Jupiter and 136472 Makemake will share the same right ascension, with Jupiter passing 7'43" to the north of 136472 Makemake.

From South El Monte , the pair will be visible between 22:21 and 03:40. They will become accessible at around 22:21, when they rise to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. They will reach their highest point in the sky at 01:01, 33° above your southern horizon. They will become inaccessible at around 03:40 when they sink below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Jupiter will be at mag -2.6, and 136472 Makemake at mag 16.6, both in the constellation Ophiuchus.

The pair will be close enough to fit within the field of view of a telescope, but will also be visible through a pair of binoculars.

A graph of the angular separation between Jupiter and 136472 Makemake around the time of closest approach is available here.

The positions of the two objects at the moment of conjunction will be as follows:

The coordinates above are given in J2000.0. The pair will be at an angular separation of 176° from the Sun, which is in Taurus at this time of year.

The sky on 20 Jun 2026

Source

The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE440 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.

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