Planet Size & Appearance

Planet Data

Disks are drawn to scale relative to each other in an upright (binocular) view with celestial north up. Angular diameters are in arcseconds. Each planet is tilted by the on-sky position angle of its rotation pole, so Saturn's rings, Jupiter's belts, Mars's polar caps, and Jupiter's moons sit on the planet's true equator. Mercury, Venus, and Mars show phase illumination with the bright limb on the correct side; the Pole tilt column is the sub-Earth latitude (positive = north face toward us).