CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Bazouges-sur-le-Loir

A live observatory for the Sun, Moon, daylight, twilight and the sky above Bazouges-sur-le-Loir.

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Bazouges-sur-le-Loir · 13:44 solar noon · 10h 27m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Europe/Paris

SUN

26.4°SSE · azimuth 151.1°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous99.1% illuminated · -42.7° altitude

LIGHT

10h 27mdaylight · 13h 33m night

RISE 08:31SET 18:58

TWILIGHT

19:29civil dusk · astronomical dusk 20:41

DAWN 07:59DUSK 19:29

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Bazouges-sur-le-Loir

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

2 visible above horizon

BODY	ALT	AZ	RA	DEC	DISTANCE	MAG	RISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE	11.5°	220°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.797 AU	0.4	10:35 / 19:27
VenusVISIBLE	3.3°	239°	13.77h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	08:53 / 18:18
MarsBELOW HORIZON	-11.6°	315°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	01:33 / 16:28
JupiterBELOW HORIZON	-10.1°	306°	9.72h	14.4°	5.624 AU	-2.0	02:25 / 16:44
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-4.9°	82°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	18:23 / 06:40
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-16.6°	27°	4.20h	21.0°	18.612 AU	5.6	20:20 / 11:45
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-1.2°	89°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	18:01 / 06:02

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: 286.6°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 46.9° / 138°

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.

ELONGATION144.4°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99.1%

MOON DISTANCE382,393.987 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99497 AU

PHASE ANGLE11.1°

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 · Bazouges-sur-le-Loir

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: 81.4°
AZIMUTH: 135.1°
HOUR ANGLE: -8.1°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

ABOVE HORIZON