CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Unity

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Unity · 13:00 solar noon · 10h 8m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · America/Regina
SUN
24.7°SSE · azimuth 163.5°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous98.1% illuminated · -34.9° altitude
LIGHT
10h 8mdaylight · 13h 52m night
RISE 07:56SET 18:04
TWILIGHT
18:39civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:58
DAWN 07:21DUSK 18:39
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
N
E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Unity

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

5 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE7.4°139°15.18h-20.9°0.796 AU0.410:09 / 18:22
VenusVISIBLE16.9°158°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.308:22 / 17:17
MarsVISIBLE40.0°244°9.15h17.9°1.499 AU1.000:32 / 16:00
JupiterVISIBLE41.5°233°9.72h14.4°5.623 AU-2.001:27 / 16:12
SaturnBELOW HORIZON-35.5°352°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.317:36 / 05:56
UranusVISIBLE0.1°307°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:14 / 11:20
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON-37.6°2°0.18h-0.4°28.995 AU7.817:16 / 05:17
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
43.3° / 141°
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.

ELONGATION148.5°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION98.1%
MOON DISTANCE380,585.116 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99488 AU
PHASE ANGLE15.7°
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 · Unity

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
78.7°
AZIMUTH
189.9°
HOUR ANGLE
2.6°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON