sightliner - find sight lines for the sun and moon

Not quite released yet.

Here are the current positions of the celestial objects, above the horizon as seen from San Francisco:


% sl_data -planets -num 1 -refraction 37.8 -122.4 | sl_find 'elev>0'
# datetime		object	bearing	elev	dist	full	sunsep	sunelev
12Nov2025 17:09:18 PST	mercury	235.8	5.1	110532	0.18	15.2	-2.2
12Nov2025 17:09:18 PST	mars	236.4	6.1	361873	0.99	15.1	-2.2
12Nov2025 17:09:18 PST	saturn	121.0	28.0	1339579	1.00	124.2	-2.2
    

Here are today's sun/moon rise/set times and bearings for San Francisco:


% sl_smrs 37.8 -122.4
12Nov2025:
Sunrise:  06:48 PST (112.3°)
Sunset:   17:00 PST (247.7°)
Moonrise: none
Moonset:  13:28 PST (286.9°)
    

And here are the close celestial encounters for the next week:


% sl_data -start 12Nov2025 -duration 7d -interval 5m -planets -refraction 37.8 -122.4 | sl_conjunctions
mars (full) and mercury (crescent)
  start at 12Nov2025 17:25 PST  b: 238.6° e: 3.1°  1.17° apart
  minsep at 12Nov2025 17:30 PST  b: 239.4° e: 2.3°  1.08° apart
  end at 12Nov2025 17:40 PST  b: 240.9° e: 0.8°  1.22° apart
mars (full) and mercury (crescent)
  start at 13Nov2025 17:25 PST  b: 239.2° e: 2.6°  1.58° apart
  minsep at 13Nov2025 17:25 PST  b: 239.2° e: 2.6°  1.58° apart
  end at 13Nov2025 17:35 PST  b: 240.8° e: 1.1°  1.62° apart
    

ACME Labs / Software / sightliner
email