CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Ramsar

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Ramsar · 11:51 solar noon · 10h 59m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Asia/Tehran
SUN
41.8°S · azimuth 182.6°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.2% illuminated · -41.2° altitude
LIGHT
10h 59mdaylight · 13h 1m night
RISE 06:22SET 17:21
TWILIGHT
17:47civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:47
DAWN 05:56DUSK 17:47
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Ramsar

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON-41.7°274°15.18h-20.9°0.795 AU0.408:11 / 18:07
VenusBELOW HORIZON-56.5°296°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.306:35 / 16:52
MarsBELOW HORIZON-24.2°40°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.000:09 / 14:07
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-31.4°34°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.000:54 / 14:30
SaturnVISIBLE52.1°155°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.316:33 / 04:45
UranusVISIBLE29.8°85°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:02 / 09:19
NeptuneVISIBLE52.2°168°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.816:09 / 04:10
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
54.5° / 129°
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.

ELONGATION143.6°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99.2%
MOON DISTANCE382,735.868 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99499 AU
PHASE ANGLE10.2°
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 · Ramsar

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
73.9°
AZIMUTH
292.4°
HOUR ANGLE
20.0°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON