****************************************************************************************** Planetary, Sun and Moon Data Date: 9/1/2010 Time Zone: 7.0 Latitude: +39°45'00", Longitude: +104°59'00", Elevation (meters): 1609 DeltaT: 115.844 seconds UT: 19:00:00.0, LST: 10:43:24.3 Julian Day: 2455441.291667 ****************************************************************************************** Sun Rise: 6:28 AM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 12:59 PM on 9/1/2010 Set: 7:31 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Leo RA: 10h 43m 16.0s Dec: +08°06'23" Azm: 180°03'55" Alt: +58°21'23" (with refraction: +58°21'59") Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +159°14'03" b: +00°00'00" r: 1.009117 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +159°14'03" b: +00°00'00" r: 1.009117 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 10h 43m 16s Dec: +08°06'28" Physical Data LO: 53.74 BO: 7.20 P: 21.22 Apparent angular diameter: 00°31'42" Mercury Rise: 6:55 AM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 1:05 PM on 9/1/2010 Set: 7:17 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Sextans RA: 10h 49m 17.0s Dec: +02°57'29" Azm: 177°33'01" Alt: +53°11'02" (with refraction: +53°11'46") Phase: 1.483%, Apparent magnitude: 4.45 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 333°52'21.9" b: -06°45'20.5" r: 0.389946 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +162°33'28" b: -04°12'00" r: 0.626309 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +162°34'01" b: -04°12'02" r: 0.626304 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 10h 49m 17s Dec: +02°57'38" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 10.73 Venus Rise: 10:21 AM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 3:42 PM on 9/1/2010 Set: 9:02 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 13h 25m 53.0s Dec: -12°23'38" Azm: 135°08'40" Alt: +25°38'31" (with refraction: +25°40'34") Phase: 41.383%, Apparent magnitude: -4.43 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 304°33'00.5" b: -02°30'53.7" r: 0.728210 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +204°27'03" b: -03°08'07" r: 0.584212 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +204°27'07" b: -03°08'04" r: 0.584278 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 13h 25m 52s Dec: -12°23'27" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 28.55 Earth Not applicable Mars Rise: 10:00 AM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 3:35 PM on 9/1/2010 Set: 9:09 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 13h 18m 54.7s Dec: -08°15'40" Azm: 134°09'23" Alt: +30°01'48" (with refraction: +30°03'30") Phase: 95.044%, Apparent magnitude: 1.52 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 227°03'31.0" b: +00°05'00.2" r: 1.558305 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +201°19'35" b: +00°03'38" r: 2.152661 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +201°19'22" b: +00°03'38" r: 2.152748 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 13h 18m 55s Dec: -08°15'37" Physical Data Dec Earth: 23.26°, Dec Sun: 23.26° Position angle: 35.40° Longitude of central meridian: 87.90 Defect of illumination: 0.22, Position angle: 111.92° Apparent angular diameter: 4.35 Jupiter Transit: 2:24 AM on 9/1/2010 Set: 8:22 AM on 9/1/2010 Rise: 8:21 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 00h 05m 46.8s Dec: -01°04'47" Azm: 328°56'38" Alt: -47°01'25" Phase: 99.858%, Apparent magnitude: -2.91 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 356°35'13.2" b: -01°15'53.1" r: 4.959767 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +00°53'21" b: -01°33'54" r: 4.008155 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +00°53'11" b: -01°33'54" r: 4.008144 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 00h 05m 47s Dec: -01°04'45" Physical Data DE: 2.43°, DS: 1.97°, Position angle: 334.51°. Longitude of central meridian: System I: 58.80°, System II: 186.52° Correction for phase: 0.08 Apparent equatorial diameter: 49.1 Apparent polar diameter: 45.9 Saturn Rise: 8:32 AM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 2:35 PM on 9/1/2010 Set: 8:38 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 12h 18m 54.3s Dec: +00°19'16" Azm: 145°06'39" Alt: +44°57'40" (with refraction: +44°58'39") Phase: 99.950%, Apparent magnitude: 1.01 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 186°46'38.0" b: +02°22'43.7" r: 9.548605 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +184°12'45" b: +02°10'22" r: 10.453104 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +184°12'38" b: +02°10'22" r: 10.453100 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 12h 18m 54s Dec: +00°19'16" Physical Data Latitude of the Earth B: 4.860° Latitude of the Sun Bd: 5.839° Position angle: 356.168° Semi-major axis of rings: 35.91" Semi-minor axis of rings: 3.04" Apparent equatorial diameter: 15.8 Apparent polar diameter: 12.6 Uranus Transit: 2:13 AM on 9/1/2010 Set: 8:16 AM on 9/1/2010 Rise: 8:14 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 23h 58m 59.5s Dec: -00°57'56" Azm: 331°19'11" Alt: -47°34'04" Phase: 99.993%, Apparent magnitude: 5.74 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 358°23'22.2" b: -00°44'53.7" r: 20.092525 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +359°22'32" b: -00°47'07" r: 19.142201 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +359°22'28" b: -00°47'07" r: 19.142196 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 23h 58m 59s Dec: -00°57'55" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 3.66 Neptune Set: 5:34 AM on 9/1/2010 Rise: 6:54 PM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 12:12 AM on 9/2/2010 Constellation: Capricornus RA: 21h 57m 23.7s Dec: -12°58'56" Azm: 23°55'51" Alt: -61°22'38" Phase: 99.999%, Apparent magnitude: 7.83 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 327°22'09.2" b: -00°28'18.5" r: 30.017486 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +326°57'17" b: -00°29'16" r: 29.030723 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +326°57'13" b: -00°29'16" r: 29.030732 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 21h 57m 24s Dec: -12°58'56" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 2.31 Pluto Set: 1:28 AM on 9/1/2010 Rise: 3:28 PM on 9/1/2010 Transit: 8:26 PM on 9/1/2010 Constellation: Sagittarius RA: 18h 11m 15.6s Dec: -18°29'59" Azm: 91°07'01" Alt: -28°23'54" Phase: 99.979%, Apparent magnitude: 14.01 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 274°20'45.4" b: +04°50'56.2" r: 31.891291 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +272°40'24" b: +04°54'47" r: 31.475533 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +272°40'20" b: +04°54'48" r: 31.475454 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 18h 11m 16s Dec: -18°29'59" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 0.13 Ceres Rise Time: 2:21 PM 9/1/2010 Transit Time: 6:41 PM 9/1/2010 Set Time: 11:01 PM 9/1/2010 Constellation: Ophiuchus RA (current): 17h 25m 34s Dec (current): -27° 48' 00" Azimuth: 203° 49' 00" Altitude: +18° 32' 18" Magnitude: 8.67 Earth Distance (au): 2.50 Sun Distance (au): 2.89 Moon Earth-Moon distance: 384505.5 km (238921.2 miles) True Equatorial RA: 04h 32m 00.9s Dec: +24°28'48" Topocentric coordinates: RA: 04h 28m 48.2s Dec: +23°54'37" Rise: 23:43 Transit: 05:34 Set: 14:20 Angular diameter: 00°31'11" Azm: 290°55'29" Alt: +12°22'53" (with refraction: 12°27'16" ) Physical ephemeris Phase: 49.42 %, Phase angle: 90.67° Position angle of the bright limb: 81.5° True ecliptical coordinates: Lambda: 70°02'56" Beta: 02°33'03" Parallax: 00°57'01.658" Geocentric angular diameter: 00°31'05" Optical libration: l': -7.287°, b': -3.290 Physical libration: l": 0.016, b": -0.007 Total libration: l: -7.271, b: -3.298 Position angle: -9.91° Begin End Date Moon rise Moon set Sun rise Sun set Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 9/1/2010 23:43 14:20 06:28 19:31 04:53 21:06 9/2/2010 ------ 15:18 06:29 19:30 04:54 21:04 9/3/2010 00:43 16:09 06:30 19:28 04:55 21:02 9/4/2010 01:51 16:55 06:31 19:27 04:57 21:00 9/5/2010 03:04 17:35 06:31 19:25 04:58 20:58 9/6/2010 04:20 18:10 06:32 19:23 04:59 20:56 9/7/2010 05:37 18:42 06:33 19:22 05:00 20:55 9/8/2010 06:54 19:13 06:34 19:20 05:01 20:53 9/9/2010 08:10 19:44 06:35 19:18 05:03 20:51 9/10/2010 09:26 20:17 06:36 19:17 05:04 20:49 9/11/2010 10:40 20:55 06:37 19:15 05:05 20:47 9/12/2010 11:52 21:37 06:38 19:14 05:06 20:45 9/13/2010 12:59 22:24 06:39 19:12 05:07 20:43 9/14/2010 13:59 23:18 06:40 19:10 05:08 20:42 9/15/2010 14:51 ------ 06:41 19:09 05:09 20:40 9/16/2010 15:34 00:15 06:42 19:07 05:11 20:38 9/17/2010 16:11 01:15 06:43 19:05 05:12 20:36 9/18/2010 16:42 02:15 06:44 19:04 05:13 20:34 9/19/2010 17:10 03:15 06:45 19:02 05:14 20:32 9/20/2010 17:35 04:14 06:46 19:00 05:15 20:31 9/21/2010 17:58 05:12 06:46 18:59 05:16 20:29 9/22/2010 18:21 06:10 06:47 18:57 05:17 20:27 9/23/2010 18:45 07:08 06:48 18:55 05:18 20:25 9/24/2010 19:11 08:07 06:49 18:54 05:19 20:24 9/25/2010 19:40 09:08 06:50 18:52 05:20 20:22 9/26/2010 20:13 10:09 06:51 18:50 05:21 20:20 9/27/2010 20:52 11:11 06:52 18:49 05:22 20:18 9/28/2010 21:40 12:12 06:53 18:47 05:24 20:17 9/29/2010 22:34 13:10 06:54 18:45 05:25 20:15 9/30/2010 23:37 14:02 06:55 18:44 05:26 20:13