CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Artà

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Artà · 13:30 solar noon · 10h 51m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Europe/Madrid
SUN
34.7°SSE · azimuth 152.6°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.1% illuminated · -49.7° altitude
LIGHT
10h 51mdaylight · 13h 9m night
RISE 08:04SET 18:56
TWILIGHT
19:23civil dusk · astronomical dusk 20:26
DAWN 07:37DUSK 19:23
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Artà

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE4.5°238°15.18h-20.9°0.796 AU0.409:57 / 19:37
VenusBELOW HORIZON-8.0°254°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.308:19 / 18:24
MarsBELOW HORIZON-27.6°333°9.15h17.9°1.499 AU1.001:41 / 15:52
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-27.3°323°9.72h14.4°5.623 AU-2.002:27 / 16:14
SaturnVISIBLE10.7°97°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.318:11 / 06:24
UranusBELOW HORIZON-13.1°47°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.620:32 / 11:05
NeptuneVISIBLE15.1°103°0.18h-0.4°28.995 AU7.817:47 / 05:48
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
52.6° / 132°
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.

ELONGATION144.4°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99.1%
MOON DISTANCE382,393.987 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99497 AU
PHASE ANGLE11.1°
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 · Artà

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
86.2°
AZIMUTH
64.2°
HOUR ANGLE
-4.6°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON