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Date: 18-10-2018
Day in year: 291
Julian Day: 2458409.417 (at local midnight)
Local Sidereal Time at local midnight: 02:05:25

Sun   Sun   (at noon)
R.A. 13:32.6        Dec. -09:40       
Distance 0.996 au
Apparent solar long. 204.98°
Equation of Time: 14.8 min
Morning Evening
Rise/Set 05:44 17:06
Civil Twillight 05:20 17:31
Nautical Twillight 04:51 17:59
Astronomical Twillight 04:23 18:27
Moon
Illuminated fraction: 0.61 at local midnight
R.A. -3.36 hours     Dec. -19°     Dist 404 x103km.
Rise: 13:45       Set: **:**

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 14:35:31.514:36:31.8-16:40:27-16:45:061.3080.46617.5-0.30.885Lib07:1217:5012:31
Venus 14:11:07.814:12:08.5-20:57:22-21:02:240.2850.72515.2-4.30.0359Vir06:5717:1012:03
Mars 21:06:56.821:07:60.0-19:38:43-19:34:080.6951.389109.0-0.90.8713Cap13:4900:1219:00
Jupiter 15:31:59.415:33:01.7-18:21:07-18:24:416.2025.37130.9-1.81.0032Lib08:1118:3913:25 Central meridian
Satellites curves
Satellites midnight
Saturn 18:15:52.418:16:59.0-22:46:46-22:46:1510.37110.06369.41.21.0016Sgr11:0721:1016:09 Saturn rings
Satellites midnight
Uranus 01:54:30.101:55:30.7+11:08:04+11:13:3318.88019.871-173.75.71.004Ari17:1506:2023:46
Neptune 23:01:55.323:02:53.9-07:17:02-07:10:5629.17529.940139.57.81.002Aqr15:1002:4120:53

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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.