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The Sun

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:47 | Tran: 12:58 | Set: 21:10
Alt: -6.83°   Az: 320.63°   Direction: North-West

The Sun is in the constellation of Taurus, at a distance of 151,788,094.0 kilometers from Earth. The current Right Ascension is 04h 56m 48s and the Declination is +22° 38’ 21” (apparent coordinates). The magnitude of The Sun is -26.71.

Sunspots Activity

Image of the Sun's surface showing the current sunspot activity:

Finder Charts

Map showing The Sun in Taurus on June, 05 2025. Field of view: 50x30 degrees
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Sky map showing The Sun in Taurus on June, 05 2025. Field of view: 15x9 degrees. View in interactive sky chart

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

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 56m 48s
+22° 38’ 21”
09h 07m 51s
14h 04m 40s

J2000

04h 55m 16s
+22° 36’ 01”

Additional Information

Taurus
-26.71

Rise and Set Times

Today's rise, transit and set times of The Sun from Greenwich, UK (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.4°
Max altitude: 61.1°
Azimuth: 292.6°

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Distance from Earth

The distance of The Sun from Earth is currently 151,788,094.0 kilometers, equivalent to 1.0146407385 Astronomical Units. Light takes 8m 26.311s to travel from The Sun and arrive to us.

151,788,094.0
1.0146407385
8m 26.311s

The following chart shows the distance of The Sun 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.

Chart of the distance of The Sun from Earth in Astronomical Units (au)

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 Sun from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest Approach

Between 1 January 1600 and 30 December 2499, the closest approach of The Sun to Earth happens on Tue Dec 27 1605 at a distance of 0.983059 Astronomical Units, or 147,063,549 kilometers:

Tue Dec 27 1605
147,063,549
0.983059

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

Light Curve

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

Chart of the magnitude of The Sun as a function of time

Physical Data

The following shows the known values of the most important physical parameters of The Sun. Source: JPL Small-Body Database

Physical Parameter Value Relative to Earth
Diameter 1391684 km 109.2202
Mass 1989000 x 1024 kg 333,043.6574
Density 1.41 gr/cm3 0.2557
Escape Velocity 618.02 km/s 55.2297
Sideral Rotation 587.2800 hours 24.5370
Absolute Magnitude -26.8

15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of The Sun computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Apparent celestial coordinates are provided.

Date Right AscensionR.A. DeclinationDec. MagnitudeMag Apparent DiameterDiameter Constellation
2025 May 29 04h 24m 29s +21° 37’ 14” -26.71 1,893.3” Taurus
2025 May 30 04h 28m 34s +21° 46’ 19” -26.71 1,893.0” Taurus
2025 May 31 04h 32m 39s +21° 55’ 02” -26.71 1,892.7” Taurus
2025 Jun 01 04h 36m 44s +22° 03’ 20” -26.71 1,892.4” Taurus
2025 Jun 02 04h 40m 50s +22° 11’ 17” -26.71 1,892.1” Taurus
2025 Jun 03 04h 44m 57s +22° 18’ 49” -26.71 1,891.9” Taurus
2025 Jun 04 04h 49m 04s +22° 25’ 59” -26.71 1,891.6” Taurus
2025 Jun 05 04h 53m 11s +22° 32’ 44” -26.71 1,891.4” Taurus
2025 Jun 06 04h 57m 18s +22° 39’ 06” -26.71 1,891.1” Taurus
2025 Jun 07 05h 01m 25s +22° 45’ 04” -26.71 1,890.9” Taurus
2025 Jun 08 05h 05m 33s +22° 50’ 38” -26.71 1,890.7” Taurus
2025 Jun 09 05h 09m 41s +22° 55’ 48” -26.71 1,890.4” Taurus
2025 Jun 10 05h 13m 50s +23° 00’ 34” -26.71 1,890.2” Taurus
2025 Jun 11 05h 17m 59s +23° 04’ 55” -26.71 1,890.0” Taurus

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