CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Pallevada

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Pallevada · 11:48 solar noon · 11h 39m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-24 · Asia/Kolkata
SUN
61.5°S · azimuth 185.6°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous96.0% illuminated · -55.9° altitude
LIGHT
11h 39mdaylight · 12h 21m night
RISE 05:59SET 17:38
TWILIGHT
17:59civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:50
DAWN 05:37DUSK 17:59
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Pallevada

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON-78.2°246°15.18h-20.9°0.795 AU0.407:25 / 18:40
VenusBELOW HORIZON-80.6°100°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.305:53 / 17:18
MarsBELOW HORIZON-4.5°70°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.000:38 / 13:28
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-13.4°70°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.001:15 / 13:57
SaturnVISIBLE60.2°242°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.316:29 / 04:35
UranusVISIBLE64.2°76°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:36 / 08:31
NeptuneVISIBLE52.9°246°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.816:02 / 04:03
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
287.5°
FROM EARTH
0.995 AU
ALT / AZ
62.1° / 96°
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.

ELONGATION154.9°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION96.0%
MOON DISTANCE377,836.141 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99474 AU
PHASE ANGLE23.1°
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 · Pallevada

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
59.1°
AZIMUTH
327.5°
HOUR ANGLE
21.5°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON