🪐 Opposition
This event has passed · 26.09.2026
Neptune at opposition
On the night of September 25–26 Neptune, the most distant planet of the Solar System, sits opposite the Sun — its closest and brightest of the year. A telescope is required to see it.
NASA/JPL
At a glance
- Date
- When to watch
- Around midnight, when Neptune is highest
- Where to look
- In the south, ~39° up, in Pisces
- What you need
- Telescope
- Event type
- Opposition
- Data source
- in-the-sky.org ↗
Date given in Kyiv time.
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