CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Capula

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Capula · 12:23 solar noon · 11h 35m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · America/Mexico_City

SUN

59.0°SSE · azimuth 168.5°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous98.1% illuminated · -58.8° altitude

LIGHT

11h 35mdaylight · 12h 25m night

RISE 06:36SET 18:11

TWILIGHT

18:33civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:24

DAWN 06:13DUSK 18:33

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Capula

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

4 visible above horizon

BODY	ALT	AZ	RA	DEC	DISTANCE	MAG	RISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE	29.1°	128°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.796 AU	0.4	08:06 / 19:13
VenusVISIBLE	45.2°	144°	13.77h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	06:34 / 17:52
MarsVISIBLE	49.0°	276°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	01:11 / 14:07
JupiterVISIBLE	56.4°	268°	9.72h	14.4°	5.623 AU	-2.0	01:49 / 14:36
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-67.5°	334°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	17:06 / 05:12
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-16.5°	300°	4.20h	21.0°	18.611 AU	5.6	20:09 / 09:12
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-71.3°	354°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	16:39 / 04:40

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: 286.9°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 62.1° / 101°

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.

ELONGATION148.5°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION98.1%

MOON DISTANCE380,585.116 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99488 AU

PHASE ANGLE15.7°

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 · Capula

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: 65.5°
AZIMUTH: 338.4°
HOUR ANGLE: 11.8°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

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