(3) Juno
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	4 Apr 2026	11.1	3.056 AU	3.193 AU	20h03m	-08°40'	73.1°	18.2°
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)      : 247.88366
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 217.59094
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 237.18102
            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
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   20 03 24.0   -08 40 47     3.193    3.056   73.1   18.2   262   11.1 
2026-04-04 20:23 UT   20 04 14.2   -08 36 22     3.180    3.054   73.7   18.3   261   11.1 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   20 04 23.0   -08 35 35     3.178    3.054   73.8   18.3   261   11.1 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   20 05 21.4   -08 30 22     3.163    3.052   74.5   18.4   261   11.1 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   20 06 19.2   -08 25 08     3.148    3.050   75.2   18.5   261   11.1 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   20 07 16.3   -08 19 54     3.132    3.048   75.9   18.6   261   11.0 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   20 08 12.7   -08 14 39     3.117    3.046   76.6   18.7   260   11.0 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   20 09 08.4   -08 09 23     3.102    3.044   77.4   18.7   260   11.0 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   20 10 03.5   -08 04 07     3.086    3.042   78.1   18.8   260   11.0 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   20 10 57.8   -07 58 51     3.071    3.040   78.8   18.9   260   11.0 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   20 11 51.4   -07 53 34     3.056    3.038   79.5   18.9   259   11.0 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   20 12 44.2   -07 48 17     3.040    3.036   80.3   19.0   259   11.0 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   20 13 36.3   -07 43 00     3.025    3.034   81.0   19.1   259   11.0 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   20 14 27.7   -07 37 44     3.009    3.032   81.7   19.1   259   11.0 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   20 15 18.3   -07 32 27     2.993    3.030   82.5   19.2   259   11.0 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   20 16 08.1   -07 27 10     2.978    3.028   83.2   19.2   258   10.9 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   20 16 57.1   -07 21 54     2.962    3.026   83.9   19.3   258   10.9 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   20 17 45.3   -07 16 38     2.947    3.024   84.7   19.3   258   10.9 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   20 18 32.7   -07 11 23     2.931    3.022   85.4   19.4   258   10.9 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   20 19 19.3   -07 06 08     2.915    3.020   86.2   19.4   257   10.9 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   20 20 05.1   -07 00 54     2.900    3.018   86.9   19.4   257   10.9 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   20 20 50.0   -06 55 41     2.884    3.016   87.7   19.5   257   10.9 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   20 21 34.0   -06 50 29     2.868    3.013   88.4   19.5   257   10.9 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   20 22 17.2   -06 45 18     2.853    3.011   89.2   19.5   256   10.8 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   20 22 59.6   -06 40 08     2.837    3.009   89.9   19.5   256   10.8 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   20 23 41.0   -06 34 59     2.821    3.007   90.7   19.6   256   10.8 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   20 24 21.6   -06 29 51     2.806    3.005   91.5   19.6   256   10.8 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   20 25 01.2   -06 24 45     2.790    3.003   92.2   19.6   256   10.8 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   20 25 40.0   -06 19 41     2.774    3.001   93.0   19.6   255   10.8 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   20 26 17.8   -06 14 38     2.759    2.999   93.8   19.6   255   10.8 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   20 26 54.7   -06 09 37     2.743    2.997   94.6   19.6   255   10.8 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   20 27 30.6   -06 04 37     2.727    2.995   95.3   19.6   255   10.7 

    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.