Uranus (Planet)

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From Fairfield , Uranus is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:39, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:51, 67° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:57, 44° above your western horizon.

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Name Uranus
Object type Superior planet
Current position
Computed for:15 October 2024
Right ascension:03h35m [2]
Declination:+19°01' [2]
Constellation:Taurus
Magnitude:5.65 (V) [1]
Angular diameter:3.8 arcsec[2]
Distance:18.73 AU
155.80 lightmin [2]
Angular motion (speed):1.93 arcmin/day[2]
Angular motion (pos ang):256.5°
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 Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Events
16 Nov 2024  –  Uranus at opposition
30 Jan 2025  –  Uranus ends retrograde motion
17 May 2025  –  Uranus at solar conjunction
06 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
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