New Horizons

New Horizons is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension of New Horizons is 19h 14m 07s and the Declination is -20° 23’ 53” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]).

Summary of key facts about New Horizons [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 New Horizons available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

• Position and finder charts (see also Where is New Horizons?)
• Distance from Earth (see also How far is New Horizons from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does New Horizons rise and set?)
• Interactive orbit visualization. 3d visualization showing the orbit of New Horizons with respect to the major Solar System objects.
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of New Horizons for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate New Horizons in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate New Horizons with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

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

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

New Horizons Distance from Earth

The distance of New Horizons from Earth is currently 7,520,941,269 kilometers, equivalent to 50.274387 Astronomical Units. Light takes 6 hours, 58 minutes and 7.1597 seconds to travel from New Horizons and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of New Horizons 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 New Horizons from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of New Horizons to Earth

Between January 2013 and January 2025, the closest approach of New Horizons to Earth happens on Tue Jun 4 2013 at a distance of 25.550327 Astronomical Units, or 3,822,274,576 kilometers:

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

New Horizons rise and set times

Today's New Horizons 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 New Horizons 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.

Visualization of New Horizons Orbit

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of New Horizons with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of New Horizons and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

New Horizons 15 Days Ephemeris

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

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2021 Jan 17	19h 13m 28s	-20° 25’ 05”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 18	19h 13m 33s	-20° 24’ 56”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 19	19h 13m 38s	-20° 24’ 46”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 20	19h 13m 45s	-20° 24’ 36”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 21	19h 13m 50s	-20° 24’ 25”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 22	19h 13m 54s	-20° 24’ 15”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 23	19h 13m 59s	-20° 24’ 06”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 24	19h 14m 04s	-20° 23’ 57”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 25	19h 14m 09s	-20° 23’ 47”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 26	19h 14m 15s	-20° 23’ 36”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 27	19h 14m 20s	-20° 23’ 26”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 28	19h 14m 25s	-20° 23’ 17”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 29	19h 14m 30s	-20° 23’ 07”	N.A.	Sagittarius
2021 Jan 30	19h 14m 35s	-20° 22’ 57”	N.A.	Sagittarius