CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Giado

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Giado · 12:55 solar noon · 11h 10m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Africa/Tripoli
SUN
44.5°SSE · azimuth 160.5°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.1% illuminated · -53.6° altitude
LIGHT
11h 10mdaylight · 12h 50m night
RISE 07:20SET 18:30
TWILIGHT
18:55civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:52
DAWN 06:56DUSK 18:55
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Giado

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

4 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE15.1°233°15.18h-20.9°0.797 AU0.409:04 / 19:21
VenusVISIBLE1.6°248°13.77h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.307:29 / 18:05
MarsBELOW HORIZON-30.0°322°9.15h17.9°1.499 AU1.001:22 / 15:02
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-27.8°312°9.72h14.4°5.623 AU-2.002:05 / 15:26
SaturnVISIBLE3.6°90°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.317:37 / 05:48
UranusBELOW HORIZON-24.1°41°4.20h21.0°18.612 AU5.620:17 / 10:11
NeptuneVISIBLE8.8°96°0.18h-0.4°28.995 AU7.817:12 / 05:13
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
57.3° / 123°
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 · Giado

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
80.1°
AZIMUTH
341.8°
HOUR ANGLE
4.1°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON