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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: 16.87 days
Information about the Moon
Moon position in sky map
R.A. Decl. Apparent Diameter MagnitudeMag ConstellationConst Charts
radio_button_checked Sun 03h 26m 40s +18° 46’ 43” 1,898.6” -26.72 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon 16h 52m 51s -27° 54’ 19” 1,782.4” -12.03 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 21m 51s +12° 02’ 38” 5.6” -0.67 trending_up Aries map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus 00h 36m 07s +03° 04’ 10” 29.8” -4.60 trending_down Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars 09h 00m 16s +18° 50’ 09” 6.0” 1.12 trending_down Cancer map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter 05h 34m 43s +23° 05’ 51” 32.3” -1.94 trending_down Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn 00h 00m 05s -02° 12’ 59” 15.8” 1.13 trending_up Pisces map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus 03h 39m 27s +19° 18’ 05” 3.4” 5.85 trending_flat Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune 00h 07m 29s -00° 35’ 19” 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 14 19:49 Io Begin Occultation
May 14 22:43 Io End Eclipse
May 15 01:11 Europa Begin Transit
May 15 02:30 Europa Begin Shadow Transit
May 15 03:49 Europa End Transit
May 15 05:09 Europa End Shadow Transit
May 15 12:59 Ganimede Begin Transit
May 15 15:37 Ganimede Begin Shadow Transit
May 15 15:45 Ganimede End Transit
May 15 17:08 Io Begin Transit
May 15 17:48 Io Begin Shadow Transit
May 15 17:48 Unknown Unknown
May 15 18:26 Ganimede End Shadow Transit
May 15 18:26 Unknown Unknown
May 15 19:22 Io End Transit
May 15 20:03 Io End Shadow 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
5.6”
Venus
29.8”
Mars
6.0”
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 59m 28s +03° 19’ 42” - 8.26 trending_down Orion Ori map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 20h 03m 52s +26° 07’ 11” 11.5 14.34 trending_down Vulpecula Vul map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2021 G2 (Atlas) 15h 19m 39s -06° 05’ 40” 13.5 14.85 trending_flat Libra Lib map my_location
radio_button_checked 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 09h 39m 51s +10° 28’ 28” 13.6 17.65 trending_flat Leo Leo map my_location
radio_button_checked P/2010 H2 (Vales) 13h 11m 46s +05° 37’ 03” - 13.67 trending_down Virgo Vir map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2023 C2 (ATLAS) 23h 14m 12s +30° 36’ 45” 14.2 16.01 trending_flat Pegasus Peg map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos) 01h 20m 29s +13° 19’ 21” - 14.57 trending_down Pisces Psc map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 L5 (ATLAS) 11h 38m 36s -12° 38’ 08” 15.3 16.00 trending_down Crater Crt map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) 01h 51m 06s +49° 10’ 46” - 15.35 trending_flat Perseus Per map my_location
radio_button_checked C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) 02h 10m 07s -49° 52’ 32” - 15.48 trending_down Eridanus Eri 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 09s -03° 59’ 01” 5.75 trending_down Virgo map my_location
radio_button_checked 1 Ceres 00h 12m 00s -08° 36’ 25” 9.29 trending_up Cetus map my_location
radio_button_checked 7 Iris 03h 49m 52s +21° 08’ 18” 9.58 trending_up Taurus map my_location
radio_button_checked 9 Metis 15h 03m 41s -14° 12’ 39” 9.79 trending_down Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 3 Juno 15h 43m 34s -02° 38’ 08” 9.98 trending_down Serpens map my_location
radio_button_checked 6 Hebe 21h 49m 42s -07° 31’ 24” 9.99 trending_up Aquarius map my_location
radio_button_checked 2 Pallas 21h 04m 30s +14° 12’ 27” 10.30 trending_up Delphinus map my_location
radio_button_checked 349 Dembowska 15h 10m 02s -21° 58’ 38” 10.31 trending_down Libra map my_location
radio_button_checked 15 Eunomia 07h 04m 51s +20° 53’ 58” 10.70 trending_flat Gemini map my_location
radio_button_checked 8 Flora 11h 17m 20s +12° 34’ 39” 10.92 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 Daytime Arietids 7 Jun 02h 53m +24° 50 medium 1566 Icarus ? map
radio_button_checked Eta Lyrids 9 May 19h 06m +44° 3 medium map
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