Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 21:16
warning Set your observing location to get relevant data
wb_twilight   (Astronomical Twilight)  
Planets Visible Tonight
Planets Visible Tonight
 • 
What's Visible Now • Tonight Sky
Search  close
Comets » Comet 96P/Machholz

Where is Comet 96P/Machholz?

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:09 | Tran: 2:48 | Set: 4:27
Alt: 1.00°   Az: 164.20°   Direction: South-South-East

Comet 96P/Machholz is currently in the constellation of Sagittarius. The current Right Ascension is 19h 15m 09s and the Declination is -35° 50’ 35”.

Right now, from Greenwich, UK [Change Location], Comet 96P/Machholz can be observed looking in the South-South-East direction at an altitude of 1.00 degrees above the horizon (view Comet 96P/Machholz position on a interactive sky map). Given its current brightness (magnitude 24.11), 96P/Machholz is visible only through long exposure photography.

Apparent coordinates:

19h 15m 09s
-35° 50’ 35”
22h 41m 30s
17h 56m 40s
Map showing Comet 96P/Machholz in Sagittarius on June, 13 2025
Field of view: 50x30 degrees
View fullscreen

Additional Resources on TheSkyLive