(136472) Makemake
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	13 Mar 2025	17.1	52.703 AU	51.867 AU	13h24m	+21°17'	147.0°	0.6°
Opposition	30 Mar 2025	17.0	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)                : 0.1619384
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 45.4497094
            i (Inclination)                 : 29.03386
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 79.25983
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 296.95342
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 168.82343
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 19.44161
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -25.63318
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 306.41            
        

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
2025-03-13 00:00 UT   13 24 51.5   +21 17 29    51.867   52.703  147.0    0.6   240   17.1 
2025-03-13 17:17 UT   13 24 49.0   +21 17 52    51.863   52.703  147.4    0.6   239   17.1 
2025-03-14 00:00 UT   13 24 48.1   +21 18 01    51.862   52.703  147.5    0.6   239   17.1 
2025-03-15 00:00 UT   13 24 44.6   +21 18 32    51.857   52.703  148.0    0.6   237   17.1 
2025-03-16 00:00 UT   13 24 41.1   +21 19 03    51.853   52.703  148.5    0.6   235   17.1 
2025-03-17 00:00 UT   13 24 37.6   +21 19 34    51.849   52.703  148.9    0.6   234   17.0 
2025-03-18 00:00 UT   13 24 34.1   +21 20 04    51.845   52.703  149.3    0.6   232   17.0 
2025-03-19 00:00 UT   13 24 30.5   +21 20 34    51.841   52.703  149.7    0.5   230   17.0 
2025-03-20 00:00 UT   13 24 26.8   +21 21 04    51.838   52.703  150.1    0.5   228   17.0 
2025-03-21 00:00 UT   13 24 23.2   +21 21 33    51.835   52.703  150.4    0.5   226   17.0 
2025-03-22 00:00 UT   13 24 19.5   +21 22 02    51.832   52.704  150.7    0.5   224   17.0 
2025-03-23 00:00 UT   13 24 15.7   +21 22 30    51.830   52.704  151.0    0.5   222   17.0 
2025-03-24 00:00 UT   13 24 12.0   +21 22 58    51.827   52.704  151.3    0.5   220   17.0 
2025-03-25 00:00 UT   13 24 08.2   +21 23 26    51.825   52.704  151.5    0.5   218   17.0 
2025-03-26 00:00 UT   13 24 04.4   +21 23 53    51.824   52.704  151.7    0.5   216   17.0 
2025-03-27 00:00 UT   13 24 00.5   +21 24 20    51.822   52.704  151.8    0.5   214   17.0 
2025-03-28 00:00 UT   13 23 56.7   +21 24 46    51.821   52.704  151.9    0.5   212   17.0 
2025-03-29 00:00 UT   13 23 52.8   +21 25 12    51.820   52.704  152.0    0.5   210   17.0 
2025-03-30 00:00 UT   13 23 48.9   +21 25 37    51.819   52.704  152.1    0.5   208   17.0 
2025-03-31 00:00 UT   13 23 45.0   +21 26 01    51.819   52.704  152.1    0.5   205   17.0 
2025-04-01 00:00 UT   13 23 41.0   +21 26 26    51.819   52.704  152.1    0.5   203   17.0 
2025-04-02 00:00 UT   13 23 37.1   +21 26 49    51.819   52.704  152.1    0.5   201   17.0 
2025-04-03 00:00 UT   13 23 33.1   +21 27 13    51.819   52.704  152.0    0.5   199   17.0 
2025-04-04 00:00 UT   13 23 29.1   +21 27 35    51.820   52.704  151.9    0.5   197   17.0 
2025-04-05 00:00 UT   13 23 25.2   +21 27 57    51.821   52.704  151.8    0.5   195   17.0 
2025-04-06 00:00 UT   13 23 21.2   +21 28 19    51.822   52.704  151.6    0.5   193   17.0 
2025-04-07 00:00 UT   13 23 17.1   +21 28 40    51.824   52.704  151.4    0.5   191   17.0 
2025-04-08 00:00 UT   13 23 13.1   +21 29 00    51.825   52.705  151.1    0.5   189   17.0 
2025-04-09 00:00 UT   13 23 09.1   +21 29 20    51.827   52.705  150.9    0.5   187   17.0 
2025-04-10 00:00 UT   13 23 05.1   +21 29 39    51.830   52.705  150.6    0.5   185   17.0 
2025-04-11 00:00 UT   13 23 01.0   +21 29 58    51.832   52.705  150.3    0.5   183   17.0 
2025-04-12 00:00 UT   13 22 57.0   +21 30 16    51.835   52.705  149.9    0.5   181   17.0 

    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.