Saturn's rings will appear edge-on as viewed from the Earth.
The position of Saturn at the moment the Earth passes through its ring plane will be:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Angular Size |
| Saturn | 23h38m20s | 4°30'S | Aquarius | 15.8" |
| Sun | 22h32m | 9°10'S | Aquarius | 32'19" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The sky on 17 Jul 2024
| The sky on 17 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
89% 12 days old |
All times shown in EDT.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warning
Never attempt to point a pair of binoculars or a telescope at an object close to the Sun. Doing so may result in immediate and permanent blindness.
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.
Related news
| 28 Feb 2202 | – Saturn ring plane crossing |
| 20 Jul 2202 | – Saturn enters retrograde motion |
| 28 Sep 2202 | – Saturn at opposition |
| 05 Dec 2202 | – Saturn ends retrograde motion |
Image credit
© NASA/Cassini