CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Tchamba

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Tchamba · 11:38 solar noon · 11h 52m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Africa/Lome
SUN
68.8°SSW · azimuth 194.6°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous98.9% illuminated · -51.3° altitude
LIGHT
11h 52mdaylight · 12h 8m night
RISE 05:42SET 17:34
TWILIGHT
17:55civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:44
DAWN 05:20DUSK 17:55
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
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Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Tchamba

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryVISIBLE5.9°248°15.18h-20.9°0.795 AU0.407:05 / 18:44
VenusBELOW HORIZON-13.0°254°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.305:37 / 17:22
MarsBELOW HORIZON-61.3°341°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.000:40 / 13:09
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-60.4°323°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.001:16 / 13:41
SaturnVISIBLE27.7°93°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.316:23 / 04:27
UranusBELOW HORIZON-19.1°64°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:41 / 08:11
NeptuneVISIBLE34.7°97°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.815:54 / 03:56
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
286.7°
FROM EARTH
0.995 AU
ALT / AZ
62.7° / 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.

ELONGATION145.4°
EARTH
SUN
MOON
MOON PHASEWaxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION98.9%
MOON DISTANCE381,939.266 km
SUN DISTANCE0.99495 AU
PHASE ANGLE12.2°
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 · Tchamba

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
52.1°
AZIMUTH
331.9°
HOUR ANGLE
22.7°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON