CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Talca

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Talca · 13:30 solar noon · 13h 15m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · America/Santiago
SUN
58.5°NE · azimuth 46.4°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous98.5% illuminated · -55.3° altitude
LIGHT
13h 15mdaylight · 10h 45m night
RISE 06:52SET 20:08
TWILIGHT
20:34civil dusk · astronomical dusk 21:39
DAWN 06:26DUSK 20:34
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Talca

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

2 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE73.1°327°15.18h-20.9°0.795 AU0.407:39 / 21:53
VenusVISIBLE57.4°294°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.306:24 / 20:18
MarsBELOW HORIZON-17.9°279°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.003:35 / 13:56
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-9.1°281°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.003:58 / 14:42
SaturnBELOW HORIZON-34.0°117°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.318:18 / 06:14
UranusBELOW HORIZON-74.7°200°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.622:49 / 08:46
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON-27.2°113°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.817:44 / 05:49
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
36.3° / 35°
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 · Talca

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
13.2°
AZIMUTH
4.0°
HOUR ANGLE
-5.2°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON