CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · León

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

León · 12:30 solar noon · 11h 31m of daylight

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

SUN

56.5°SSE · azimuth 166.2°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous98.1% illuminated · -58.6° altitude

LIGHT

11h 31mdaylight · 12h 29m night

RISE 06:45SET 18:15

TWILIGHT

18:38civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:30

DAWN 06:22DUSK 18:38

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · León

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	36.9°	140°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.796 AU	0.4	08:16 / 19:16
VenusVISIBLE	49.2°	162°	13.76h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	06:44 / 17:56
MarsVISIBLE	36.4°	277°	9.15h	17.9°	1.499 AU	1.0	01:14 / 14:17
JupiterVISIBLE	43.4°	270°	9.72h	14.4°	5.623 AU	-2.0	01:53 / 14:45
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-66.9°	11°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	17:12 / 05:19
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-26.1°	308°	4.20h	21.0°	18.611 AU	5.6	20:12 / 09:23
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-66.2°	30°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.995 AU	7.8	16:45 / 04:47

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: 61.6° / 105°

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 · León

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: 68.1°
AZIMUTH: 339.3°
HOUR ANGLE: 10.1°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

ABOVE HORIZON