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 47513	0	09h 41m 10s	+13° 12’ 35”
Star	HIP 47468	6.9146	09h 40m 35s	+13° 03’ 14”
Star	HIP 48142	8.576	09h 48m 51s	+12° 31’ 20”
Star	HIP 48169	8.0548	09h 49m 06s	+14° 36’ 20”
Star	HIP 47723	5.2198	09h 43m 43s	+14° 01’ 18”
Star	HIP 47597	8.627	09h 42m 18s	+14° 45’ 50”
Star	HIP 47589	8.5428	09h 42m 12s	+13° 31’ 45”
Star	HIP 47388	6.9882	09h 39m 17s	+13° 18’ 45”
Star	HIP 47930	8.8544	09h 46m 02s	+13° 27’ 00”
Star	HIP 47683	8.8478	09h 43m 22s	+12° 35’ 57”
Star	HIP 47551	7.7994	09h 41m 38s	+12° 53’ 55”
Star	HIP 47994	8.8786	09h 47m 00s	+14° 07’ 55”
Star	HIP 48060	7.4024	09h 47m 50s	+13° 28’ 40”
Star	HIP 48152	8.308	09h 48m 55s	+13° 44’ 46”
Star	HIP 47706	6.948	09h 43m 36s	+13° 26’ 31”
Star	HIP 47720	7.6218	09h 43m 43s	+12° 09’ 35”
Star	HIP 47887	8.7226	09h 45m 36s	+14° 53’ 12”

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:

1. 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
2. The Hipparcos Star Catalogue, containing more than 100.000 bright stars
3. The PGC 2003 Catalogue, containing information about 1 million galaxies
4. The GSC 2.3 Catalogue, containing information about more than 2 billion stars and galaxies

Please see the acknowledgements section.

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