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 16Aug2026 06:26:05 PDT mercury 74.8 10.4 183322 0.88 11.1 -0.3 16Aug2026 06:26:05 PDT mars 93.7 45.6 288478 0.93 49.8 -0.3 16Aug2026 06:26:05 PDT jupiter 76.1 11.8 938096 1.00 12.9 -0.3 16Aug2026 06:26:05 PDT saturn 225.7 46.0 1313442 1.00 128.9 -0.3
Here are today's sun/moon rise/set times and bearings for San Francisco:
% sl_smrs 37.8 -122.4 16Aug2026: Sunrise: 06:27 PDT (72.1°) Sunset: 20:01 PDT (287.8°) Moonrise: 10:49 PDT (102.0°) Moonset: 22:00 PDT (254.5°)
And here are the close celestial encounters for the next week:
% sl_data -start 16Aug2026 -duration 7d -interval 5m -planets -refraction 37.8 -122.4 | sl_conjunctions jupiter (full) and mercury (gibbous) start at 16Aug2026 05:30 PDT b: 67.2° e: 1.1° 1.84° apart minsep at 16Aug2026 05:40 PDT b: 68.8° e: 2.8° 1.77° apart end at 16Aug2026 06:00 PDT b: 71.7° e: 6.3° 1.97° apart
