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New Horizons

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:53 | Tran: 2:06 | Set: 6:15
Alt: -8.09°   Az: 247.73°   Direction: South-South-West

New Horizons is in the constellation of Sagittarius, at a distance of 9,140,960,229.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 19h 20m 24s and the Declination is -20° 06’ 32” (apparent coordinates).

Finder Charts

The sky charts below show, at different resolutions, the position of New Horizons in the sky. Click on each chart to access the interactive star map tool.

Star map showing the position of New Horizons in the constellation of Sagittarius on F, d Y. Field of view: 50x30 degrees. View interactive star map.
Star map showing the position of New Horizons in the constellation of Sagittarius on F, d Y. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive star map.

The following map uses photographic imagery from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) to realistically visualize the precise position of New Horizons against the stars in the background. The horizontal size of the map measures 60 arcminutes. Click on the image to access a more detailed full-screen view.

New Horizons
RA: 19h 18m 53s
Dec: -20° 09’ 26”
Simplified high-resolution deep sky chart showing the current position of New Horizons. Field of view: 60 x 40 arcminutes. Go to the dedicated page

Equatorial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 20m 24s
-20° 06’ 32”
05h 09m 19s
00h 29m 43s

J2000

19h 18m 53s
-20° 09’ 26”

Additional Information

Sagittarius

Rise and Set Times

The following table lists 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 9,140,960,229.0 kilometers, equivalent to 61.1035450319 Astronomical Units. Light takes 8h 28m 10.961s to travel from New Horizons and arrive to us.

9,140,960,229.0
61.1035450319
8h 28m 10.961s

The following graph shows the distance of New Horizons from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance is measured in Astronomical Units and the data is sampled with an interval of 1 day.

Chart of the distance of New Horizons from Earth in Astronomical Units (au)
Note: The values in this chart may not be entirely accurate around the time of closest approach for objects passing very close to Earth at high speed (e.g., Near-Earth Objects).

The value of the distance of New Horizons from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the live position tracker.

Closest Approach to Earth

In the period between January 20, 2006 and December 31, 2029, the closest approach of New Horizons to Earth happened on Friday 20 January 2006 at a distance of 0.001369 Astronomical Units, or 204,840 kilometers:

Friday 20 January 2006
204,840
0.001369

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

Orbit Visualization

The following chart is a 3D animated visualization of the orbit of New Horizons relative to the other major objects in the Solar System.

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
Jun 18 2025 19h 20m 51s -20° 05’ 46” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 19 2025 19h 20m 47s -20° 05’ 52” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 20 2025 19h 20m 43s -20° 05’ 58” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 21 2025 19h 20m 40s -20° 06’ 05” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 22 2025 19h 20m 36s -20° 06’ 11” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 23 2025 19h 20m 32s -20° 06’ 17” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 24 2025 19h 20m 29s -20° 06’ 25” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 25 2025 19h 20m 25s -20° 06’ 31” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 26 2025 19h 20m 21s -20° 06’ 38” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 27 2025 19h 20m 17s -20° 06’ 45” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 28 2025 19h 20m 14s -20° 06’ 51” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 29 2025 19h 20m 10s -20° 06’ 58” N.A. Sagittarius
Jun 30 2025 19h 20m 06s -20° 07’ 05” N.A. Sagittarius
Jul 01 2025 19h 20m 02s -20° 07’ 12” N.A. Sagittarius

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