Crosses 0° into north
0.0000°
Planetary Latitudes
Where each planet is north or south of the ecliptic — and exactly when its movement changes.
Calculating latitudes and change times…
Every planet, at a glance
Select a planet for its chart and change timeline.
| Planet | Latitude | Direction & 24h change | Past 30 days | Last change | Next change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.000021° SNear the ecliptic | Northbound+0.000032° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | Tiny solar events hidden | Tiny solar events hidden | |
| 1.6866° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.9664° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | Turns north · latitude minimum | Crosses 0° into north | |
| 3.1955° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound−0.0041° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | Turns north · latitude minimum | Crosses 0° into north | |
| 7.1280° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.1042° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | Turns north · latitude minimum | Crosses 0° into north | |
| 1.3561° NEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.0192° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | None in selected range | None in selected range | |
| 0.6506° NEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.0031° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | None in selected range | None in selected range | |
| 2.7064° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.0012° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | Turns north · latitude minimum | None in selected range | |
| 0.1523° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.000074° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | None in selected range | None in selected range | |
| 1.4182° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.000226° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | Turns north · latitude minimum | None in selected range | |
| 4.2813° SEcliptic latitude | Northbound+0.000702° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | None in selected range | Turns south · latitude maximum | |
| 0.0000°Lunar node | On the ecliptic0.0000° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | No latitude changes | No latitude changes | |
| 0.0000°Lunar node | On the ecliptic0.0000° / 24h | Interactive chart available with JavaScript | No latitude changes | No latitude changes |
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N = north of eclipticS = south of ecliptic
Mini-charts use separate scales · 24h = elapsed time, not yesterday's midnightMoon latitude
Select a date on the line to inspect its latitude.
Selected instant
Touch or hover to inspect · drag the slider or use arrow keys● 0° crossing ◆ turning point ○ milestone
Change calendar
Exact event times, displayed in Asia/Kolkata.
Turns south · latitude maximum
5.0378° N
Crosses 0° into south
0.0000°
Crosses 0° into north
0.0000°
Turns north · latitude minimum
4.9941° S
Crosses 0° into north
0.0000°
Turns south · latitude maximum
2.3983° N
Crosses 0° into north
0.0000°
Turns south · latitude maximum
5.0049° N
Crosses 0° into south
0.0000°
Turns north · latitude minimum
5.0263° S
Crosses 0° into south
0.0000°
Crosses 0° into north
0.0000°
Turns south · latitude maximum
4.2535° S
Turns south · latitude maximum
5.1088° N
Crosses 0° into south
0.0000°
Moshier fallback · Event times rounded to the nearest minute.
How to read this tracker
Latitude is a position. Northbound or southbound is a direction. A planet can be north of the ecliptic and still be moving south. A positive 24-hour change means the latitude is more northerly than 24 hours earlier; it is not an astrological prediction.
The gold edge marks a detected event within the previous 48 hours. A green label marks one within the next 48 hours. Select any planet to follow its curve, then use the calendar to see the sequence of changes. Extra degree milestones are optional to keep the default view uncluttered.
Calculation details & data source
ReferenceEarth-centred, apparent ecliptic latitude; true ecliptic and equinox of date. Not declination or geographic latitude.
EngineMoshier fallback
Event detectionSix-hour scanning, with turning points inserted before searching for degree crossings. Latitude roots give crossings; latitude-speed roots give local extrema. Numerical brackets are refined to within one second, with display rounded to one minute. This is not a one-second accuracy guarantee.
ScopeSun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, plus Rahu and Ketu as zero-latitude reference points. The slowest planets may have no event inside the chosen window.
Using the built-in Moshier fallback because Swiss ephemeris files were not found for one or more calculations. Event times can differ from Swiss/JPL-file results; install the files for higher-precision work.
Primary references: Swiss Ephemeris calculation interface and ephemeris, Sun and lunar-node documentation.
Common questions
What does a planet's latitude mean?
Ecliptic latitude is a planet's angular distance north or south of the ecliptic, measured from Earth's centre. Positive values are north and negative values are south. It is not a city's geographic latitude, a zodiac degree, or declination.
What counts as a change on this page?
Latitude varies continuously. The 24-hour change is the actual difference from 24 elapsed hours earlier. Highlighted events are zero-degree crossings and local latitude turning points. Optional milestones add crossings of each 0.5, 1 or 2 degrees. No astrological meaning is assigned to the chosen interval.
Can a planet be north of the ecliptic but moving south?
Yes. North or south describes its current side of the ecliptic; northbound or southbound describes the direction of change. A local maximum turns southbound, and a local minimum turns northbound. Either can occur without crossing zero. This is not a retrograde or direct station in longitude.
Why are Rahu and Ketu always at zero?
They are lunar nodes: mathematical intersections of the lunar orbital plane with the ecliptic. Their ecliptic latitude is zero by definition. They do not produce latitude-change alerts. Earth is omitted because it is the observing origin, so its own geocentric latitude is undefined.
Why is the Sun so close to zero?
The Sun's apparent path lies very close to the ecliptic. Its small nonzero latitude is retained at extra decimal precision. Tiny solar crossings and turns are hidden from alerts by default; enable them in Edit. These tiny events are particularly sensitive to the ephemeris and modelling conventions.
Does my city or zodiac choice change this result?
This page is geocentric, not topocentric: a city does not change the calculated event instant. The IANA timezone only changes its displayed civil time. There is no zodiac selector because this page uses one explicit ecliptic-of-date reference plane rather than calculating zodiac longitudes.
How exact are the event times?
Events are found by bracketing and refining the latitude or latitude-speed root, not by rounding a displayed degree. Brackets are refined to one second and shown to the nearest minute. That numerical resolution is not a guarantee of physical accuracy. Swiss ephemeris files are recommended; a Moshier fallback is disclosed. A chart connects sampled positions and is not a second-by-second ephemeris.
Will the shared link and watchlist keep working?
Copy snapshot link saves the selected instant, timezone and calculation settings in the URL. It has no database expiry, but still depends on this website remaining available. Your starred planets are stored only in this browser. Live refresh runs while the page is visible; this page does not send background notifications.