The planet Saturn

From Ashburn , Saturn is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:30 (EDT) – 3 hours and 2 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 05:56.
Name
Saturn
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Object Type
Superior Planet
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Constellation: | Capricornus |
Magnitude: | 0.75 (V) [1] |
Absolute mag (H): | -8.95 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Right ascension: | -4h-2m [2] |
Declination: | -17°42' [2] |
Distance: | 10.22 AU 84.96 lightmin [2] |
Semi-major axis: | 9.54 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.054151 |
Inclination: | 2.48° |
Longitude ascending node: | 113.72° |
Argument of perihelion: | -21.28° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | -42.49° |
Perihelion: | 9.02 AU |
Aphelion: | 10.05 AU |
Orbital period: | 29.45 years |
[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 |
All times shown in Ashburn local time.
23 May 2021 | – Saturn enters retrograde motion |
02 Aug 2021 | – Saturn at opposition |
10 Oct 2021 | – Saturn ends retrograde motion |
04 Feb 2022 | – Saturn at solar conjunction |
04 Jun 2022 | – Saturn enters retrograde motion |
14 Aug 2022 | – Saturn at opposition |
22 Oct 2022 | – Saturn ends retrograde motion |
16 Feb 2023 | – Saturn at solar conjunction |