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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:58 | Tran: 14:23 | Set: 22:48
Alt: -7.56°   Az: 30.16°   Direction: North-North-East

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is in the constellation of Gemini, at a distance of 545,640,259.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 06h 31m 28s and the Declination is +25° 31’ 15” (apparent coordinates). The predicted magnitude of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is 19.97 (data provided by JPL Horizons).

Finder Charts

Map showing Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) in Gemini on June, 08 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Sky map showing Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) in Gemini on June, 08 2025. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive sky chart

High precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)
RA: 06h 29m 53s
Dec: +25° 32’ 23”
Deep sky finder chart for Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). Field of view: 60x40 arcmins. View in deep sky object tracker

Also check out Where is Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) in the sky and additional links to sky charts.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 31m 28s
+25° 31’ 15”
14h 14m 00s
20h 45m 28s

J2000

06h 29m 53s
+25° 32’ 23”

Additional Information

Gemini
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n/a
n/a
19.97

The observed values of Magnitude, Coma Diameter and Tail Length are derived from the most recent observation recorded at the Comet Observers Database. The value of Predicted Magnitude comes from the JPL Horizons ephemerides service and, in the case of comets, might be inaccurate given the highly dynamic and unpredictable behavior of these objects. When available, please refer to the Observed Magnitude value and consider the Predicted Magnitude as a directional indication. 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.

Rise and Set Times

Today's rise, transit and set times of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Greenwich, UK (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.5°
Max altitude: 64.1°
Azimuth: 295.6°
  • C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is below the horizon from Greenwich, UK.
  • Given its current magnitude, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is visible only through long exposure photography.
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Distance from Earth

The distance of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Earth is currently 545,640,259.0 kilometers, equivalent to 3.6473798487 Astronomical Units. Light takes 30m 20.060s to travel from Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and arrive to us.

545,640,259.0
3.6473798487
30m 20.060s

The following chart shows the distance of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Chart of the distance of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Earth in Astronomical Units (au)

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest Approach

Between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2099, the closest approach of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) to Earth happens on Tue Oct 21 2025 at a distance of 0.596130 Astronomical Units, or 89,179,743 kilometers:

Tue Oct 21 2025
89,179,743
0.596130

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Light Curve

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Chart of the magnitude of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as a function of time

Orbital Elements

The following table lists the orbital elements of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) at epoch 21 January 2025 00:00 UTC (JD: 2460697.5). Source: JPL Small-Body Database

Element Symbol Value
Orbit eccentricity e 0.99575642
Orbit inclination i 143.62971264°
Perihelion distance q 0.52911433 AU
79,154,378 km
Aphelion distance Q 248.84229536 AU
37,226,277,601 km
Semi-major axis a 124.68570485 AU
18,652,715,989 km
Orbital period period 1,392.3012 years
508,538.0155 days
Date of perihelion transit Tp 2025-Nov-08 11:42:19
2,460,987.9877 JD
Argument of perihelion peri 132.99917370342°
Longitude of the ascending node node 108.09833729353°
Mean anomaly M 359.7943603451°
Mean motion n 0.00070791°/day
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Orbit Diagram of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)
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15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Apparent celestial coordinates are provided.

Date Right AscensionR.A. DeclinationDec. MagnitudeMag Constellation
2025 Jun 01 06h 27m 07s +25° 11’ 42” 20.11 Gemini
2025 Jun 02 06h 27m 42s +25° 14’ 26” 20.09 Gemini
2025 Jun 03 06h 28m 17s +25° 17’ 09” 20.07 Gemini
2025 Jun 04 06h 28m 53s +25° 19’ 53” 20.05 Gemini
2025 Jun 05 06h 29m 30s +25° 22’ 37” 20.03 Gemini
2025 Jun 06 06h 30m 07s +25° 25’ 21” 20.01 Gemini
2025 Jun 07 06h 30m 44s +25° 28’ 06” 19.99 Gemini
2025 Jun 08 06h 31m 22s +25° 30’ 50” 19.97 Gemini
2025 Jun 09 06h 32m 01s +25° 33’ 35” 19.95 Gemini
2025 Jun 10 06h 32m 40s +25° 36’ 21” 19.93 Gemini
2025 Jun 11 06h 33m 20s +25° 39’ 06” 19.91 Gemini
2025 Jun 12 06h 34m 00s +25° 41’ 52” 19.89 Gemini
2025 Jun 13 06h 34m 41s +25° 44’ 38” 19.87 Gemini
2025 Jun 14 06h 35m 22s +25° 47’ 26” 19.85 Gemini

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