CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Pacora

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Pacora · 12:01 solar noon · 11h 52m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · America/Panama
SUN
69.3°S · azimuth 179.0°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous98.3% illuminated · -58.4° altitude
LIGHT
11h 52mdaylight · 12h 8m night
RISE 06:05SET 17:57
TWILIGHT
18:18civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:07
DAWN 05:43DUSK 18:18
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Pacora

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

2 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE57.7°202°15.18h-20.9°0.794 AU0.407:27 / 19:06
VenusVISIBLE47.3°231°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.305:59 / 17:43
MarsBELOW HORIZON-8.4°290°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.001:02 / 13:31
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-1.0°285°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.001:38 / 14:03
SaturnBELOW HORIZON-38.9°81°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.316:45 / 04:49
UranusBELOW HORIZON-59.6°354°4.20h21.0°18.610 AU5.620:02 / 08:33
NeptuneBELOW HORIZON-32.0°85°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.816:16 / 04:18
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
62.5° / 83°
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.

ELONGATION148.0°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION98.3%
MOON DISTANCE380,809.586 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99489 AU
PHASE ANGLE15.1°
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 · Pacora

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
54.3°
AZIMUTH
337.4°
HOUR ANGLE
17.4°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON