Dwarf Planet Pluto

Dwarf Planet Pluto is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension of Dwarf Planet Pluto is 19h 37m 04s and the Declination is -22° 41’ 52” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Dwarf Planet Pluto is 14.41 (JPL).

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Additional information about Dwarf Planet Pluto available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

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

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

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

Dwarf Planet Pluto Distance from Earth

The distance of Dwarf Planet Pluto from Earth is currently 5,125,341,000 kilometers, equivalent to 34.260788 Astronomical Units. Light takes 4 hours, 44 minutes and 56.2973 seconds to travel from Dwarf Planet Pluto and arrive to us.

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

Closest approach of Dwarf Planet Pluto to Earth

Between January 1900 and January 2100, the closest approach of Dwarf Planet Pluto to Earth happens on Tue May 8 1990 at a distance of 28.686961 Astronomical Units, or 4,291,508,288 kilometers:

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

Dwarf Planet Pluto brightness

The current visual magnitude of Dwarf Planet Pluto is 14.41.

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

Dwarf Planet Pluto rise and set times

Today's Dwarf Planet Pluto 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 Dwarf Planet Pluto 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.

Dwarf Planet Pluto 15 Days Ephemeris

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

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2020 Oct 16	19h 36m 50s	-22° 41’ 58”	14.40	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 17	19h 36m 51s	-22° 41’ 58”	14.40	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 18	19h 36m 52s	-22° 41’ 57”	14.40	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 19	19h 36m 55s	-22° 41’ 57”	14.40	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 20	19h 36m 56s	-22° 41’ 57”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 21	19h 36m 59s	-22° 41’ 54”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 22	19h 37m 00s	-22° 41’ 53”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 23	19h 37m 04s	-22° 41’ 52”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 24	19h 37m 05s	-22° 41’ 49”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 25	19h 37m 09s	-22° 41’ 47”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 26	19h 37m 10s	-22° 41’ 44”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 27	19h 37m 14s	-22° 41’ 42”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 28	19h 37m 17s	-22° 41’ 38”	14.41	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 29	19h 37m 19s	-22° 41’ 35”	14.41	Sagittarius