Saturn

Saturn is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension of Saturn is 19h 50m 35s and the Declination is -21° 20’ 42” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Saturn is 1.38 (JPL).

Summary of key facts about Saturn [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 Saturn available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

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

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

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

Saturn Distance from Earth

The distance of Saturn from Earth is currently 1,504,772,362 kilometers, equivalent to 10.058782 Astronomical Units. Light takes 1 hours, 23 minutes and 39.3803 seconds to travel from Saturn and arrive to us.

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

Closest approach of Saturn to Earth

Between January 1900 and January 2100, the closest approach of Saturn to Earth happens on Mon Dec 21 1914 at a distance of 8.030440 Astronomical Units, or 1,201,336,738 kilometers:

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

Saturn brightness

The current visual magnitude of Saturn is 1.38.

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

Saturn rise and set times

Today's Saturn 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 Saturn 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.

Saturn 15 Days Ephemeris

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

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Apparent DiameterDiameter	Constellation
2020 Oct 18	19h 49m 27s	-21° 23’ 18”	1.36	16.2”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 19	19h 49m 36s	-21° 23’ 00”	1.36	16.1”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 20	19h 49m 44s	-21° 22’ 41”	1.36	16.1”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 21	19h 49m 53s	-21° 22’ 20”	1.37	16.1”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 22	19h 50m 03s	-21° 21’ 59”	1.37	16.0”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 23	19h 50m 12s	-21° 21’ 37”	1.37	16.0”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 24	19h 50m 22s	-21° 21’ 12”	1.38	16.0”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 25	19h 50m 33s	-21° 20’ 48”	1.38	16.0”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 26	19h 50m 44s	-21° 20’ 21”	1.38	15.9”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 27	19h 50m 54s	-21° 19’ 54”	1.39	15.9”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 28	19h 51m 06s	-21° 19’ 27”	1.39	15.9”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 29	19h 51m 19s	-21° 18’ 57”	1.39	15.9”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 30	19h 51m 32s	-21° 18’ 28”	1.40	15.8”	Sagittarius
2020 Oct 31	19h 51m 43s	-21° 17’ 57”	1.40	15.8”	Sagittarius