CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Lévis

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Lévis · 12:28 solar noon · 10h 29m of daylight

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

SUN

31.3°S · azimuth 171.7°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous98.4% illuminated · -38.1° altitude

LIGHT

10h 29mdaylight · 13h 31m night

RISE 07:13SET 17:43

TWILIGHT

18:14civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:24

DAWN 06:42DUSK 18:14

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Lévis

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	19.3°	158°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.797 AU	0.4	09:15 / 18:13
VenusVISIBLE	25.2°	178°	13.77h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	07:33 / 17:04
MarsVISIBLE	28.2°	267°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	00:20 / 15:09
JupiterVISIBLE	31.5°	257°	9.72h	14.4°	5.623 AU	-2.0	01:10 / 15:26
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-39.7°	20°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	17:06 / 05:23
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-13.4°	324°	4.20h	21.0°	18.612 AU	5.6	19:07 / 10:25
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-39.3°	29°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	16:44 / 04:45

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: 47.6° / 137°

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 · Lévis

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: 80.7°
AZIMUTH: 237.2°
HOUR ANGLE: 10.4°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

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