CELESTIAL CALCULATOR & EPHEMERIS·NOAA & MEEUS

Astronomy · Çınar

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

LIVE CELESTIAL STATE

The Sun is above the horizon

Çınar · 12:02 solar noon · 10h 56m of daylight

LOCAL OBSERVATION12:002026-10-23 · Europe/Istanbul
SUN
40.8°S · azimuth 179.1°
MOON
Waxing Gibbous99.2% illuminated · -42.2° altitude
LIGHT
10h 56mdaylight · 13h 4m night
RISE 06:34SET 17:30
TWILIGHT
17:57civil dusk · astronomical dusk 18:58
DAWN 06:07DUSK 17:57
CELESTIAL HORIZONAltitude · current observation
N
E
S
W
Sun
Moon
0° horizon45°90° zenith
PLANETARY EPHEMERIS

Solar System · Çınar

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

3 visible above horizon
BODYALTAZRADECDISTANCEMAGRISE / SET
MercuryBELOW HORIZON-37.4°272°15.18h-20.9°0.795 AU0.408:24 / 18:15
VenusBELOW HORIZON-52.2°291°13.76h-18.0°0.273 AU-4.306:47 / 17:01
MarsBELOW HORIZON-26.0°35°9.15h17.9°1.498 AU1.000:17 / 14:20
JupiterBELOW HORIZON-32.8°28°9.72h14.4°5.622 AU-2.001:03 / 14:42
SaturnVISIBLE49.2°148°0.67h1.4°8.490 AU0.316:43 / 04:55
UranusVISIBLE25.7°82°4.20h21.0°18.611 AU5.619:09 / 09:31
NeptuneVISIBLE50.1°160°0.18h-0.4°28.996 AU7.816:19 / 04:20
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
53.9° / 130°
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 · Çınar

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
76.1°
AZIMUTH
290.2°
HOUR ANGLE
17.4°
ANGULAR SIZE
178′ × 63′
ABOVE HORIZON