Apparition Data 2025 Including Saturn’s Ring Inclination Data, Titan Events and Mutual Satellite Phenomena
This page lists upcoming dates when Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will be at opposition, when the Earth is directly between that planet and the Sun. These are ideal dates for observation. When these planets are at opposition, they will be at their closest to Earth and the brightest for that year.
SATURN
Opposition: 2025 September 21
Solar Conjunction: 2025 March 12
LUNAR OCCULTATION
Saturn is occulted by the Moon during the early hours on Jan 4 and details are given in the BAA Handbook.
RING INCLINATIONS
The following plot shows the inclination of Saturn’s rings to both the Earth and the Sun over the coming months as we head to the edge on phases next year. The rings will be edge on the the Earth on 2025 March 23 which occurs shortly after solar conjunction. The rings will be edge on to the Sun 0n 2024 May 6. The planet will be low down in the SE for north temperate latitude observers.
TITAN PHENOMENA
Titan will undergo a number of Transits, Shadow Transits, Eclipses and Occultations during this year. Details are given in the 2025 BAA handbook.
MUTUAL SATELLITE PHENOMENA
Predictions for mutual satellite phenomena have been generated by Barry Leggett and can be found by clicking on the following link..
Mutual Phenomena Saturns moons__ 24-26 (2) Barry Leggett PDF
NEPTUNE
Opposition: 20254 September 23.
URANUS
Opposition: 2024 November 21.
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