my_location |
Saturn | 23h 23m 51s | -05° 58’ 25” | 15.2” | 1.12 | Aquarius | map my_location |
Uranus | 03h 24m 19s | +18° 23’ 37” | 3.6” | 5.75 | Aries | map my_location |
Neptune | 23h 56m 30s | -01° 45’ 17” | 2.2” | 7.82 | Pisces | map my_location |
Jupiter Moons
Position of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. A dedicated tool is available, with more advanced features.

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.

5.1”

41.0”

12.0”

40.2”

15.2”

3.6”

2.2”
Credits for the planet images: NASA-APL - NASA.
Brightest Comets
List of the 10 brightest comets (open the full list of 229 comets).
Comet | R.A. | Decl. | Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs | Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred | ConstellationConst | Charts | ||
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C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) | 23h 21m 14s | -38° 45’ 16” | 7.3 | 10.85 | Grus Gru | map my_location | ||
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | 09h 54m 42s | +09° 36’ 23” | 11.4 | 17.30 | Leo Leo | map my_location | ||
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) | 20h 17m 11s | +11° 49’ 55” | 11.7 | 13.60 | Delphinus Del | map my_location | ||
P/2010 H2 (Vales) | 13h 55m 01s | +04° 16’ 41” | - | 13.80 | Virgo Vir | map my_location | ||
C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) | 22h 01m 06s | +25° 53’ 02” | - | 14.02 | Pegasus Peg | map my_location | ||
C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) | 01h 26m 14s | +51° 30’ 34” | 14.4 | 13.93 | Cassiopeia Cas | map my_location | ||
C/2021 G2 (Atlas) | 15h 31m 22s | -16° 33’ 33” | - | 14.90 | Libra Lib | map my_location | ||
21P/Giacobini-Zinner | 21h 52m 37s | +00° 29’ 47” | - | 15.21 | Aquarius Aqr | map my_location | ||
C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) | 22h 18m 13s | +31° 43’ 13” | - | 15.56 | Pegasus Peg | map my_location | ||
C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) | 03h 33m 14s | -68° 09’ 58” | 15.6 | 17.82 | Hydrus Hyi | 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 | ||
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4 Vesta | 14h 59m 42s | -07° 38’ 43” | 7.14 | Libra | map my_location | ||
1 Ceres | 22h 09m 49s | -19° 08’ 48” | 8.98 | Aquarius | map my_location | ||
29 Amphitrite | 09h 48m 00s | +18° 45’ 27” | 9.24 | Leo | map my_location | ||
15 Eunomia | 05h 08m 21s | +26° 01’ 16” | 9.64 | Taurus | map my_location | ||
8 Flora | 12h 06m 37s | +07° 51’ 28” | 9.95 | Virgo | map my_location | ||
7 Iris | 00h 19m 56s | +05° 43’ 15” | 9.97 | Pisces | map my_location | ||
2 Pallas | 19h 48m 55s | +05° 04’ 22” | 10.51 | Aquila | map my_location | ||
14 Irene | 06h 25m 37s | +29° 40’ 37” | 10.53 | Auriga | map my_location | ||
6 Hebe | 19h 28m 09s | -14° 02’ 31” | 10.74 | Sagittarius | map my_location | ||
18 Melpomene | 12h 53m 44s | +01° 23’ 52” | 10.90 | Virgo | 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 | |
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Alpha Centaurids | 8 Feb | 14h 00m | -59° | 6 | bright | map | ||