CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Muping

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Muping · 11:37 solar noon · 10h 56m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-24 · Asia/Shanghai

SUN

40.6°S · azimuth 187.1°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous96.5% illuminated · -39.7° altitude

LIGHT

10h 56mdaylight · 13h 4m night

RISE 06:09SET 17:05

TWILIGHT

17:31civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:32

DAWN 05:43DUSK 17:31

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Muping

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
MercuryBELOW HORIZON	-73.1°	347°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.796 AU	0.4	07:55 / 17:48
VenusBELOW HORIZON	-65.3°	42°	13.77h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	06:16 / 16:33
MarsVISIBLE	8.1°	74°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	23:52 / 13:53
JupiterBELOW HORIZON	-0.1°	71°	9.72h	14.4°	5.623 AU	-2.0	00:36 / 14:14
SaturnVISIBLE	42.7°	229°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	16:15 / 04:27
UranusVISIBLE	66.5°	129°	4.20h	21.0°	18.611 AU	5.6	18:42 / 09:03
NeptuneVISIBLE	36.6°	235°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	15:51 / 03:52

SOLAR SYSTEM

Planetary Orbits · 2026-10-24 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: 287.4°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 53.9° / 128°

EARTH · MOON · SUN

Three-Body Relationship · 2026-10-24 12:00

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

ELONGATION153.6°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION96.5%

MOON DISTANCE378,376.152 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99476 AU

PHASE ANGLE21.6°

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 · Muping

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: 71.0°
AZIMUTH: 289.3°
HOUR ANGLE: 24.1°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

ABOVE HORIZON