Highlights

• ⭐ We released a new animated visualization feature for solar eclipses. Check out for instance next year's August 12 total eclipse from Burgos, Spain.
• The Sun is in Taurus, the Moon is Waning Crescent in Aries
• T CrB: magnitude 10.217 ± 0.005 [2025-06-18 11:16:13 UTC, CCD/CV, IDG/AAVSO]
• Mercury is in very favorable conditions for evening observations with a solar elongation of 22.2° (sky map)
• Comet 217P/LINEAR: magnitude 12.8 in Taurus
• Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: magnitude 13.6 in Leo
• Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales): magnitude 14.08 in Virgo
• Next NEO approach: Asteroid (NEO) 2025 MZ, Jun 22 2025 at 03:28 UTC, 847,203 km, 2.20 lunar distances
• Asteroid 5 Astraea is close to 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	06h 01m 51s	+23° 26’ 02”	1,888.2”	-26.71 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Moon	02h 10m 50s	+16° 24’ 56”	1,963.8”	-8.50 trending_down	Aries	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	07h 38m 36s	+23° 17’ 16”	6.4”	-0.15 trending_down	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Venus	02h 56m 36s	+13° 59’ 40”	19.3”	-4.21 trending_down	Aries	map my_location
radio_button_checked Mars	10h 19m 01s	+11° 41’ 57”	5.0”	1.45 trending_down	Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked Jupiter	06h 11m 35s	+23° 15’ 51”	31.3”	-1.89 trending_flat	Gemini	map my_location
radio_button_checked Saturn	00h 09m 08s	-01° 23’ 56”	16.8”	1.00 trending_flat	Pisces	map my_location
radio_button_checked Uranus	03h 48m 17s	+19° 46’ 48”	3.4”	5.83 trending_flat	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked Neptune	00h 09m 53s	-00° 21’ 41”	2.3”	7.77 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 5 upcoming phenomena of Jupiter's satellites:

Date	Local Time	Satellite	Event
Jun 21	23:48	Io	Begin Transit
Jun 21	23:51	Io	Begin Shadow Transit
Jun 22	02:02	Io	End Transit
Jun 22	02:05	Io	End Shadow Transit
Jun 22	20:57	Io	Begin Occultation

To see the complete list of the upcoming phenomena for the next 7 days consult the dedicated Jupiter's Galilean Moons section.

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 246 comets).

	Comet	R.A.	Decl.	Magnitude (COBS)Mag Obs	Magnitude (JPL)Mag Pred		ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked	217P/LINEAR	04h 03m 57s	+12° 39’ 13”	12.8	16.16	trending_down	Taurus Tau	map my_location
radio_button_checked	29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann	09h 54m 11s	+09° 10’ 27”	13.6	17.85	trending_down	Leo Leo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	P/2010 H2 (Vales)	13h 09m 51s	+01° 48’ 50”	-	14.08	trending_down	Virgo Vir	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)	01h 53m 47s	+52° 17’ 38”	14.4	15.40	trending_flat	Perseus Per	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2025 F2 (SWAN)	05h 53m 40s	-28° 21’ 12”	-	14.58	trending_down	Columba Col	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)	19h 13m 33s	+29° 05’ 45”	14.8	14.61	trending_down	Lyra Lyr	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2023 C2 (ATLAS)	23h 40m 12s	+42° 58’ 49”	14.9	16.15	trending_down	Andromeda And	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)	02h 23m 30s	+18° 57’ 14”	15.0	15.30	trending_up	Aries Ari	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 J2 (Wierzchos)	02h 21m 33s	+04° 48’ 01”	-	15.19	trending_down	Cetus Cet	map my_location
radio_button_checked	C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)	17h 07m 18s	+57° 55’ 57”	15.6	14.88	trending_up	Draco Dra	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 79 asteroids and dwarf planets.)

	Asteroid	R.A.	Decl.	MagnitudeMag		ConstellationConst	Charts
radio_button_checked	4 Vesta	14h 23m 27s	-05° 56’ 41”	6.51	trending_down	Virgo	map my_location
radio_button_checked	1 Ceres	00h 53m 46s	-05° 45’ 40”	9.09	trending_flat	Cetus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	6 Hebe	22h 32m 02s	-06° 19’ 58”	9.26	trending_up	Aquarius	map my_location
radio_button_checked	7 Iris	05h 29m 30s	+23° 18’ 15”	9.69	trending_down	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	2 Pallas	21h 05m 17s	+17° 11’ 40”	9.90	trending_up	Delphinus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	3 Juno	15h 17m 07s	-01° 34’ 46”	10.41	trending_down	Serpens	map my_location
radio_button_checked	9 Metis	14h 37m 40s	-13° 47’ 42”	10.69	trending_down	Libra	map my_location
radio_button_checked	20 Massalia	06h 00m 01s	+23° 00’ 43”	10.70	trending_down	Taurus	map my_location
radio_button_checked	15 Eunomia	08h 08m 20s	+17° 13’ 47”	10.81	trending_flat	Cancer	map my_location
radio_button_checked	349 Dembowska	14h 44m 19s	-21° 02’ 10”	10.90	trending_down	Libra	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	Daytime Arietids	7 Jun	02h 53m	+24°	50	medium	1566 Icarus ?	map