Saturn (Planet)

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From Fairfield , Saturn is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 14° above the horizon. It is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:23 (EDT) – 2 hours and 9 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 14° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:46.

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Name Saturn
Object type Superior planet
Current position
Computed for:15 May 2025
Right ascension:23h58m [2]
Declination:−02°20' [2]
Constellation:Pisces
Magnitude:1.16 (V) [1]
Angular diameter:16.4 arcsec[2]
Distance:10.13 AU
84.22 lightmin [2]
Angular motion (speed):5.27 arcmin/day[2]
Angular motion (pos ang):68.7°
Orbital elements [2]
Semi-major axis:9.54 AU
Eccentricity:0.053862
Inclination:2.49°
Longitude ascending node:113.66°
Argument of perihelion:-21.06°
Epoch of elements:01 January 2000
Mean Anomaly at epoch:-42.64°
Absolute mag (H):-8.95 [1]
Slope parameter (n):2.00 [1]
Derived quantities
Perihelion:9.02 AU
Aphelion:10.05 AU
Orbital period:29.45 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
Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Events
06 May 2025  –  Equinox on Saturn
13 Jul 2025  –  Saturn enters retrograde motion
21 Sep 2025  –  Saturn at opposition
27 Nov 2025  –  Saturn ends retrograde motion
25 Mar 2026  –  Saturn at solar conjunction
26 Jul 2026  –  Saturn enters retrograde motion
04 Oct 2026  –  Saturn at opposition
10 Dec 2026  –  Saturn ends retrograde motion
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