astro_rise_set
Rise, transit and set times
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Rise, upper transit, set and lower transit for one body at one location, with an explicit status at extreme latitudes (circumpolar, never rises) instead of missing values. Accepts fixed radec targets. For the Sun specifically, astro_sun returns richer twilight structure; for positions between events use astro_positions.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | string | yes | One of sun, moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto, or a fixed J2000 target as "radec:RA,DEC" with RA in hours (0-24) and DEC in degrees (-90..90), e.g. "radec:5.6,-5.4" for the Orion Nebula region. |
| date | string | no | 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. |
| start | string | no | First day of a daily series. 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. |
| end | string | no | Last day of a daily series. 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. |
| search_horizon_days | integer | no | How many days ahead to search when an event does not occur on the requested day (high latitudes). |
| cursor | string | no | Opaque pagination cursor from a previous result's next_cursor. Send it with the same start/end arguments as the first page. |
| lat | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees, north positive. Send lat and lon together. |
| lon | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees, east positive (Lisbon is about -9.14). Send lat and lon together. |
| place | string | no | 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 | string | no | IANA 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": {
"body": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One of sun, moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto, or a fixed J2000 target as \"radec:RA,DEC\" with RA in hours (0-24) and DEC in degrees (-90..90), e.g. \"radec:5.6,-5.4\" for the Orion Nebula region."
},
"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."
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"description": "First day of a daily series. 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."
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Last day of a daily series. 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."
},
"search_horizon_days": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "How many days ahead to search when an event does not occur on the requested day (high latitudes)."
},
"cursor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque pagination cursor from a previous result's next_cursor. Send it with the same start/end arguments as the first page."
},
"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,
"required": [
"body"
],
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"lat",
"lon"
]
},
{
"required": [
"place"
]
}
]
}