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Sun live position and data.
Right Ascension: 13.839158
Declination: -11.351228 (J2000) Magnitude: -26.75 (Estimated: JPL) Constellation: Virgo
Sun Distance: 0 km [ km/s]
Earth Distance: 148844378 km [ km/s]
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Sun live position and data
This page shows The Sun location and other relevant astronomical data in real time. The celestial coordinates, magnitude, distances and speed are updated in real time and are computed using high quality data sets provided by the JPL Horizons ephemeris service (see acknowledgements for details). The sky map shown below represents a rectangular portion of the sky 60x40 arcminutes wide. By comparison the diameter of the full Moon is about 30 arcmins, so the full horizontal extent of the map is approximately 2 full Moons wide. Depending on the device you are using, the map can be dragged horizondally or vertically using the mouse or touchscreen. The deep sky image in the background is provided by the Digitized Sky Survey (acknowledgements).
Current close conjunctions
List of bright objects (stars brighter than magnitude 9.0 and galaxies brighter than magmitude 14.0) close to The Sun (less than 1.5 degrees):
| Type | Name | Magnitude | Ar | Dec |
| Star | HIP 67166 | 0 | 13h 45m 51s | -12° 09’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 67117 | 8.597 | 13h 45m 22s | -10° 31’ 50” |
| Star | HIP 67876 | 7.2058 | 13h 54m 07s | -11° 41’ 43” |
| Star | HIP 67763 | 7.5568 | 13h 52m 53s | -10° 40’ 57” |
| Star | HIP 67112 | 8.5376 | 13h 45m 19s | -10° 31’ 26” |
| Star | HIP 67344 | 8.2662 | 13h 48m 10s | -10° 47’ 19” |
| Star | HIP 67034 | 7.6128 | 13h 44m 15s | -11° 26’ 12” |
| Star | HIP 67369 | 8.4548 | 13h 48m 31s | -11° 18’ 23” |
| Star | HIP 67482 | 7.7282 | 13h 49m 44s | -12° 33’ 05” |
| Star | HIP 67574 | 7.5754 | 13h 50m 49s | -11° 21’ 31” |
| Star | HIP 67169 | 7.6228 | 13h 45m 52s | -11° 13’ 16” |
Additional resources
Additional Resources about The Sun
- Sunspots Today
- 15 Days Ephemerides
- Interactive Sky Map (Planetarium)
- Rise & Set Times
- Distance from Earth
- Light Curve
Astronomy databases
This online sky chart is created using the following astronomy databases and services:
- The Digitized Sky Survey, a photographic survey of the whole sky created using images from different telescopes, including the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain
- The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
- The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
- The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies
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