CycleCalcs · Example Payload
Cyclecalcs V2 Planet Board Example
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Cyclecalcs V2 Planet Board Example is an example object payload from CycleCalcs, with 9 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields
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Example Payload
{
"endpoint": "/v2/planet-board",
"computed_at": "2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"query": {
"at": "2026-07-28T21:30:00.000Z",
"mode": "instant",
"resolved_from": "at",
"is_now": false,
"latitude": 51.4778,
"longitude": -0.0015,
"elevation_m": 11,
"tz": "Europe/London",
"utc_offset_seconds": 3600,
"utc_offset_iso": "+01:00",
"is_dst": true,
"timezone_source": "parameter",
"day_anchor": "civil",
"time_format": "iso",
"format": "json",
"shape": "nested",
"precision": 6,
"pretty": 1,
"verbosity": "full",
"bodies": [
"mercury",
"venus",
"mars",
"jupiter",
"saturn",
"uranus",
"neptune",
"pluto"
],
"include": [
"position",
"visibility",
"motion",
"rise_set"
],
"sort": "distance_from_sun",
"frames": "standard",
"refraction": "normal",
"ignored": []
},
"data": {
"instant": "2026-07-28T22:30:00.000+01:00",
"count": 8,
"summary": "Venus is in the evening sky after dusk. Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Uranus are in the morning sky before dawn. Jupiter is too close to the Sun to be seen. Saturn, Neptune and Pluto are moving retrograde.",
"retrograde_now": [
"Saturn",
"Neptune",
"Pluto"
],
"observable_now": [],
"above_horizon_now": [
"Pluto"
],
"bodies": [
{
"name": "Mercury",
"code": "mercury",
"kind": "planet",
"constellation": {
"name": "Gemini",
"abbreviation": "Gem"
},
"tropical_sign": {
"name": "Cancer",
"code": "cancer",
"sign_index": 3,
"degree_in_sign": 17.512669,
"degree_in_sign_whole": 17
},
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"ra_hours": 7.212124,
"ra_string": "07h 12m 43.6s",
"dec_deg": 19.413271,
"dec_string": "+19 24 47.8"
},
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"ra_hours": 7.238316,
"ra_string": "07h 14m 17.9s",
"dec_deg": 19.36835,
"dec_string": "+19 22 06.1"
}
},
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"longitude_deg": 107.512669,
"latitude_deg": -2.944578
}
},
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"azimuth_deg": 340.74562,
"compass": "NNW",
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"altitude_unrefracted_deg": -17.118637,
"refraction_deg": 0.52948,
"hour_angle_hours": 10.698977,
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},
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"ecliptic_origin": "geocentric",
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},
"physical": {
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"ring_tilt_deg": null
},
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"sun_side": "morning",
"ecliptic_separation_deg": 18.309042,
"code": "morning_sky",
"phrase": "Morning sky, before dawn",
"naked_eye": true,
"is_up": false,
"verdict": "Mercury is 18.5 deg west of the Sun and rises about 77 minutes before it, in the morning sky.",
"sun_is_up": false,
"observable_now": false
},
"motion": {
"apparent_motion": "direct",
"longitude_rate_deg_per_day": 0.489668,
"is_retrograde": false,
"stationary_band_deg_per_day": 0.0005,
"search_horizon_days": 400,
"method": "central difference of apparent geocentric ecliptic longitude over plus and minus 0.02 days, refined to 1 second",
"next_station": {
"kind": "station_retrograde",
"label": "Mercury stationary, beginning retrograde motion",
"instant": "2026-10-24T08:15:20.973+01:00",
"instant_precision_seconds": 2,
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}
},
"rise_set": {
"status": "normal",
"status_label": "Rises and sets",
"special": null,
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{
"kind": "rise",
"instant": "2026-07-28T04:01:19.564+01:00",
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"altitude_deg": -0.566069
},
{
"kind": "upper_transit",
"instant": "2026-07-28T11:48:53.181+01:00",
"azimuth_deg": 179.999443,
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},
{
"kind": "set",
"instant": "2026-07-28T19:37:16.059+01:00",
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"altitude_deg": -0.566066
},
{
"kind": "lower_transit",
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}
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"2026-07-28T04:01:19.564+01:00"
],
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"2026-07-28T19:37:16.059+01:00"
],
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"2026-07-28T11:48:53.181+01:00"
],
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"end": "2026-07-29T00:00:00.000+01:00",
"anchor": "civil",
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}
},
"href": "https://www.cyclecalcs.com/planets/mercury.html"
},
{
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"name": "Leo",
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},
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"name": "Virgo",
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}
},
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}
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"observable_now": false
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}
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{
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}
},
"href": "https://www.cyclecalcs.com/planets/venus.html"
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}
},
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},
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},
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},
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