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Where each planet is on 26 October 2026, seen from Earth. For rise and set times where you are, open your city page .
Evening sky, 18° east of the Sun.
Magnitude +0.7 · Libra · 0.76 AU away
Next: inferior conjunction on 4 November 2026
Too close to the Sun to see (7°).
Magnitude −4.2 · Virgo · 0.27 AU away
Next: greatest morning elongation on 3 January 2027
Morning sky, 77° west of the Sun.
Magnitude +0.9 · Cancer · 1.48 AU away
Next: opposition on 19 February 2027
Morning sky, 69° west of the Sun.
Magnitude −2.0 · Leo · 5.59 AU away
Next: opposition on 11 February 2027
Evening sky, 157° east of the Sun.
Magnitude +0.4 · Cetus · 8.50 AU away
Next: conjunction on 7 April 2027
Morning sky, 148° west of the Sun.
Magnitude +5.6 · Taurus · 18.59 AU away · binoculars needed
Next: opposition on 25 November 2026
Evening sky, 150° east of the Sun.
Magnitude +7.7 · Pisces · 29.02 AU away · binoculars needed
Next: conjunction on 24 March 2027
Magnitude: lower is brighter; the brightest stars are around 0, and Venus reaches about −4.6. AU: astronomical unit, the average Earth–Sun distance (about 150 million km).
