Neptune: every opposition 1951–2050

Oppositions1001951–2050

Closest opposition28.814 au2041-10-30 03:02

Brightest opposition+7.67

Farthest opposition29.326 au

Over time

Top 10 closest oppositions

Date (JST)	Event	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.
2041-10-30 03:02	Opposition	+7.7	28.814	Aries	178.2°
2042-11-01 14:55	Opposition	+7.7	28.814	Aries	178.2°
2040-10-27 15:23	Opposition	+7.7	28.816	Aries	178.2°
2043-11-04 02:41	Opposition	+7.7	28.816	Aries	178.2°
2044-11-05 14:20	Opposition	+7.7	28.818	Aries	178.2°
2039-10-26 03:23	Opposition	+7.7	28.819	Pisces	178.2°
2045-11-08 02:03	Opposition	+7.7	28.821	Aries	178.2°
2038-10-23 15:29	Opposition	+7.7	28.823	Pisces	178.2°
2046-11-10 13:43	Opposition	+7.7	28.824	Aries	178.2°
2047-11-13 01:27	Opposition	+7.7	28.826	Aries	178.2°

All events

Date (JST)	Event	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.
1951-04-09 04:52	Opposition	+7.8	29.298	Virgo	178.3°
1952-04-10 15:50	Opposition	+7.8	29.302	Virgo	178.3°
1953-04-13 02:59	Opposition	+7.8	29.306	Virgo	178.3°
1954-04-15 14:07	Opposition	+7.8	29.311	Virgo	178.2°
1955-04-18 01:15	Opposition	+7.8	29.316	Virgo	178.2°
1956-04-19 12:31	Opposition	+7.8	29.320	Virgo	178.2°
1957-04-22 00:06	Opposition	+7.8	29.323	Virgo	178.2°
1958-04-24 11:30	Opposition	+7.8	29.325	Virgo	178.2°
1959-04-26 23:08	Opposition	+7.9	29.326	Virgo	178.2°
1960-04-28 10:38	Opposition	+7.9	29.325	Libra	178.2°
1961-04-30 22:20	Opposition	+7.9	29.323	Libra	178.2°
1962-05-03 10:00	Opposition	+7.8	29.320	Libra	178.2°
1963-05-05 21:29	Opposition	+7.8	29.317	Libra	178.2°
1964-05-07 09:17	Opposition	+7.8	29.315	Libra	178.2°
1965-05-09 21:00	Opposition	+7.8	29.314	Libra	178.2°
1966-05-12 08:48	Opposition	+7.8	29.313	Libra	178.2°
1967-05-14 20:34	Opposition	+7.8	29.313	Libra	178.2°
1968-05-16 08:32	Opposition	+7.8	29.313	Libra	178.2°
1969-05-18 20:36	Opposition	+7.8	29.313	Libra	178.2°
1970-05-21 08:45	Opposition	+7.8	29.311	Libra	178.3°
1971-05-23 20:49	Opposition	+7.8	29.309	Libra	178.3°
1972-05-25 09:06	Opposition	+7.8	29.305	Scorpius	178.3°
1973-05-27 21:31	Opposition	+7.8	29.299	Scorpius	178.3°
1974-05-30 09:39	Opposition	+7.8	29.293	Ophiuchus	178.4°
1975-06-01 22:03	Opposition	+7.8	29.287	Ophiuchus	178.4°
1976-06-03 10:20	Opposition	+7.8	29.280	Ophiuchus	178.4°
1977-06-05 22:49	Opposition	+7.8	29.275	Ophiuchus	178.5°
1978-06-08 11:11	Opposition	+7.8	29.271	Ophiuchus	178.5°
1979-06-10 23:33	Opposition	+7.8	29.267	Ophiuchus	178.5°
1980-06-12 12:10	Opposition	+7.8	29.264	Ophiuchus	178.6°
1981-06-15 00:51	Opposition	+7.8	29.261	Ophiuchus	178.6°
1982-06-17 13:31	Opposition	+7.8	29.257	Ophiuchus	178.7°
1983-06-20 02:14	Opposition	+7.8	29.252	Sagittarius	178.7°
1984-06-21 15:15	Opposition	+7.8	29.245	Sagittarius	178.8°
1985-06-24 04:04	Opposition	+7.8	29.237	Sagittarius	178.8°
1986-06-26 17:03	Opposition	+7.8	29.228	Sagittarius	178.9°
1987-06-29 05:46	Opposition	+7.8	29.218	Sagittarius	178.9°
1988-06-30 18:45	Opposition	+7.8	29.208	Sagittarius	179.0°
1989-07-03 07:43	Opposition	+7.8	29.198	Sagittarius	179.1°
1990-07-05 20:26	Opposition	+7.8	29.190	Sagittarius	179.1°
1991-07-08 09:27	Opposition	+7.8	29.182	Sagittarius	179.2°
1992-07-09 22:25	Opposition	+7.8	29.175	Sagittarius	179.3°
1993-07-12 11:31	Opposition	+7.8	29.168	Sagittarius	179.3°
1994-07-15 00:31	Opposition	+7.8	29.161	Sagittarius	179.4°
1995-07-17 13:42	Opposition	+7.8	29.153	Sagittarius	179.4°
1996-07-19 02:55	Opposition	+7.7	29.144	Sagittarius	179.5°
1997-07-21 16:14	Opposition	+7.7	29.134	Sagittarius	179.6°
1998-07-24 05:19	Opposition	+7.7	29.123	Capricornus	179.7°
1999-07-26 18:32	Opposition	+7.7	29.110	Capricornus	179.7°
2000-07-28 07:48	Opposition	+7.7	29.098	Capricornus	179.8°
2001-07-30 20:48	Opposition	+7.7	29.086	Capricornus	179.9°
2002-08-02 09:56	Opposition	+7.7	29.074	Capricornus	179.9°
2003-08-04 22:54	Opposition	+7.7	29.064	Capricornus	180.0°
2004-08-06 12:07	Opposition	+7.7	29.055	Capricornus	179.9°
2005-08-09 01:10	Opposition	+7.7	29.047	Capricornus	179.9°
2006-08-11 14:13	Opposition	+7.7	29.040	Capricornus	179.8°
2007-08-14 03:25	Opposition	+7.7	29.032	Capricornus	179.7°
2008-08-15 16:42	Opposition	+7.7	29.025	Capricornus	179.7°
2009-08-18 05:54	Opposition	+7.7	29.016	Capricornus	179.6°
2010-08-20 19:06	Opposition	+7.7	29.006	Capricornus	179.5°
2011-08-23 08:25	Opposition	+7.7	28.995	Aquarius	179.4°
2012-08-24 21:31	Opposition	+7.7	28.984	Aquarius	179.4°
2013-08-27 10:42	Opposition	+7.7	28.973	Aquarius	179.3°
2014-08-29 23:32	Opposition	+7.7	28.962	Aquarius	179.2°
2015-09-01 12:37	Opposition	+7.7	28.953	Aquarius	179.2°
2016-09-03 01:37	Opposition	+7.7	28.945	Aquarius	179.1°
2017-09-05 14:27	Opposition	+7.7	28.939	Aquarius	179.1°
2018-09-08 03:26	Opposition	+7.7	28.933	Aquarius	179.0°
2019-09-10 16:23	Opposition	+7.7	28.928	Aquarius	178.9°
2020-09-12 05:25	Opposition	+7.7	28.922	Aquarius	178.9°
2021-09-14 18:20	Opposition	+7.7	28.917	Aquarius	178.8°
2022-09-17 07:20	Opposition	+7.7	28.910	Aquarius	178.8°
2023-09-19 20:17	Opposition	+7.7	28.902	Pisces	178.7°
2024-09-21 09:16	Opposition	+7.7	28.893	Pisces	178.7°
2025-09-23 21:53	Opposition	+7.7	28.884	Pisces	178.6°
2026-09-26 10:36	Opposition	+7.7	28.876	Pisces	178.6°
2027-09-28 23:18	Opposition	+7.7	28.868	Pisces	178.5°
2028-09-30 11:48	Opposition	+7.7	28.862	Cetus	178.5°
2029-10-03 00:24	Opposition	+7.7	28.857	Cetus	178.5°
2030-10-05 12:45	Opposition	+7.7	28.853	Pisces	178.4°
2031-10-08 01:21	Opposition	+7.7	28.850	Pisces	178.4°
2032-10-09 13:44	Opposition	+7.7	28.847	Pisces	178.4°
2033-10-12 02:06	Opposition	+7.7	28.845	Pisces	178.3°
2034-10-14 14:29	Opposition	+7.7	28.842	Pisces	178.3°
2035-10-17 02:57	Opposition	+7.7	28.838	Pisces	178.3°
2036-10-18 15:12	Opposition	+7.7	28.833	Pisces	178.2°
2037-10-21 03:21	Opposition	+7.7	28.828	Pisces	178.2°
2038-10-23 15:29	Opposition	+7.7	28.823	Pisces	178.2°
2039-10-26 03:23	Opposition	+7.7	28.819	Pisces	178.2°
2040-10-27 15:23	Opposition	+7.7	28.816	Aries	178.2°
2041-10-30 03:02	Opposition	+7.7	28.814	Aries	178.2°
2042-11-01 14:55	Opposition	+7.7	28.814	Aries	178.2°
2043-11-04 02:41	Opposition	+7.7	28.816	Aries	178.2°
2044-11-05 14:20	Opposition	+7.7	28.818	Aries	178.2°
2045-11-08 02:03	Opposition	+7.7	28.821	Aries	178.2°
2046-11-10 13:43	Opposition	+7.7	28.824	Aries	178.2°
2047-11-13 01:27	Opposition	+7.7	28.826	Aries	178.2°
2048-11-14 13:02	Opposition	+7.7	28.828	Aries	178.2°
2049-11-17 00:32	Opposition	+7.7	28.828	Taurus	178.2°
2050-11-19 11:54	Opposition	+7.7	28.829	Taurus	178.2°

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (times in JST). Magnitude and distance are for 12:00 JST on each date. Visibility is a rough guide for mid-northern latitudes such as Japan.