Jupiter

Jupiter is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension of Jupiter is 19h 25m 01s and the Declination is -22° 26’ 48” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Jupiter is -2.22 (JPL).

Summary of key facts about Jupiter [tip: you can also create a Quick Access page for this data if you access it frequently and would like to have a simpler view]:

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Additional information about Jupiter available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

• Position and finder charts (see also Where is Jupiter?)
• Distance from Earth (see also How far is Jupiter from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does Jupiter rise and set?)
• Brightness (see also How bright is Jupiter?)
• Physical data. Detailed information about physical properties of Jupiter, such as mass and geometric properties.
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Jupiter for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Jupiter in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Jupiter with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

Higher precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Jupiter is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

Also check out Where is Jupiter?, a page that provides all the information needed to find Jupiter in the sky and additional links to sky charts.

Jupiter Distance from Earth

The distance of Jupiter from Earth is currently 777,875,914 kilometers, equivalent to 5.199779 Astronomical Units. Light takes 43 minutes and 14.7148 seconds to travel from Jupiter and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Jupiter 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.

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 Jupiter from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Jupiter to Earth

Between January 1900 and January 2100, the closest approach of Jupiter to Earth happens on Tue Oct 2 1951 at a distance of 3.948724 Astronomical Units, or 590,720,632 kilometers:

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

Jupiter brightness

The current visual magnitude of Jupiter is -2.22.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Jupiter, 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.

Jupiter rise and set times

Today's Jupiter rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Jupiter touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Jupiter 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Jupiter computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Jupiter in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Apparent DiameterDiameter	Constellation
2020 Oct 15	19h 21m 21s	-22° 33’ 48”	-2.27	38.0”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 16	19h 21m 47s	-22° 33’ 01”	-2.26	37.8”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 17	19h 22m 13s	-22° 32’ 12”	-2.26	37.7”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 18	19h 22m 40s	-22° 31’ 21”	-2.25	37.6”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 19	19h 23m 08s	-22° 30’ 28”	-2.24	37.5”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 20	19h 23m 35s	-22° 29’ 34”	-2.24	37.4”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 21	19h 24m 05s	-22° 28’ 37”	-2.23	37.3”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 22	19h 24m 33s	-22° 27’ 41”	-2.22	37.2”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 23	19h 25m 04s	-22° 26’ 42”	-2.22	37.1”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 24	19h 25m 35s	-22° 25’ 41”	-2.21	37.0”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 25	19h 26m 07s	-22° 24’ 38”	-2.21	36.9”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 26	19h 26m 39s	-22° 23’ 34”	-2.20	36.7”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 27	19h 27m 11s	-22° 22’ 28”	-2.19	36.6”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 28	19h 27m 44s	-22° 21’ 20”	-2.19	36.5”	Sagittarius