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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:47 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:09
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μ Virginis (mu Virginis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:21 | Tran: 22:50 | Set: 4:23
Alt: 18.52°   Az: 126.22°   Direction: South-East

μ Virginis is a giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Virgo.

μ Virginis visual magnitude is 3.88. Because of its moderate brightness, μ Virginis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of μ Virginis (mu Virginis) star
DSS2 image of μ Virginis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Virginis during the next 1000 years (1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 44m 24s
-05° 45’ 54”
20h 38m 59s
11h 23m 23s

J2000

14h 43m 03s
-05° 39’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

346.55°
47.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Virginis (mu Virginis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.88
Giant

2.52
F2III
6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where μ Virginis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of μ Virginis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Virginis is distant 60.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

18.68
60.89
5 km/s
0.109 arcsec/y
-0.316"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Virginis
(mu Virginis)
107 Virginis
SAO140090
SAO140090

Visibility from Your Location

Today's μ Virginis (mu Virginis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.8°
Max altitude: 32.8°
Azimuth: 264.2°