CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Orocó

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Orocó · 11:22 solar noon · 12h 21m of daylight

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

SUN

80.3°WSW · azimuth 250.9°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous98.5% illuminated · -49.2° altitude

LIGHT

12h 21mdaylight · 11h 39m night

RISE 05:11SET 17:32

TWILIGHT

17:54civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:44

DAWN 04:50DUSK 17:54

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Orocó

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

2 visible above horizon

BODY	ALT	AZ	RA	DEC	DISTANCE	MAG	RISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE	70.7°	228°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.796 AU	0.4	06:22 / 18:55
VenusVISIBLE	53.4°	251°	13.77h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	04:58 / 17:28
MarsBELOW HORIZON	-16.9°	286°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	00:46 / 12:30
JupiterBELOW HORIZON	-8.4°	283°	9.72h	14.4°	5.623 AU	-2.0	01:17 / 13:06
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-36.6°	95°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	16:08 / 04:09
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-77.4°	359°	4.20h	21.0°	18.611 AU	5.6	19:51 / 07:28
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-28.9°	95°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	15:37 / 03:40

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: 286.8°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 56.0° / 55°

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.

ELONGATION147.0°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION98.5%

MOON DISTANCE381,260.083 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99491 AU

PHASE ANGLE14.0°

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 · Orocó

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: 34.4°
AZIMUTH: 335.6°
HOUR ANGLE: 26.9°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

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