Each planet's position around the Sun today, viewed from
above; orbit spacing is logarithmic. Positions are measured as heliocentric
longitude, an angle whose zero point — the dashed ray marked 0°
— is the direction of the vernal equinox.
Rise & set · today
Bars span each body's time above the horizon; the tick is
the transit. Background bands are tonight's darkness: civil, nautical and
astronomical twilight — the USNO geometric definitions.
