The Sun
© Oswaldo Bernal
From South El Monte , the Sun is visible in the daytime sky, clouds permitting.
Name
The Sun
|
Object type
The Sun
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Current position
Computed for: | 31 May 2025 |
Right ascension: | 04h32m [2] |
Declination: | +21°54' [2] |
Constellation: | Taurus |
Magnitude: | -26.74 (V) [1] |
Angular diameter: | 1891.6 arcsec[2] |
Distance: | 1.01 AU 8.43 lightmin [2] |
Angular motion (speed): | 57.75 arcmin/day[2] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 81.6° |
Orbital elements [2]
Semi-major axis: | 0.00 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.000000 |
Inclination: | 0.00° |
Longitude ascending node: | 0.00° |
Argument of perihelion: | 0.00° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 0.00° |
Absolute mag (H): | -15.08 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantities
Perihelion: | 0.00 AU |
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
06 May 2025 | – η-Aquariid meteor shower 2025 |
08 May 2025 | – η-Lyrid meteor shower 2025 |
10 Jun 2025 | – Daytime Arietid meteor shower 2025 |
20 Jun 2025 | – June solstice |
27 Jun 2025 | – June Bootid meteor shower 2025 |
28 Jul 2025 | – Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2025 |
30 Jul 2025 | – Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2025 |
30 Jul 2025 | – α-Capricornid meteor shower 2025 |