CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Florida

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Florida · 12:56 solar noon · 11h 30m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · America/Havana
SUN
54.1°SSE · azimuth 155.6°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous98.4% illuminated · -62.2° altitude
LIGHT
11h 30mdaylight · 12h 30m night
RISE 07:11SET 18:41
TWILIGHT
19:04civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:56
DAWN 06:49DUSK 19:04
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
N
E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Florida

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE45.9°197°15.18h-20.9°0.794 AU0.408:43 / 19:41
VenusVISIBLE38.6°222°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.307:12 / 18:22
MarsBELOW HORIZON-4.2°291°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.001:40 / 14:45
JupiterVISIBLE1.7°285°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.002:19 / 15:13
SaturnBELOW HORIZON-35.7°71°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.317:39 / 05:46
UranusBELOW HORIZON-47.1°356°4.20h21.0°18.610 AU5.620:37 / 09:50
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON-29.8°77°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.817:12 / 05:14
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
61.6° / 106°
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 · Florida

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
70.1°
AZIMUTH
352.6°
HOUR ANGLE
3.3°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON