CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Tomado

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

Location

Observation Date

Local Time

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Tomado · 11:25 solar noon · 11h 55m of daylight

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

SUN

69.3°SSW · azimuth 204.2°

MOON

Waxing Gibbous96.5% illuminated · -54.5° altitude

LIGHT

11h 55mdaylight · 12h 5m night

RISE 05:28SET 17:22

TWILIGHT

17:44civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:33

DAWN 05:06DUSK 17:44

CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation

Sun

Moon

0° horizon45°90° zenith

PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Tomado

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

5 visible above horizon

BODY	ALT	AZ	RA	DEC	DISTANCE	MAG	RISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON	-52.3°	115°	15.18h	-20.9°	0.794 AU	0.4	06:47 / 18:32
VenusBELOW HORIZON	-32.9°	107°	13.76h	-18.0°	0.273 AU	-4.3	05:18 / 17:07
MarsVISIBLE	36.8°	73°	9.15h	17.9°	1.498 AU	1.0	00:28 / 12:52
JupiterVISIBLE	28.8°	77°	9.72h	14.4°	5.622 AU	-2.0	01:03 / 13:24
SaturnVISIBLE	16.5°	269°	0.67h	1.4°	8.490 AU	0.3	16:07 / 04:11
UranusVISIBLE	65.7°	307°	4.20h	21.0°	18.610 AU	5.6	19:28 / 07:53
NeptuneVISIBLE	8.9°	268°	0.18h	-0.4°	28.996 AU	7.8	15:39 / 03:41

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: 287.4°
FROM EARTH: 0.995 AU
ALT / AZ: 61.8° / 79°

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.

ELONGATION153.6°

EARTH

SUN

MOON

MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION96.5%

MOON DISTANCE378,376.152 km

SUN DISTANCE0.99476 AU

PHASE ANGLE21.6°

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 · Tomado

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: 48.3°
AZIMUTH: 329.0°
HOUR ANGLE: 27.2°
ANGULAR SIZE: 178′ × 63′

ABOVE HORIZON