CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Pomoca

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Pomoca · 11:55 solar noon · 11h 37m of daylight

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

SUN

60.4°S · azimuth 182.0°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous98.1% illuminated · -53.9° altitude

LIGHT

11h 37mdaylight · 12h 23m night

RISE 06:07SET 17:43

TWILIGHT

18:06civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:57

DAWN 05:45DUSK 18:06

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Pomoca

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	47.0°	154°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.795 AU	0.4	07:36 / 18:46
VenusVISIBLE	53.9°	184°	13.76h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	06:05 / 17:25
MarsVISIBLE	22.1°	283°	9.15h	17.9°	1.498 AU	1.0	00:44 / 13:38
JupiterVISIBLE	29.3°	277°	9.72h	14.4°	5.622 AU	-2.0	01:22 / 14:07
SaturnBELOW HORIZON	-62.7°	46°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	16:38 / 04:44
UranusBELOW HORIZON	-38.4°	318°	4.20h	21.0°	18.611 AU	5.6	19:42 / 08:42
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON	-58.2°	59°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.996 AU	7.8	16:11 / 04:12

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: 62.3° / 100°

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 · Pomoca

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: 61.7°
AZIMUTH: 329.2°
HOUR ANGLE: 18.8°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

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