****************************************************************************************** Planetary, Sun and Moon Data Date: 8/1/2010 Time Zone: 7.0 Latitude: +39°45'00", Longitude: +104°59'00", Elevation (meters): 1609 DeltaT: 115.733 seconds UT: 19:00:00.0, LST: 08:41:11.1 Julian Day: 2455410.291667 ****************************************************************************************** Sun Rise: 5:58 AM on 8/1/2010 Transit: 1:06 PM on 8/1/2010 Set: 8:13 PM on 8/1/2010 RA: 08h 47m 25.9s Dec: +17°53'40" Constellation: Cancer Azm: 176°00'46" Alt: +68°06'10" (with refraction: +68°06'33") Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +129°25'15" b: +00°00'01" r: 1.014902 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +129°25'15" b: +00°00'01" r: 1.014902 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 08h 47m 26s Dec: +17°53'43" Physical Data LO: 103.48 BO: 5.82 P: 11.07 Apparent angular diameter: 00°31'31" Mercury Rise: 8:17 AM on 8/1/2010 Transit: 2:49 PM on 8/1/2010 Set: 9:21 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Leo RA: 10h 30m 52.3s Dec: +08°39'57" Azm: 134°21'48" Alt: +50°26'40" (with refraction: +50°27'29") Phase: 56.177%, Apparent magnitude: 0.23 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 239°06'53.5" b: -01°18'04.9" r: 0.460579 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +156°10'50" b: -00°37'20" r: 0.962944 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +156°10'44" b: -00°37'16" r: 0.963067 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 10h 30m 52s Dec: +08°40'01" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 6.98 Venus Rise: 9:47 AM on 8/1/2010 Transit: 3:58 PM on 8/1/2010 Set: 10:08 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 11h 39m 31.3s Dec: +02°17'17" Azm: 121°10'30" Alt: +34°56'14" (with refraction: +34°57'38") Phase: 57.749%, Apparent magnitude: -4.20 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 255°29'17.6" b: +00°04'36.3" r: 0.726044 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +174°23'32" b: +00°04'02" r: 0.830440 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +174°23'28" b: +00°04'04" r: 0.830535 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 11h 39m 31s Dec: +02°17'23" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 20.08 Earth Not applicable Mars Rise: 10:23 AM on 8/1/2010 Transit: 4:25 PM on 8/1/2010 Set: 10:26 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 12h 06m 59.7s Dec: -00°16'10" Azm: 117°12'32" Alt: +28°25'53" (with refraction: +28°27'42") Phase: 93.197%, Apparent magnitude: 1.48 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 211°57'30.5" b: +00°33'43.1" r: 1.594335 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +181°42'46" b: +00°26'55" r: 1.998119 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +181°42'33" b: +00°26'55" r: 1.998207 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 12h 06m 59s Dec: -00°16'07" Physical Data Dec Earth: 25.94°, Dec Sun: 25.94° Position angle: 27.75° Longitude of central meridian: 31.96 Defect of illumination: 0.32, Position angle: 113.08° Apparent angular diameter: 4.68 Jupiter Transit: 4:34 AM on 8/1/2010 Set: 10:36 AM on 8/1/2010 Rise: 10:28 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 00h 14m 15.4s Dec: -00°01'36" Azm: 295°29'20" Alt: -27°23'42" Phase: 99.314%, Apparent magnitude: -2.75 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 353°45'22.7" b: -01°14'51.5" r: 4.963585 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +03°15'18" b: -01°26'29" r: 4.296743 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +03°15'09" b: -01°26'29" r: 4.296714 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 00h 14m 15s Dec: -00°01'34" Physical Data DE: 2.39°, DS: 1.85°, Position angle: 334.59°. Longitude of central meridian: System I: 200.06°, System II: 204.33° Correction for phase: 0.39 Apparent equatorial diameter: 45.8 Apparent polar diameter: 42.9 Saturn Rise: 10:17 AM on 8/1/2010 Transit: 4:25 PM on 8/1/2010 Set: 10:32 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 12h 07m 02.6s Dec: +01°39'46" Azm: 115°40'33" Alt: +29°49'27" (with refraction: +29°51'10") Phase: 99.826%, Apparent magnitude: 1.09 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 185°44'30.6" b: +02°21'55.2" r: 9.539253 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +180°57'16" b: +02°13'33" r: 10.136915 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +180°57'09" b: +02°13'33" r: 10.136924 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 12h 07m 03s Dec: +01°39'46" Physical Data Latitude of the Earth B: 3.316° Latitude of the Sun Bd: 5.382° Position angle: 355.912° Semi-major axis of rings: 37.03" Semi-minor axis of rings: 2.14" Apparent equatorial diameter: 16.3 Apparent polar diameter: 13.0 Uranus Transit: 4:22 AM on 8/1/2010 Set: 10:22 AM on 8/1/2010 Rise: 10:18 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 00h 02m 21.0s Dec: -00°35'22" Azm: 297°30'31" Alt: -29°51'06" Phase: 99.962%, Apparent magnitude: 5.77 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 358°03'23.2" b: -00°44'57.6" r: 20.093220 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +00°17'51" b: -00°46'29" r: 19.437450 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +00°17'46" b: -00°46'29" r: 19.437436 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 00h 02m 21s Dec: -00°35'22" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 3.60 Neptune Transit: 2:17 AM on 8/1/2010 Set: 7:40 AM on 8/1/2010 Rise: 8:58 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Aquarius RA: 22h 00m 35.6s Dec: -12°41'26" Azm: 321°35'24" Alt: -57°46'30" Phase: 99.997%, Apparent magnitude: 7.83 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 327°10'54.5" b: -00°27'58.5" r: 30.018400 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +327°47'14" b: -00°28'54" r: 29.053526 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +327°47'10" b: -00°28'54" r: 29.053526 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 22h 00m 36s Dec: -12°41'26" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 2.31 Pluto Set: 3:32 AM on 8/1/2010 Rise: 5:31 PM on 8/1/2010 Transit: 10:30 PM on 8/1/2010 Constellation: Sagittarius RA: 18h 12m 59.0s Dec: -18°22'25" Azm: 67°03'47" Alt: -51°37'06" Phase: 99.991%, Apparent magnitude: 13.98 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 274°10'11.1" b: +04°54'02.8" r: 31.874875 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +273°05'01" b: +05°01'51" r: 31.053217 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +273°04'57" b: +05°01'52" r: 31.053133 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 18h 12m 59s Dec: -18°22'25" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 0.13 Ceres Rise Time: 4:13 PM on 8/1/10 Transit Time: 8:36 PM on 8/1/10 Set Time: 1:03 AM on 8/1/10 Constellation: Ophiuchus RA (current): 17h 18m 49s Dec (current): -27° 04' 36" Azimuth: 186° 46' 17" Altitude: +23° 03' 23" Magnitude: 8.13 Earth Distance (au): 2.10 Sun Distance (au): 2.87 Moon Earth-Moon distance: 398897.8 km (247864.2 miles) True Equatorial RA: 01h 18m 11.9s Dec: +13°46'27" Topocentric coordinates: RA: 01h 15m 29.6s Dec: +13°08'56" Rise: 23:02 Transit: 04:23 Set: 12:22 Angular diameter: 00°29'54" Azm: 293°55'59" Alt: -07°21'14" Physical ephemeris Phase: 64.01 %, Phase angle: 73.73° Position angle of the bright limb: 66.4° True ecliptical coordinates: Lambda: 23°13'56" Beta: 05°06'57" Parallax: 00°54'58.193" Geocentric angular diameter: 00°29'57" Optical libration: l': -5.670°, b': -6.619 Physical libration: l": 0.009, b": -0.006 Total libration: l: -5.661, b: -6.626 Position angle: -22.38° Begin End Date Moon rise Moon set Sun rise Sun set Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 8/1/2010 23:02 12:22 05:59 20:13 04:11 22:00 8/2/2010 23:34 13:24 06:00 20:12 04:12 21:59 8/3/2010 ------ 14:27 06:01 20:11 04:14 21:57 8/4/2010 00:12 15:31 06:02 20:10 04:15 21:56 8/5/2010 00:59 16:33 06:03 20:08 04:16 21:54 8/6/2010 01:55 17:31 06:04 20:07 04:18 21:53 8/7/2010 03:01 18:21 06:04 20:06 04:19 21:51 8/8/2010 04:14 19:05 06:05 20:05 04:21 21:49 8/9/2010 05:31 19:42 06:06 20:04 04:22 21:48 8/10/2010 06:49 20:15 06:07 20:03 04:23 21:46 8/11/2010 08:05 20:46 06:08 20:01 04:25 21:44 8/12/2010 09:21 21:16 06:09 20:00 04:26 21:43 8/13/2010 10:35 21:47 06:10 19:59 04:28 21:41 8/14/2010 11:48 22:20 06:11 19:57 04:29 21:39 8/15/2010 12:59 22:58 06:12 19:56 04:30 21:37 8/16/2010 14:07 23:41 06:13 19:55 04:32 21:35 8/17/2010 15:10 ------ 06:14 19:53 04:33 21:34 8/18/2010 16:06 00:29 06:15 19:52 04:35 21:32 8/19/2010 16:54 01:23 06:16 19:51 04:36 21:30 8/20/2010 17:35 02:21 06:17 19:49 04:37 21:28 8/21/2010 18:10 03:21 06:17 19:48 04:39 21:26 8/22/2010 18:39 04:21 06:18 19:46 04:40 21:25 8/23/2010 19:06 05:22 06:19 19:45 04:41 21:23 8/24/2010 19:30 06:20 06:20 19:44 04:43 21:21 8/25/2010 19:53 07:19 06:21 19:42 04:44 21:19 8/26/2010 20:16 08:16 06:22 19:41 04:45 21:17 8/27/2010 20:40 09:15 06:23 19:39 04:47 21:15 8/28/2010 21:06 10:14 06:24 19:38 04:48 21:13 8/29/2010 21:36 11:15 06:25 19:36 04:49 21:12 8/30/2010 22:11 12:16 06:26 19:34 04:50 21:10 8/31/2010 22:53 13:19 06:27 19:33 04:52 21:08