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Date: 09-02-2010
Day in year: 40
Julian Day: 2455236.417 (at local midnight)
Local Sidereal Time at local midnight: 09:35:35

Sun   Sun   (at noon)
R.A. 21:31.7        Dec. -14:39       
Distance 0.987 au
Apparent solar long. 320.54°
Equation of Time: 15.1 min
Morning Evening
Rise/Set 06:29 17:20
Civil Twillight 06:04 17:45
Nautical Twillight 05:35 18:14
Astronomical Twillight 05:06 18:42
Moon
Illuminated fraction: -0.23 at local midnight
R.A. -6.47 hours     Dec. -26°     Dist 400 x103km.
Rise: 03:13       Set: 13:14

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 20:00:45.920:01:21.4-21:20:25-21:18:461.1940.464-22.1-0.20.806Sgr05:1915:3310:26
Venus 21:57:46.021:58:18.6-13:57:05-13:54:131.6980.7286.9-3.90.9910Cap06:5517:5012:22
Mars 08:37:10.108:37:48.4+23:10:29+23:08:140.6811.654165.1-1.10.9914Cnc15:5306:0522:57
Jupiter 22:28:25.222:28:57.1-10:33:56-10:30:525.9414.99415.0-2.01.0033Aqr07:1618:2712:51 Central meridian
Satellites curves
Satellites midnight
Saturn 12:18:11.912:18:44.9+00:43:01+00:39:268.7529.487-136.00.71.0019Vir20:3508:4602:42 Saturn rings
Satellites midnight
Uranus 23:40:46.323:41:17.4-02:52:17-02:48:5620.90220.09634.55.91.003Psc08:0819:5814:03
Neptune 21:52:46.621:53:19.2-13:19:05-13:16:1531.00530.0235.88.01.002Cap06:4717:4312:15

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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.