CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Hürth

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Hürth · 13:16 solar noon · 10h 15m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Europe/Berlin
SUN
25.5°SSE · azimuth 159.1°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.1% illuminated · -38.5° altitude
LIGHT
10h 15mdaylight · 13h 45m night
RISE 08:08SET 18:24
TWILIGHT
18:57civil dusk · astronomical dusk 20:14
DAWN 07:35DUSK 18:57
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
N
E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Hürth

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

2 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON-6.3°245°15.18h-20.9°0.796 AU0.410:19 / 18:46
VenusBELOW HORIZON-16.9°263°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.308:35 / 17:40
MarsBELOW HORIZON-19.5°345°9.15h17.9°1.499 AU1.000:55 / 16:10
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-21.1°335°9.72h14.4°5.623 AU-2.001:48 / 16:25
SaturnVISIBLE14.9°107°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.317:54 / 06:12
UranusBELOW HORIZON-0.7°53°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:39 / 11:30
NeptuneVISIBLE17.9°114°0.18h-0.4°28.995 AU7.817:33 / 05:34
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
44.5° / 140°
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 · Hürth

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
80.4°
AZIMUTH
175.2°
HOUR ANGLE
-1.1°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON