Uranus reaches opposition at 22:27 UTC on 25 November 2026, by our Astronomy Engine calculation: it rises around sunset, is up all night and is highest around midnight (Vienna 23:42, Istanbul 00:51 local time). It is 18.4 AU away — 2.76 billion km, so its light takes 2 h 33 min — and shines at magnitude +5.6, at the edge of naked-eye visibility. It sits in Taurus about 5.6° from the Pleiades. Honest note: the full Moon passes only about 5° from Uranus on the evening of the 24th, so opposition week is bright. Better: the dark evenings from about 3 to 13 December (new Moon on the 9th), when Uranus is almost as bright. Our take: with binoculars, look for a steady blue-green “star” that does not twinkle; a small telescope shows a tiny disc.
+5.6brightness (magnitude): binoculars needed
2 h 33 minfor its light to reach us (2.76 billion km)
~5.6°from the Pleiades, in Taurus