****************************************************************************************** Planetary, Sun and Moon Data Date: 3/1/2010 Time Zone: 7.0 Latitude: +39°45'00", Longitude: +104°59'00", Elevation (meters): 1609 DeltaT: 115.188 seconds UT: 19:00:00.0, LST: 22:37:58.1 Julian Day: 2455257.291667 ****************************************************************************************** Sun Rise: 6:33 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 12:12 PM on 3/1/2010 Set: 5:52 PM on 3/1/2010 RA: 22h 50m 10.9s Dec: -07°24'41" Azm: 175°52'30" Alt: +42°45'15" (with refraction: +42°46'19") Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +341°05'02" b: -00°00'01" r: 0.990904 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +341°05'02" b: -00°00'01" r: 0.990904 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 22h 50m 11s Dec: -07°24'34" Physical Data LO: 325.54 BO: -7.22 P: -21.69 Apparent angular diameter: 00°32'17" Mercury Rise: 6:17 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 11:35 AM on 3/1/2010 Set: 4:53 PM on 3/1/2010 RA: 22h 12m 59.3s Dec: -13°20'46" Constellation: Aquarius Azm: 187°34'28" Alt: +36°35'11" (with refraction: +36°36'31") Phase: 95.020%, Apparent magnitude: -0.75 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 304°58'33.3" b: -06°48'50.3" r: 0.430601 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +330°24'17" b: -02°09'06" r: 1.360823 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +330°23'49" b: -02°09'06" r: 1.360771 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 22h 12m 59s Dec: -13°20'41" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 4.94 Venus Rise: 7:08 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 12:58 PM on 3/1/2010 Set: 6:48 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Aquarius RA: 23h 35m 56.4s Dec: -04°05'31" Azm: 159°37'57" Alt: +44°10'30" (with refraction: +44°11'30") Phase: 97.994%, Apparent magnitude: -3.91 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 09°04'44.5" b: -03°08'28.6" r: 0.725961 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +352°51'58" b: -01°22'04" r: 1.666561 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +352°51'35" b: -01°22'05" r: 1.666616 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 23h 35m 56s Dec: -04°05'27" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 10.01 Earth Not applicable Mars Set: 5:08 AM on 3/1/2010 Rise: 2:07 PM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 9:36 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Cancer RA: 08h 15m 47.0s Dec: +23°49'23" Azm: 34°04'00" Alt: -18°17'59" Phase: 96.106%, Apparent magnitude: -0.60 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 143°29'31.4" b: +01°50'43.8" r: 1.661717 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +120°47'33" b: +03°56'33" r: 0.778276 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +120°47'19" b: +03°56'33" r: 0.778297 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 08h 15m 47s Dec: +23°49'32" Physical Data Dec Earth: 12.31°, Dec Sun: 12.31° Position angle: 351.53° Longitude of central meridian: 51.45 Defect of illumination: 0.47, Position angle: 107.50° Apparent angular diameter: 12.03 Jupiter Rise: 6:36 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 12:09 PM on 3/1/2010 Set: 5:42 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Aquarius RA: 22h 47m 47.1s Dec: -08°39'46" Azm: 176°45'31" Alt: +41°32'02" (with refraction: +41°33'09") Phase: 99.999%, Apparent magnitude: -2.03 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 339°51'52.5" b: -01°07'13.8" r: 4.989933 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +340°03'46" b: -00°56'06" r: 5.980490 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +340°03'36" b: -00°56'06" r: 5.980497 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 22h 47m 47s Dec: -08°39'45" Physical Data DE: 1.02°, DS: 1.19°, Position angle: 335.56°. Longitude of central meridian: System I: 175.98°, System II: 267.72° Correction for phase: 0.00 Apparent equatorial diameter: 32.9 Apparent polar diameter: 30.8 Saturn Transit: 1:38 AM on 3/1/2010 Set: 7:44 AM on 3/1/2010 Rise: 7:28 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 12h 14m 23.0s Dec: +01°12'14" Azm: 325°45'07" Alt: -43°29'21" Phase: 99.962%, Apparent magnitude: 0.59 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 180°36'04.5" b: +02°17'13.5" r: 9.493065 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +182°48'47" b: +02°32'05" r: 8.566292 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +182°48'40" b: +02°32'05" r: 8.566266 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 12h 14m 23s Dec: +01°12'15" Physical Data Latitude of the Earth B: 3.901° Latitude of the Sun Bd: 3.099° Position angle: 356.072° Semi-major axis of rings: 43.82" Semi-minor axis of rings: 2.98" Apparent equatorial diameter: 19.3 Apparent polar diameter: 15.4 Uranus Rise: 7:13 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 1:07 PM on 3/1/2010 Set: 7:01 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 23h 45m 19.9s Dec: -02°22'22" Azm: 155°46'28" Alt: +45°08'04" (with refraction: +45°09'02") Phase: 99.996%, Apparent magnitude: 5.94 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 356°24'44.6" b: -00°45'15.7" r: 20.096048 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +355°41'42" b: -00°43'12" r: 21.053273 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +355°41'37" b: -00°43'12" r: 21.053280 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 23h 45m 20s Dec: -02°22'22" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 3.33 Neptune Rise: 6:00 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 11:18 AM on 3/1/2010 Set: 4:36 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Capricornus RA: 21h 56m 21.7s Dec: -13°00'27" Azm: 192°37'05" Alt: +36°21'41" (with refraction: +36°23'01") Phase: 99.998%, Apparent magnitude: 7.97 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 326°15'22.3" b: -00°26'19.7" r: 30.022796 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +326°43'14" b: -00°25'31" r: 30.981692 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +326°43'10" b: -00°25'31" r: 30.981693 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 21h 56m 22s Dec: -13°00'27" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 2.16 Pluto Rise: 2:44 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit: 7:43 AM on 3/1/2010 Set: 12:42 PM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Sagittarius RA: 18h 20m 41.4s Dec: -18°15'28" Azm: 239°30'20" Alt: +06°39'56" (with refraction: +06°47'42") Phase: 99.980%, Apparent magnitude: 14.05 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 273°17'46.7" b: +05°09'23.9" r: 31.794490 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +274°55'47" b: +05°05'39" r: 32.182833 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +274°55'44" b: +05°05'40" r: 32.182719 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 18h 20m 41s Dec: -18°15'28" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 0.13 1 Ceres Rise Time: 02:13 AM on 3/1/2010 Transit Time: 07:04 AM on 3/1/2010 Set Time: 11:54 AM on 3/1/2010 Constellation: Ophiuchus Earth Distance (au): 2.83 Sun Distance (au): 2.75 RA (current): 17h 40m 42s Dec (current): -20° 35' 45" Azimuth: 132° 12' 17" Altitude: +13° 45' 39" Magnitude: 8.85 Moon Earth-Moon distance: 361215.8 km (224449.6 miles) True Equatorial RA: 11h 39m 53.0s Dec: -02°56'35" Topocentric coordinates: RA: 11h 39m 03.6s Dec: -03°32'21" Rise: 19:35 Transit: 00:38 Set: 06:45 Angular diameter: 00°32'38" Azm: 335°10'12" Alt: -51°14'15" Physical ephemeris Phase: 98.04 %, Phase angle: 16.11° Position angle of the bright limb: 129.9° True ecliptical coordinates: Lambda: 176°33'15" Beta: 04°41'59" Parallax: 01°00'42.295" Geocentric angular diameter: 00°33'05" Optical libration: l': 3.551 °, b': 6.131 Physical libration: l": -0.018, b": 0.008 Total libration: l: 3.534 , b: 6.139 Position angle: 22.81° Begin End Date Moonrise Moonset Sunrise Sunset Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 3/1/10 19:35 06:45 06:33 17:52 05:04 19:22 3/2/10 20:49 07:15 06:31 17:53 05:02 19:23 3/3/10 22:01 07:46 06:30 17:55 05:01 19:24 3/4/10 23:12 08:19 06:28 17:56 04:59 19:25 3/5/10 ------ 08:58 06:27 17:57 04:58 19:26 3/6/10 00:18 09:42 06:25 17:58 04:56 19:27 3/7/10 01:19 10:31 06:24 17:59 04:55 19:28 3/8/10 02:11 11:26 06:22 18:00 04:53 19:29 3/9/10 02:56 12:23 06:20 18:01 04:51 19:30 3/10/10 03:35 13:23 06:19 18:02 04:50 19:32 3/11/10 04:07 14:22 06:17 18:03 04:48 19:33 3/12/10 04:35 15:22 06:16 18:04 04:47 19:34 3/13/10 05:00 16:20 06:14 18:05 04:45 19:35 3/14/10 05:24 17:19 06:13 18:06 04:43 19:36 3/15/10 06:47 19:19 07:11 19:07 05:42 20:37 3/16/10 07:10 20:19 07:10 19:08 05:40 20:38 3/17/10 07:35 21:21 07:08 19:09 05:39 20:39 3/18/10 08:02 22:24 07:07 19:10 05:37 20:40 3/19/10 08:34 23:30 07:05 19:11 05:35 20:41 3/20/10 09:13 ------ 07:03 19:12 05:34 20:42 3/21/10 09:59 00:34 07:02 19:13 05:32 20:43 3/22/10 10:54 01:36 07:00 19:14 05:30 20:44 3/23/10 11:58 02:32 06:59 19:15 05:28 20:46 3/24/10 13:09 03:21 06:57 19:16 05:27 20:47 3/25/10 14:22 04:03 06:55 19:17 05:25 20:48 3/26/10 15:38 04:39 06:54 19:18 05:23 20:49 3/27/10 16:53 05:12 06:52 19:19 05:21 20:50 3/28/10 18:07 05:42 06:50 19:20 05:20 20:51 3/29/10 19:22 06:11 06:49 19:21 05:18 20:53 3/30/10 20:35 06:41 06:47 19:22 05:16 20:54 3/31/10 21:49 07:15 06:46 19:23 05:14 20:55