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Date: 24-05-2017
Day in year: 144
Julian Day: 2457897.417 (at local midnight)
Local Sidereal Time at local midnight: 16:26:49

Sun   Sun   (at noon)
R.A. 04:05.6        Dec. +20:50       
Distance 1.013 au
Apparent solar long. 63.44°
Equation of Time: 3.1 min
Morning Evening
Rise/Set 04:38 18:35
Civil Twillight 04:11 19:03
Nautical Twillight 03:38 19:36
Astronomical Twillight 03:02 20:11
Moon
Illuminated fraction: -0.05 at local midnight
R.A. 2.34 hours     Dec. 9°     Dist 361 x103km.
Rise: 03:38       Set: 17:00

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 02:27:12.402:28:06.9+11:12:37+11:17:020.9250.426-24.90.20.517Ari03:2916:3310:01
Venus 01:06:33.501:07:26.2+05:21:36+05:26:580.6160.728-45.4-4.40.4427Psc02:2314:5608:40
Mars 05:24:46.405:25:48.0+24:00:47+24:01:292.5011.58019.21.70.994Tau05:5020:0512:58
Jupiter 12:51:33.312:52:27.4-03:55:37-04:01:154.7415.454130.6-2.31.0042Vir14:3002:1720:22 Central meridian
Satellites curves
Satellites midnight
Saturn 17:42:04.917:43:08.3-22:00:09-22:00:289.11810.057-156.90.91.0018Oph20:0806:1901:11 Saturn rings
Satellites midnight
Uranus 01:38:43.401:39:36.9+09:39:28+09:44:3120.73219.926-36.45.91.003Psc02:4415:3709:11
Neptune 23:01:57.323:02:50.5-07:09:34-07:03:5930.12729.949-78.97.91.002Aqr00:4712:1806:34

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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.