| Saturn opposition Depiction | Saturn Opposition of July 20, 2020 | | Opposition at: July 20, 2020 22:00:00 hrs UTC 8.994747 AU (836,000,000 miles) | Closest at: July 21, 2020 07:00:00 hrs UTC 8.994685 AU (836,000,000 miles) | | Saturn passed aphelion only 2 years ago, and this year will be 836,108,000 miles at closest. Saturn has begun the crawl up the ecliptic, transiting at 36 degrees.
| | All Saturn Oppositions 2000 - 2049 AD | | | | | 30d Elong | | | | | | | | | | | 30d Elong | 15 Feb 2020 +1.43 mV 15.29" | 15 Mar 2020 +1.45 mV 15.74" | 12 Apr 2020 +1.40 mV 16.42" | 10 May 2020 +1.29 mV 17.21" | 07 Jun 2020 +1.13 mV 17.94" | 05 Jul 2020 +0.97 mV 18.41" | 02 Aug 2020 +0.96 mV 18.43" | 31 Aug 2020 +1.12 mV 18" | 28 Sep 2020 +1.27 mV 17.28" | 26 Oct 2020 +1.39 mV 16.49" | 23 Nov 2020 +1.43 mV 15.81" | 21 Dec 2020 +1.41 mV 15.35" | | | | | | | | | | | | | 99.9% illum 6,907 ipx2 +22.1° NP 36° transit | 99.8% illum 7,311 ipx2 +21.3° NP 36° transit | 99.8% illum 7,951 ipx2 +20.7° NP 36° transit | 99.8% illum 8,735 ipx2 +20.5° NP 37° transit | 99.9% illum 9,502 ipx2 +20.8° NP 36° transit | 100% illum 10,017 ipx2 +21.3° NP 36° transit | 100% illum 10,040 ipx2 +22.0° NP 36° transit | 99.9% illum 9,567 ipx2 +22.6° NP 35° transit | 99.8% illum 8,807 ipx2 +22.8° NP 35° transit | 99.8% illum 8,019 ipx2 +22.6° NP 35° transit | 99.8% illum 7,376 ipx2 +22.1° NP 35° transit | 99.9% illum 6,961 ipx2 +21.2° NP 36° transit |
| Date | Distance | Disk Magnitude | Disk Diameter | Rings Diameter | Phase Angle | Illum | Disk Illum Px | Tilt | Transit | | February 24, 2020 | 1,002,888,567 mi | +1.44 mV | 15.4" | 35.0" | 3.5° | 99.9% | 7,004 ipx2 | +21.8° NP | 36° | March 5, 2020 | 992,353,466 mi | +1.45 mV | 15.6" | 35.3" | 4.2° | 99.9% | 7,157 ipx2 | +21.5° NP | 36° | March 15, 2020 | 980,164,580 mi | +1.45 mV | 15.8" | 35.8" | 4.7° | 99.8% | 7,330 ipx2 | +21.2° NP | 36° | March 25, 2020 | 966,603,699 mi | +1.44 mV | 16.0" | 36.3" | 5.2° | 99.8% | 7,534 ipx2 | +21.0° NP | 36° | April 4, 2020 | 952,014,925 mi | +1.42 mV | 16.2" | 36.8" | 5.5° | 99.8% | 7,769 ipx2 | +20.8° NP | 36° | April 14, 2020 | 936,776,887 mi | +1.39 mV | 16.5" | 37.4" | 5.7° | 99.8% | 8,018 ipx2 | +20.7° NP | 36° | April 24, 2020 | 921,270,180 mi | +1.36 mV | 16.8" | 38.1" | 5.8° | 99.8% | 8,293 ipx2 | +20.6° NP | 37° | May 4, 2020 | 905,925,351 mi | +1.32 mV | 17.1" | 38.7" | 5.6° | 99.8% | 8,573 ipx2 | +20.5° NP | 37° | May 14, 2020 | 891,167,183 mi | +1.27 mV | 17.3" | 39.4" | 5.3° | 99.8% | 8,869 ipx2 | +20.5° NP | 37° | May 24, 2020 | 877,409,796 mi | +1.21 mV | 17.6" | 40.0" | 4.9° | 99.8% | 9,151 ipx2 | +20.6° NP | 36° | June 3, 2020 | 865,081,513 mi | +1.16 mV | 17.9" | 40.5" | 4.3° | 99.9% | 9,416 ipx2 | +20.7° NP | 36° | June 13, 2020 | 854,554,070 mi | +1.10 mV | 18.1" | 41.0" | 3.6° | 99.9% | 9,653 ipx2 | +20.9° NP | 36° | June 23, 2020 | 846,164,698 mi | +1.04 mV | 18.3" | 41.4" | 2.7° | 100% | 9,851 ipx2 | +21.1° NP | 36° | July 3, 2020 | 840,205,628 mi | +0.98 mV | 18.4" | 41.7" | 1.7° | 100% | 9,995 ipx2 | +21.3° NP | 36° | July 13, 2020 | 836,863,771 mi | +0.93 mV | 18.5" | 41.9" | 0.7° | 100% | 10,073 ipx2 | +21.5° NP | 36° | July 23, 2020 | 836,264,970 mi | +0.91 mV | 18.5" | 41.9" | 0.3° | 100% | 10,084 ipx2 | +21.8° NP | 36° | August 2, 2020 | 838,436,997 mi | +0.96 mV | 18.4" | 41.8" | 1.3° | 100% | 10,040 ipx2 | +22.0° NP | 36° | August 12, 2020 | 843,291,314 mi | +1.01 mV | 18.3" | 41.6" | 2.3° | 100% | 9,917 ipx2 | +22.2° NP | 35° | August 22, 2020 | 850,677,773 mi | +1.07 mV | 18.2" | 41.2" | 3.2° | 99.9% | 9,741 ipx2 | +22.4° NP | 35° | September 1, 2020 | 860,341,167 mi | +1.13 mV | 18.0" | 40.8" | 4° | 99.9% | 9,524 ipx2 | +22.6° NP | 35° | September 11, 2020 | 871,954,684 mi | +1.19 mV | 17.7" | 40.2" | 4.7° | 99.8% | 9,266 ipx2 | +22.7° NP | 35° | September 21, 2020 | 885,159,927 mi | +1.24 mV | 17.5" | 39.6" | 5.2° | 99.8% | 8,983 ipx2 | +22.8° NP | 35° | October 1, 2020 | 899,529,657 mi | +1.29 mV | 17.2" | 39.0" | 5.5° | 99.8% | 8,705 ipx2 | +22.8° NP | 35° | October 11, 2020 | 914,631,976 mi | +1.33 mV | 16.9" | 38.3" | 5.7° | 99.8% | 8,412 ipx2 | +22.8° NP | 35° | October 21, 2020 | 930,035,298 mi | +1.37 mV | 16.6" | 37.7" | 5.7° | 99.8% | 8,135 ipx2 | +22.7° NP | 35° | October 31, 2020 | 945,286,352 mi | +1.40 mV | 16.3" | 37.1" | 5.6° | 99.8% | 7,874 ipx2 | +22.6° NP | 35° | November 10, 2020 | 959,977,881 mi | +1.42 mV | 16.1" | 36.5" | 5.3° | 99.8% | 7,637 ipx2 | +22.4° NP | 35° | November 20, 2020 | 973,720,296 mi | +1.43 mV | 15.9" | 36.0" | 4.8° | 99.8% | 7,432 ipx2 | +22.2° NP | 35° | November 30, 2020 | 986,143,538 mi | +1.43 mV | 15.7" | 35.6" | 4.3° | 99.9% | 7,248 ipx2 | +21.9° NP | 36° | December 10, 2020 | 996,948,893 mi | +1.43 mV | 15.5" | 35.2" | 3.6° | 99.9% | 7,095 ipx2 | +21.6° NP | 36° | December 20, 2020 | 1,005,862,403 mi | +1.42 mV | 15.4" | 34.9" | 2.9° | 99.9% | 6,970 ipx2 | +21.3° NP | 36° |
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