CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Usehat

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Usehat · 11:57 solar noon · 11h 19m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Asia/Kolkata
SUN
50.8°S · azimuth 181.0°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.4% illuminated · -46.9° altitude
LIGHT
11h 19mdaylight · 12h 41m night
RISE 06:17SET 17:36
TWILIGHT
18:00civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:54
DAWN 05:53DUSK 18:00
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Usehat

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON-59.8°276°15.18h-20.9°0.796 AU0.407:57 / 18:31
VenusBELOW HORIZON-75.8°312°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.306:24 / 17:14
MarsBELOW HORIZON-16.9°58°9.15h17.9°1.499 AU1.000:31 / 13:56
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-25.5°55°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.001:13 / 14:22
SaturnVISIBLE63.1°192°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.316:40 / 04:49
UranusVISIBLE46.5°88°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:27 / 09:04
NeptuneVISIBLE59.2°206°0.18h-0.4°28.995 AU7.816:14 / 04:15
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
286.5°
FROM EARTH
0.995 AU
ALT / AZ
59.5° / 117°
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.

ELONGATION142.6°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99.4%
MOON DISTANCE383,192.628 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99501 AU
PHASE ANGLE9.1°
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 · Usehat

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
69.7°
AZIMUTH
316.5°
HOUR ANGLE
18.5°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON