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astro_planet_board

All planets at a glance

A tool of CycleCalcs Astronomy

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All eight planets in one call for a date and optional location: constellation, magnitude, apparent size, elongation from the Sun, morning or evening sky, retrograde state with the next station, rise/set, and a worth-looking-tonight assessment. The right tool for "which planets are visible tonight". For exact coordinates of specific bodies use astro_positions.

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
datestringnoISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. "2026-08-06" or "2026-08-06T21:00:00Z". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there.
bodiesarraynoOptional subset of planets: mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto.
sortstringnoOptional result ordering. Default is by distance from the Sun.
latnumbernoLatitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together.
lonnumbernoLongitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together.
placestringnoPlace name instead of lat/lon, as "City" or "City,CC" with an ISO country code, e.g. "Lisbon,PT". Resolved server-side; the response then carries a required GeoNames CC BY 4.0 credit in its attribution field, which must be preserved when shown.
tzstringnoIANA timezone like "Europe/Lisbon" to render event times in local time. Optional; a resolved place supplies its own timezone.
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO 8601 UTC date or datetime, e.g. \"2026-08-06\" or \"2026-08-06T21:00:00Z\". Omit for the current moment. Years 1700 to 2200 only; outside that range the API refuses with DATE_OUT_OF_RANGE because the ephemeris is not reliable there."
    },
    "bodies": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 8,
      "description": "Optional subset of planets: mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto."
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "distance_from_sun",
        "magnitude",
        "elongation",
        "altitude"
      ],
      "description": "Optional result ordering. Default is by distance from the Sun."
    },
    "lat": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": -90,
      "maximum": 90,
      "description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together."
    },
    "lon": {
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": -180,
      "maximum": 180,
      "description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together."
    },
    "place": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Place name instead of lat/lon, as \"City\" or \"City,CC\" with an ISO country code, e.g. \"Lisbon,PT\". Resolved server-side; the response then carries a required GeoNames CC BY 4.0 credit in its attribution field, which must be preserved when shown."
    },
    "tz": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone like \"Europe/Lisbon\" to render event times in local time. Optional; a resolved place supplies its own timezone."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-14