Neptune
planet
The most distant planet in the Solar System — its light takes about four hours to reach Earth. It has the fiercest winds in the Solar System, up to 2,100 km/h.
In brief
Where is Neptune in the sky right now?
Neptune moves against the stars, so there is no fixed table: enter your coordinates on this page and the map computes its current altitude and azimuth, plus rise and set times, for any moment you choose.
Is Neptune visible to the naked eye?
No — at magnitude 7.8 it needs at least binoculars and exact coordinates to tell it from the stars.
Data
- Type
- planet
- Equatorial radius
- 24,622 km
- Orbital period
- 164.8 years
- Rotation period
- 16.1 h
- Distance from Sun
- 30.1 AU
- Moons
- 16
Observing tip
Visible only through a telescope as a bluish “star” that does not twinkle. Point strictly by coordinates.