New Horizons
New Horizons Position
New Horizons is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension is 19h 12m 47s and the Declination is -20° 26’ 45”.
Simplified sky chart showing where New Horizons is right now in the sky with respect to the brightest stars and constellations (see full screen Online Planetarium)
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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
The distance of New Horizons from Earth is currently 7,083,842,429 kilometers, equivalent to 47.352562 Astronomical Units. Light takes 6 hours, 33 minutes and 49.1549 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 25.55032731 Astronomical Units, or 3,822,274,568 kilometers:
NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.
New Horizons rise and set times
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Jan 19 | 19h 12m 05s | -20° 28’ 05” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 20 | 19h 12m 10s | -20° 27’ 56” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 21 | 19h 12m 15s | -20° 27’ 46” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 22 | 19h 12m 20s | -20° 27’ 36” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 23 | 19h 12m 26s | -20° 27’ 24” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 24 | 19h 12m 32s | -20° 27’ 15” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 25 | 19h 12m 38s | -20° 27’ 05” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 26 | 19h 12m 42s | -20° 26’ 53” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 27 | 19h 12m 47s | -20° 26’ 44” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 28 | 19h 12m 53s | -20° 26’ 34” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 29 | 19h 12m 59s | -20° 26’ 22” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 30 | 19h 13m 04s | -20° 26’ 12” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Jan 31 | 19h 13m 09s | -20° 26’ 03” | N.A. | Sagittarius |
| 2020 Feb 01 | 19h 13m 14s | -20° 25’ 53” | N.A. | Sagittarius |