CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Cotoca

A live observatory for the Sun, Moon, daylight, twilight and the sky above Cotoca.

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Cotoca · 11:56 solar noon · 12h 37m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · America/La_Paz

SUN

83.7°N · azimuth 352.2°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous98.4% illuminated · -55.1° altitude

LIGHT

12h 37mdaylight · 11h 23m night

RISE 05:37SET 18:14

TWILIGHT

18:37civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:29

DAWN 05:15DUSK 18:37

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Cotoca

Topocentric positions for the selected observation time. Coordinates update with the Time Machine.

4 visible above horizon

BODY	ALT	AZ	RA	DEC	DISTANCE	MAG	RISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE	74.1°	104°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.797 AU	0.4	06:40 / 19:44
VenusVISIBLE	85.6°	267°	13.77h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	05:19 / 18:14
MarsVISIBLE	9.2°	292°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	01:32 / 12:51
JupiterVISIBLE	18.1°	292°	9.72h	14.4°	5.623 AU	-2.0	02:01 / 13:30
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-63.5°	126°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	16:42 / 04:41
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-59.5°	281°	4.20h	21.0°	18.612 AU	5.6	20:40 / 07:46
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-56.4°	120°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	16:10 / 04:14

SOLAR SYSTEM

Planetary Orbits · 2026-10-23 12:00

Heliocentric orbital geometry for the selected instant. Distances use a logarithmic visual scale so the inner planets remain readable.

SUN

🜨 Earth

0.995 AUheliocentric distance

ORBIT: 1.000 AU
ECCENTRICITY: 0.0167
INCLINATION: -0.00°
TRUE ANOMALY: 286.9°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 49.9° / 45°

EARTH · MOON · SUN

Three-Body Relationship · 2026-10-23 12:00

Geocentric directions and lunar phase at the selected instant. The geometry is intentionally schematic, not to scale.

ELONGATION147.5°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION98.4%

MOON DISTANCE381,034.585 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99490 AU

PHASE ANGLE14.5°

CELESTIAL ATLAS

Constellation Map · Equatorial Coordinates

Real right ascension and declination for selected reference stars. This map is a chart, so the denser astronomical treatment stays here rather than in Living Sky.

Betelgeuse

Bellatrix

Alnilam

Alnitak

Mintaka

Rigel

RIGHT ASCENSION →

DECLINATION ↑

Orion6 reference stars

Coordinates are plotted in an equatorial frame, independent of local horizon orientation.

Betelgeuse: 5.92h · 7.4° · mag 0.5
Bellatrix: 5.42h · 6.3° · mag 1.6
Alnilam: 5.60h · -1.2° · mag 1.7
Alnitak: 5.68h · -1.9° · mag 1.7
Mintaka: 5.53h · -0.3° · mag 2.2
Rigel: 5.24h · -8.2° · mag 0.1

DEEP SKY ATLAS

Celestial Objects · Cotoca

Bright Messier objects plotted from their equatorial coordinates and evaluated for the selected time and location.

Andromeda Galaxy

ZENITH

HORIZON

EAST

WEST

M31 · NGC 224Andromeda GalaxyGalaxy · apparent magnitude 3.44

RA: 0.71h
DEC: 41.27°
ALTITUDE: 28.5°
AZIMUTH: 344.2°
HOUR ANGLE: 18.5°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

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