CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Borca

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Borca · 13:00 solar noon · 10h 29m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Europe/Bucharest
SUN
29.8°SSE · azimuth 162.6°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.2% illuminated · -41.1° altitude
LIGHT
10h 29mdaylight · 13h 31m night
RISE 07:46SET 18:15
TWILIGHT
18:46civil dusk · astronomical dusk 19:57
DAWN 07:15DUSK 18:46
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
N
E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Borca

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

2 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON-5.2°245°15.18h-20.9°0.797 AU0.409:50 / 18:45
VenusBELOW HORIZON-17.0°262°13.77h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.308:08 / 17:36
MarsBELOW HORIZON-23.2°345°9.15h17.9°1.499 AU1.000:51 / 15:43
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-24.7°336°9.72h14.4°5.623 AU-2.001:42 / 16:00
SaturnVISIBLE16.5°106°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.317:39 / 05:56
UranusBELOW HORIZON-2.5°54°4.20h21.0°18.612 AU5.619:38 / 10:59
NeptuneVISIBLE19.8°114°0.18h-0.4°28.995 AU7.817:17 / 05:19
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
286.6°
FROM EARTH
0.995 AU
ALT / AZ
47.3° / 138°
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.

ELONGATION143.9°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99.2%
MOON DISTANCE382,621.835 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99498 AU
PHASE ANGLE10.5°
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 · Borca

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
83.8°
AZIMUTH
199.3°
HOUR ANGLE
2.7°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON