(136472) Makemake
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	18 Jan 2025	17.1	52.700 AU	52.445 AU	13h26m	+20°46'	104.5°	1.0°
Opposition	30 Mar 2025	17.1	52.704 AU	51.819 AU	13h23m	+21°25'	152.1°	0.5°

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 Makemake are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1635305
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 45.3841853
            i (Inclination)                 : 29.03373
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 79.26067
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 296.75538
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 168.41462
            Epoch                           : 2024 Oct 17

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 19.22931
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -25.68124
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 305.74            
        

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. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-01-18 00:00 UT   13 26 28.1   +20 46 27    52.445   52.700  104.5    1.0   287   17.1 
2025-01-18 06:40 UT   13 26 28.1   +20 46 36    52.441   52.700  104.8    1.0   287   17.1 
2025-01-19 00:00 UT   13 26 28.2   +20 46 58    52.430   52.700  105.4    1.0   286   17.1 
2025-01-20 00:00 UT   13 26 28.2   +20 47 29    52.415   52.700  106.3    1.0   286   17.1 
2025-01-21 00:00 UT   13 26 28.2   +20 48 01    52.401   52.700  107.2    1.0   285   17.1 
2025-01-22 00:00 UT   13 26 28.1   +20 48 33    52.386   52.700  108.1    1.0   285   17.1 
2025-01-23 00:00 UT   13 26 27.9   +20 49 05    52.372   52.700  109.0    1.0   284   17.1 
2025-01-24 00:00 UT   13 26 27.6   +20 49 38    52.357   52.700  109.9    1.0   284   17.1 
2025-01-25 00:00 UT   13 26 27.3   +20 50 11    52.343   52.700  110.7    1.0   283   17.1 
2025-01-26 00:00 UT   13 26 26.8   +20 50 44    52.329   52.700  111.6    1.0   283   17.1 
2025-01-27 00:00 UT   13 26 26.3   +20 51 17    52.315   52.700  112.5    1.0   282   17.1 
2025-01-28 00:00 UT   13 26 25.8   +20 51 51    52.301   52.700  113.4    1.0   282   17.1 
2025-01-29 00:00 UT   13 26 25.1   +20 52 25    52.288   52.700  114.3    1.0   281   17.1 
2025-01-30 00:00 UT   13 26 24.4   +20 52 59    52.274   52.700  115.2    1.0   280   17.1 
2025-01-31 00:00 UT   13 26 23.5   +20 53 34    52.261   52.700  116.0    1.0   280   17.1 
2025-02-01 00:00 UT   13 26 22.6   +20 54 08    52.247   52.700  116.9    1.0   279   17.1 
2025-02-02 00:00 UT   13 26 21.7   +20 54 43    52.234   52.701  117.8    0.9   279   17.1 
2025-02-03 00:00 UT   13 26 20.6   +20 55 18    52.221   52.701  118.6    0.9   278   17.1 
2025-02-04 00:00 UT   13 26 19.5   +20 55 53    52.208   52.701  119.5    0.9   277   17.1 
2025-02-05 00:00 UT   13 26 18.3   +20 56 28    52.195   52.701  120.4    0.9   277   17.1 
2025-02-06 00:00 UT   13 26 17.0   +20 57 04    52.183   52.701  121.2    0.9   276   17.1 
2025-02-07 00:00 UT   13 26 15.7   +20 57 39    52.170   52.701  122.1    0.9   275   17.1 
2025-02-08 00:00 UT   13 26 14.3   +20 58 15    52.158   52.701  122.9    0.9   275   17.1 
2025-02-09 00:00 UT   13 26 12.8   +20 58 51    52.146   52.701  123.8    0.9   274   17.1 
2025-02-10 00:00 UT   13 26 11.2   +20 59 26    52.134   52.701  124.6    0.9   273   17.1 
2025-02-11 00:00 UT   13 26 09.6   +21 00 02    52.122   52.701  125.5    0.9   273   17.1 
2025-02-12 00:00 UT   13 26 07.9   +21 00 38    52.111   52.701  126.3    0.9   272   17.1 
2025-02-13 00:00 UT   13 26 06.1   +21 01 14    52.099   52.701  127.1    0.9   271   17.1 
2025-02-14 00:00 UT   13 26 04.3   +21 01 50    52.088   52.701  128.0    0.8   270   17.1 
2025-02-15 00:00 UT   13 26 02.4   +21 02 26    52.077   52.701  128.8    0.8   270   17.1 
2025-02-16 00:00 UT   13 26 00.4   +21 03 02    52.066   52.701  129.6    0.8   269   17.1 
2025-02-17 00:00 UT   13 25 58.4   +21 03 38    52.056   52.701  130.4    0.8   268   17.1 

    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.