Neptune at opposition, September 29, 2028
Neptune at opposition: September 29, 2028 at 10:37 PM in New York (30 Sept 2028, 02:37 UTC). At that moment Neptune is 41° above the horizon in the SE, as seen from New York.
The sky at that moment
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What happens
At opposition a planet is opposite the Sun in our sky: it rises around sunset, is highest around midnight and can be seen all night. It is also near its closest to Earth, so it is about as bright as it gets that year.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources