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Date: 12-03-2014
Day in year: 71
Julian Day: 2456728.417 (at local midnight)
Local Sidereal Time at local midnight: 11:37:56

Sun   Sun   (at noon)
R.A. 23:29.7        Dec. -03:16       
Distance 0.994 au
Apparent solar long. 351.75°
Equation of Time: -9.8 min
Morning Evening
Rise/Set 05:56 17:44
Civil Twillight 05:31 18:08
Nautical Twillight 05:03 18:37
Astronomical Twillight 04:34 19:05
Moon
Illuminated fraction: 0.80 at local midnight
R.A. 7.93 hours     Dec. 16°     Dist 405 x103km.
Rise: 14:08       Set: 03:02

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 21:44:41.921:45:27.5-14:01:34-13:57:360.8940.458-27.40.30.518Cap04:4015:3410:07
Venus 20:26:44.820:27:32.4-15:57:09-15:54:150.5940.722-46.1-4.50.4328Cap03:2714:1108:49
Mars 13:43:05.313:43:51.8-07:36:44-07:41:060.7311.643-144.4-0.80.9713Vir20:1807:4702:05
Jupiter 06:44:51.306:45:44.1+23:17:20+23:16:154.8075.218109.2-2.40.9941Gem12:0002:1219:04 Central meridian
Satellites curves
Satellites midnight
Saturn 15:25:05.515:25:54.8-16:13:16-16:16:139.3909.896-118.11.01.0018Lib22:2309:0703:47 Saturn rings
Satellites midnight
Uranus 00:41:44.500:42:27.8+03:46:58+03:51:3220.96020.02919.95.91.003Psc06:5119:1313:02
Neptune 22:30:05.922:30:50.1-10:08:11-10:03:4930.93229.977-15.78.01.002Aqr05:1416:2710:51

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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.