Uranus (Planet)
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From South El Monte , Uranus is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:56, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:05, 76° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:34, 74° above your south-western horizon.
Name
Uranus
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Object type
Superior planet
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Current position
Computed for: | 16 September 2025 |
Right ascension: | 03h55m [2] |
Declination: | +20°09' [2] |
Constellation: | Taurus |
Magnitude: | 5.68 (V) [1] |
Angular diameter: | 3.7 arcsec[2] |
Distance: | 19.11 AU 158.90 lightmin [2] |
Angular motion (speed): | 3.25 deg/yr[2] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 258.0° |
Orbital elements [2]
Semi-major axis: | 19.19 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.047257 |
Inclination: | 0.77° |
Longitude ascending node: | 74.02° |
Argument of perihelion: | 96.94° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 142.28° |
Absolute mag (H): | -7.17 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantities
Perihelion: | 18.28 AU |
Aphelion: | 20.10 AU |
Orbital period: | 84.06 years |
Sources
[1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
[2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, 2013, Urban & Seidelmann, Eds., Table 8.7, ISBN 978-1-891389-85-6 |
Events
05 Sep 2025 | – Uranus enters retrograde motion |
21 Nov 2025 | – Uranus at opposition |
03 Feb 2026 | – Uranus ends retrograde motion |
22 May 2026 | – Uranus at solar conjunction |
10 Sep 2026 | – Uranus enters retrograde motion |
25 Nov 2026 | – Uranus at opposition |
08 Feb 2027 | – Uranus ends retrograde motion |
26 May 2027 | – Uranus at solar conjunction |
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