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New Horizons

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:17 | Tran: 3:30 | Set: 7:39
Alt: -34.18°   Az: 79.22°   Direction: East

New Horizons is in the constellation of Sagittarius, at a distance of 9,138,815,998.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 19h 21m 35s and the Declination is -20° 04’ 31” (apparent coordinates).

Finder Charts

Map showing New Horizons in Sagittarius on June, 04 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Sky map showing New Horizons in Sagittarius on June, 04 2025. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive sky chart

High 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.

New Horizons
RA: 19h 20m 05s
Dec: -20° 07’ 27”
Deep sky finder chart for New Horizons. Field of view: 60x40 arcmins. View in deep sky object tracker

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.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 21m 35s
-20° 04’ 31”
15h 59m 37s
11h 21m 13s

J2000

19h 20m 05s
-20° 07’ 27”

Additional Information

Sagittarius

Rise and Set Times

Today's rise, transit and set times of New Horizons from Greenwich, UK (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.1°
Max altitude: 18.4°
Azimuth: 249.9°

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Distance from Earth

The distance of New Horizons from Earth is currently 9,138,815,998.0 kilometers, equivalent to 61.0892117330 Astronomical Units. Light takes 8h 28m 3.809s to travel from New Horizons and arrive to us.

9,138,815,998.0
61.0892117330
8h 28m 3.809s

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.

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

Closest Approach

Between 20 January 2006 and 31 December 2029, the closest approach of New Horizons to Earth happens on Fri Jan 20 2006 at a distance of 0.001369 Astronomical Units, or 204,840 kilometers:

Fri Jan 20 2006
204,840
0.001369

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

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Orbit Diagram of 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. Apparent celestial coordinates are provided.

Date Right AscensionR.A. DeclinationDec. MagnitudeMag Constellation
2025 May 28 19h 21m 58s -20° 03’ 56” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 May 29 19h 21m 55s -20° 04’ 00” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 May 30 19h 21m 52s -20° 04’ 04” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 May 31 19h 21m 49s -20° 04’ 08” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 01 19h 21m 46s -20° 04’ 13” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 02 19h 21m 43s -20° 04’ 18” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 03 19h 21m 40s -20° 04’ 22” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 04 19h 21m 37s -20° 04’ 27” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 05 19h 21m 34s -20° 04’ 33” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 06 19h 21m 31s -20° 04’ 38” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 07 19h 21m 27s -20° 04’ 43” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 08 19h 21m 24s -20° 04’ 48” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 09 19h 21m 21s -20° 04’ 54” N.A. Sagittarius
2025 Jun 10 19h 21m 17s -20° 04’ 59” N.A. Sagittarius

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