Jupiter and Neptune will share the same right ascension, with Jupiter passing 56' to the north of Neptune.
From South El Monte , the pair will become visible at around 18:42 (PDT), 55° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. They will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:18.
Jupiter will be at mag -2.3, and Neptune at mag 7.9, both in the constellation Aries.
The pair will be a little too widely separated to fit comfortably within the field of view of a telescope, but will be visible through a pair of binoculars.
A graph of the angular separation between Jupiter and Neptune around the time of closest approach is available here.
The positions of the two objects at the moment of conjunction will be as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| Jupiter | 03h05m30s | 16°34'N | Aries | -2.3 | 36"7 |
| Neptune | 03h05m30s | 15°37'N | Aries | 7.9 | 2"2 |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0. The pair will be at an angular separation of 71° from the Sun, which is in Aquarius at this time of year.
The sky on 19 Mar 2026
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Source
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE430 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
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Image credit
The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.