(3) Juno
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	1 Jun 2026	10.3	2.933 AU	2.309 AU	20h36m	-04°06'	118.7°	17.7°
Opposition	26 Jul 2026	9.1	2.800 AU	1.806 AU	20h09m	-04°57'	165.2°	5.3°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Juno are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2558257
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6708791
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.98604
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 169.81991
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 247.88365
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 217.59094
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 237.18101
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -12.01569
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.36            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-06-01 00:00 UT   20 36 58.2   -04 06 54     2.309    2.933  118.7   17.7   247   10.3 
2026-06-01 22:00 UT   20 37 01.0   -04 04 06     2.296    2.931  119.5   17.5   247   10.2 
2026-06-02 00:00 UT   20 37 01.2   -04 03 51     2.295    2.931  119.5   17.5   247   10.2 
2026-06-03 00:00 UT   20 37 02.9   -04 00 53     2.281    2.929  120.4   17.4   247   10.2 
2026-06-04 00:00 UT   20 37 03.2   -03 58 02     2.268    2.927  121.3   17.2   246   10.2 
2026-06-05 00:00 UT   20 37 02.3   -03 55 17     2.254    2.924  122.2   17.1   246   10.2 
2026-06-06 00:00 UT   20 37 00.0   -03 52 40     2.241    2.922  123.1   16.9   245   10.2 
2026-06-07 00:00 UT   20 36 56.4   -03 50 09     2.228    2.920  124.1   16.7   245   10.1 
2026-06-08 00:00 UT   20 36 51.5   -03 47 45     2.215    2.917  125.0   16.6   245   10.1 
2026-06-09 00:00 UT   20 36 45.3   -03 45 29     2.202    2.915  125.9   16.4   244   10.1 
2026-06-10 00:00 UT   20 36 37.7   -03 43 20     2.189    2.913  126.8   16.2   244   10.1 
2026-06-11 00:00 UT   20 36 28.7   -03 41 19     2.176    2.910  127.7   16.0   244   10.1 
2026-06-12 00:00 UT   20 36 18.4   -03 39 26     2.164    2.908  128.7   15.8   243   10.0 
2026-06-13 00:00 UT   20 36 06.7   -03 37 40     2.151    2.906  129.6   15.6   243   10.0 
2026-06-14 00:00 UT   20 35 53.7   -03 36 03     2.139    2.903  130.5   15.4   242   10.0 
2026-06-15 00:00 UT   20 35 39.3   -03 34 35     2.127    2.901  131.5   15.2   242   10.0 
2026-06-16 00:00 UT   20 35 23.6   -03 33 14     2.115    2.899  132.4   15.0   241   10.0 
2026-06-17 00:00 UT   20 35 06.5   -03 32 03     2.103    2.896  133.4   14.8   241    9.9 
2026-06-18 00:00 UT   20 34 48.1   -03 31 00     2.091    2.894  134.3   14.5   240    9.9 
2026-06-19 00:00 UT   20 34 28.4   -03 30 07     2.080    2.892  135.3   14.3   240    9.9 
2026-06-20 00:00 UT   20 34 07.3   -03 29 22     2.069    2.889  136.2   14.1   239    9.9 
2026-06-21 00:00 UT   20 33 44.9   -03 28 47     2.058    2.887  137.2   13.8   239    9.9 
2026-06-22 00:00 UT   20 33 21.3   -03 28 21     2.047    2.885  138.2   13.6   238    9.8 
2026-06-23 00:00 UT   20 32 56.3   -03 28 05     2.036    2.882  139.1   13.3   237    9.8 
2026-06-24 00:00 UT   20 32 30.0   -03 27 58     2.025    2.880  140.1   13.1   237    9.8 
2026-06-25 00:00 UT   20 32 02.5   -03 28 01     2.015    2.878  141.1   12.8   236    9.8 
2026-06-26 00:00 UT   20 31 33.7   -03 28 14     2.005    2.875  142.0   12.6   235    9.7 
2026-06-27 00:00 UT   20 31 03.7   -03 28 36     1.995    2.873  143.0   12.3   235    9.7 
2026-06-28 00:00 UT   20 30 32.5   -03 29 09     1.985    2.870  144.0   12.0   234    9.7 
2026-06-29 00:00 UT   20 30 00.1   -03 29 52     1.976    2.868  144.9   11.7   233    9.7 
2026-06-30 00:00 UT   20 29 26.4   -03 30 45     1.966    2.866  145.9   11.5   232    9.6 
2026-07-01 00:00 UT   20 28 51.7   -03 31 48     1.957    2.863  146.9   11.2   231    9.6 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.