Daphnis — moon orbiting Saturn, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.
A five-mile moonlet that carves the Keeler Gap, raising kilometre-high waves in the ring edges that cast long shadows at Saturn’s equinox.
Cosmoscope puts Daphnis at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far Daphnis is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place Daphnis where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.