🪐 Opposition
This event has passed · 04.10.2026
Saturn at opposition
The best night of the year for Saturn: the planet is visible all night at its brightest. To the naked eye it looks like a bright yellowish star, and even a small telescope reveals the famous rings.
NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC), M.H. Wong (UC Berkeley), OPAL Team
At a glance
- Date
- When to watch
- All night; highest around 1 a.m.
- Where to look
- In the south, ~41° up, on the Pisces–Cetus border
- What you need
- Naked eye
- Event type
- Opposition
- Data source
- in-the-sky.org ↗
Date given in Kyiv time.
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