Overview

• Saturn will rise in the east at sunset, remain visible all night, and set at sunrise, with the clearest views around midnight facing the south-southeast about a third of the way up in Pisces.
• The rings will appear nearly edge-on, giving a thin-line look that is uncommon and not expected again until about 2040, and even roughly 30x magnification can show them.
• Dark skies from the new Moon phase will minimize glare and make the planet easy to spot with the naked eye from locations away from city lights.
• After the Sept. 21 peak, Saturn will stay prominent in evening skies for months, remaining observable into about February 2026.
• Coverage cites conflicting closest-approach distances, including about 1.28 billion kilometers and figures of roughly 814 million miles or more than 740 million miles.