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Date: 20-06-2013
Day in year: 171
Julian Day: 2456463.417 (at local midnight)
Local Sidereal Time at local midnight: 18:13:08

Sun   Sun   (at noon)
R.A. 05:56.7        Dec. +23:26       
Distance 1.016 au
Apparent solar long. 89.24°
Equation of Time: -1.6 min
Morning Evening
Rise/Set 04:34 18:49
Civil Twillight 04:06 19:17
Nautical Twillight 03:31 19:52
Astronomical Twillight 02:54 20:29
Moon
Illuminated fraction: 0.82 at local midnight
R.A. -9.57 hours     Dec. -15°     Dist 368 x103km.
Rise: 15:31       Set: 01:36

Albedo Topographic
Moon Phase

The planets

Equinox: J2000.0 date        Geocentric positions for 00 TDT time
Planet R.A. Dec. Delta Elong Mag Phase Diameter Const Rise Set Transit Additional
J2000.0date [au] [au] [deg] [mag] [frac] [arcsec] [HH:MM] [HH:MM] [HH:MM] Information
Mercury 07:31:54.007:32:41.4+21:27:21+21:25:290.7050.45522.61.20.2410Gem06:1920:1613:18
Venus 07:29:21.807:30:09.8+23:17:40+23:15:511.5540.71921.8-3.90.9311Gem06:1120:2213:17
Mars 04:48:48.304:49:36.4+22:42:20+22:43:342.4621.504-15.01.50.994Tau03:3217:3910:35
Jupiter 05:53:08.105:53:56.6+23:12:03+23:12:036.1375.121-0.3-1.91.0032Tau04:3418:4311:39 Central meridian
Satellites curves
Satellites midnight
Saturn 14:13:56.314:14:41.2-10:44:37-10:48:259.2019.835126.20.91.0018Vir14:2301:3219:58 Saturn rings
Satellites midnight
Uranus 00:45:18.400:46:00.5+04:06:58+04:11:2420.25820.047-76.65.91.003Psc00:1512:4406:31
Neptune 22:28:51.122:29:34.9-10:14:30-10:10:1129.56529.985-113.57.91.002Aqr22:3509:5104:15

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Important comment: The data in this page (unless otherwise noted) is calculated for midnight of date. If for example, you are interested in data for the night of 2008 August 17/18, insert the date "18 08 2008". Note however, that in this example, the Moon/Sun rise/set will be calculated for the day of 2008 August 18!
Accuracy: The sky maps are plotted for the nearest whole local sidereal hour.
The rise/set times are accurate to about two minutes and are given relative to the local horizon. Note, that the actual rise/set times depends on the atmospheric conditions.