The Solar System · today
0° Sun Mercury — heliocentric longitude 123.7° Venus — heliocentric longitude 290.3° Earth — heliocentric longitude 328.8° Mars — heliocentric longitude 65.0° Jupiter — heliocentric longitude 128.3° Saturn — heliocentric longitude 9.8° Uranus — heliocentric longitude 62.6° Neptune — heliocentric longitude 2.8° Halley — heliocentric longitude 125.6°, 35.0 au Hale-Bopp — heliocentric longitude 281.6°, 51.0 au Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Halley Hale-Bopp 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
00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Sun Sun above the horizon (13h 22m) Sun transit 13:11 06:29 → 19:52 Moon Moon above the horizon (8h 17m) Moon above the horizon (8h 17m) Moon transit 20:27 15:54 → 00:12 Mercury Mercury above the horizon (13h 46m) Mercury transit 12:50 05:56 → 19:42 Venus Venus above the horizon (11h 17m) Venus transit 15:57 10:18 → 21:36 Mars Mars above the horizon (14h 42m) Mars transit 09:37 02:16 → 16:59 Jupiter Jupiter above the horizon (13h 58m) Jupiter transit 12:04 05:05 → 19:03 Saturn Saturn above the horizon (12h 27m) Saturn above the horizon (12h 27m) Saturn transit 04:05 21:50 → 10:17 Uranus Uranus above the horizon (14h 21m) Uranus transit 07:23 00:12 → 14:33 Neptune Neptune above the horizon (12h 09m) Neptune above the horizon (12h 09m) Neptune transit 03:25 21:19 → 09:28 Halley Halley above the horizon (12h 23m) Halley transit 11:26 05:15 → 17:38 Hale-Bopp Hale-Bopp transit 01:32 never up now 14:15 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.