CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Dang

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Dang · 11:58 solar noon · 11h 17m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-24 · Asia/Kathmandu

SUN

50.3°S · azimuth 180.2°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous96.0% illuminated · -49.8° altitude

LIGHT

11h 17mdaylight · 12h 43m night

RISE 06:20SET 17:37

TWILIGHT

18:01civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:56

DAWN 05:56DUSK 18:01

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Dang

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
MercuryBELOW HORIZON	-78.4°	306°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.795 AU	0.4	07:55 / 18:30
VenusBELOW HORIZON	-75.5°	48°	13.76h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	06:20 / 17:11
MarsVISIBLE	0.7°	70°	9.15h	17.9°	1.498 AU	1.0	00:31 / 13:56
JupiterBELOW HORIZON	-8.0°	69°	9.72h	14.4°	5.622 AU	-2.0	01:12 / 14:21
SaturnVISIBLE	52.6°	230°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	16:38 / 04:47
UranusVISIBLE	65.9°	101°	4.20h	21.0°	18.611 AU	5.6	19:25 / 09:02
NeptuneVISIBLE	46.1°	236°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.996 AU	7.8	16:12 / 04:13

SOLAR SYSTEM

Planetary Orbits · 2026-10-24 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: 287.5°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 58.9° / 116°

EARTH · MOON · SUN

Three-Body Relationship · 2026-10-24 12:00

Geocentric directions and lunar phase at the selected instant. The geometry is intentionally schematic, not to scale.

ELONGATION154.8°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION96.0%

MOON DISTANCE377,889.888 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99474 AU

PHASE ANGLE22.9°

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 · Dang

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: 69.6°
AZIMUTH: 315.6°
HOUR ANGLE: 19.0°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

ABOVE HORIZON