Uranus (Planet)

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From San Diego , Uranus will become visible at around 20:04 (PDT), 27° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 17 minutes after the Sun at 22:22.

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Name Uranus
Object type Superior planet
Current position
Computed for:28 March 2024
Right ascension:03h11m [2]
Declination:+17°32' [2]
Constellation:Aries
Magnitude:5.83 (V) [1]
Angular diameter:3.5 arcsec[2]
Distance:20.32 AU
169.02 lightmin [2]
Angular motion (speed):2.81 arcmin/day[2]
Angular motion (pos ang):74.2°
Orbital elements [2]
Semi-major axis:19.19 AU
Eccentricity:0.047168
Inclination:0.77°
Longitude ascending node:74.23°
Argument of perihelion:96.73°
Epoch of elements:01 January 2000
Mean Anomaly at epoch:142.27°
Absolute mag (H):-7.17 [1]
Slope parameter (n):2.00 [1]
Derived quantities
Perihelion:18.29 AU
Aphelion:20.10 AU
Orbital period:84.07 years
Sources
[1] Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7
[2] Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. 1992. K. P. Seidelmann, Ed., p.316
Visibility from San Diego

All times shown in San Diego local time.

Events
13 May 2024  –  Uranus at solar conjunction
01 Sep 2024  –  Uranus enters retrograde motion
16 Nov 2024  –  Uranus at opposition
30 Jan 2025  –  Uranus ends retrograde motion
17 May 2025  –  Uranus at solar conjunction
05 Sep 2025  –  Uranus enters retrograde motion
21 Nov 2025  –  Uranus at opposition
03 Feb 2026  –  Uranus ends retrograde motion
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