# Determining planetary positions on the celestial sphere by Right Ascension and Declination

How would one go about determining the position of the different planets in our solar system with respect to the celestial sphere based on the following data set? Is there a practical way to calculate this?

SUN
ra - 09h 00m
dec - 17.2

MOON
ra - 09h 11m
dec - 11.3

MERCURY
ra - 09h 33m
dec - 16.3

VENUS
ra - 06h 19m
dec - 22.8

MARS
ra - 09h 43m
dec - 15

JUPITER
ra - 12h 27m
dec - -1.7

SATURN
ra - 05h 46m
dec - 23.1


Any suggestions would be awesome!

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House? Is this Astrology? –  Takku Aug 3 '14 at 10:50
Perhaps Constellation would suffice? –  iamtoc Aug 3 '14 at 10:52
What do you exactly need? "Planetary positions on the celestial sphere" are one thing and "position[s] on our solar system" are another. The first is two-dimensional on a projected sphere and the second is three-dimensional. –  Envite Aug 4 '14 at 11:20
Edited, visible when peer-reviewed. It should have read [...]position of the different planets in our solar system with respect to the celestial sphere[...]. Thanks for pointing it out. –  harogaston Aug 4 '14 at 18:41
I'm missing something here. The RA and declination are polar coordinates, as viewed from Earth. 1 hour of RA is 15 degrees, and the declination is already in degrees. What type of answer do you seek? –  barrycarter Oct 8 '14 at 20:32