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 | 23h40m20s | 4°32'S | Aquarius | 18.5" |
| Sun | 08h19m | 19°34'N | Cancer | 31'29" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The sky on 8 Dec 2025
| The sky on 8 December 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
77% 18 days old |
All times shown in PST.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Jul 2260 | – Saturn ring plane crossing |
| 16 Sep 2260 | – Saturn at opposition |
| 23 Nov 2260 | – Saturn ends retrograde motion |
| 15 Dec 2260 | – Equinox on Saturn |
Image credit
© NASA/Cassini