****************************************************************************************** Planetary, Sun and Moon Data Date: 10/1/2010 Time Zone: 7.0 Latitude: +39°45'00", Longitude: +104°59'00", Elevation (meters): 1609 DeltaT: 115.951 seconds UT: 19:00:00.0, LST: 12:41:40.9 Julian Day: 2455471.291667 ****************************************************************************************** Sun Rise: 6:56 AM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 12:49 PM on 10/1/2010 Set: 6:42 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 12h 31m 12.3s Dec: -03°22'10" Azm: 183°49'20" Alt: +46°48'48" (with refraction: +46°49'44") Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +188°29'39" b: +00°00'00" r: 1.001085 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +188°29'39" b: +00°00'00" r: 1.001085 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 12h 31m 12s Dec: -03°22'04" Physical Data LO: 17.69 BO: 6.69 P: 26.00 Apparent angular diameter: 00°31'57" Mercury Rise: 5:54 AM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 12:09 PM on 10/1/2010 Set: 6:22 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 11h 51m 03.9s Dec: +03°01'47" Azm: 200°35'14" Alt: +51°31'42" (with refraction: +51°32'28") Phase: 89.583%, Apparent magnitude: -1.15 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 139°20'56.3" b: +07°00'15.7" r: 0.337819 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +176°45'14" b: +01°53'35" r: 1.247155 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +176°44'48" b: +01°53'35" r: 1.246990 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 11h 51m 04s Dec: +03°01'51" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 5.39 Venus Rise: 10:04 AM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 2:49 PM on 10/1/2010 Set: 7:33 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Libra RA: 14h 31m 17.4s Dec: -21°54'05" Azm: 152°18'18" Alt: +23°15'12" (with refraction: +23°17'29") Phase: 18.728%, Apparent magnitude: -4.56 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 352°04'16.6" b: -03°22'49.2" r: 0.727062 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +222°26'27" b: -06°39'09" r: 0.370056 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +222°26'42" b: -06°39'07" r: 0.370089 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 14h 31m 17s Dec: -21°53'45" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 45.07 Earth Not applicable Mars Rise: 9:44 AM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 2:53 PM on 10/1/2010 Set: 8:03 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Libra RA: 14h 35m 33.3s Dec: -15°30'55" Azm: 148°25'27" Alt: +28°41'54" (with refraction: +28°43'42") Phase: 96.688%, Apparent magnitude: 1.50 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 242°23'22.5" b: -00°24'29.6" r: 1.520035 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +221°24'45" b: -00°16'28" r: 2.259682 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +221°24'30" b: -00°16'28" r: 2.259763 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 14h 35m 33s Dec: -15°30'52" Physical Data Dec Earth: 17.63°, Dec Sun: 17.63° Position angle: 38.68° Longitude of central meridian: 153.84 Defect of illumination: 0.14, Position angle: 108.46° Apparent angular diameter: 4.14 Jupiter Set: 6:05 AM on 10/1/2010 Rise: 6:14 PM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 12:08 AM on 10/2/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 23h 51m 38.3s Dec: -02°38'42" Azm: 20°12'03" Alt: -51°11'46" Phase: 99.959%, Apparent magnitude: -2.93 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 359°19'48.5" b: -01°16'42.3" r: 4.956584 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +357°01'23" b: -01°35'44" r: 3.971801 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +357°01'13" b: -01°35'44" r: 3.971810 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 23h 51m 38s Dec: -02°38'41" Physical Data DE: 2.32°, DS: 2.09°, Position angle: 334.47°. Longitude of central meridian: System I: 119.85°, System II: 18.67° Correction for phase: -0.02 Apparent equatorial diameter: 49.6 Apparent polar diameter: 46.4 Saturn Rise: 6:52 AM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 12:50 PM on 10/1/2010 Set: 6:48 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Virgo RA: 12h 32m 12.6s Dec: -01°07'14" Azm: 183°36'55" Alt: +49°04'19" (with refraction: +49°05'10") Phase: 100.000%, Apparent magnitude: 0.86 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 187°46'37.7" b: +02°23'27.9" r: 9.557647 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +187°50'28" b: +02°09'52" r: 10.557871 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +187°50'21" b: +02°09'52" r: 10.557852 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 12h 32m 13s Dec: -01°07'14" Physical Data Latitude of the Earth B: 6.512° Latitude of the Sun Bd: 6.278° Position angle: 356.466° Semi-major axis of rings: 35.55" Semi-minor axis of rings: 4.03" Apparent equatorial diameter: 15.7 Apparent polar diameter: 12.5 Uranus Set: 6:12 AM on 10/1/2010 Rise: 6:13 PM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 12:11 AM on 10/2/2010 Constellation: Pisces RA: 23h 54m 39.9s Dec: -01°26'05" Azm: 18°33'32" Alt: -50°13'07" Phase: 99.998%, Apparent magnitude: 5.73 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 358°42'42.1" b: -00°44'49.8" r: 20.091813 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +358°11'48" b: -00°47'09" r: 19.106143 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +358°11'44" b: -00°47'09" r: 19.106150 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 23h 54m 40s Dec: -01°26'04" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 3.67 Neptune Set: 3:32 AM on 10/1/2010 Rise: 4:54 PM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 10:11 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Capricornus RA: 21h 54m 42.9s Dec: -13°13'15" Azm: 65°59'42" Alt: -44°48'22" Phase: 99.987%, Apparent magnitude: 7.85 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 327°33'01.6" b: -00°28'37.8" r: 30.016596 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +326°15'41" b: -00°29'22" r: 29.267855 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +326°15'37" b: -00°29'22" r: 29.267872 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 21h 54m 43s Dec: -13°13'15" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 2.29 Pluto Rise: 1:31 PM on 10/1/2010 Transit: 6:28 PM on 10/1/2010 Set: 11:26 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Sagittarius RA: 18h 11m 26.2s Dec: -18°37'32" Azm: 109°06'00" Alt: -06°13'14" Phase: 99.976%, Apparent magnitude: 14.04 Heliocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: 274°30'57.8" b: +04°47'55.7" r: 31.907219 Geometric geocentric ecliptical coordinates: l: +272°42'57" b: +04°47'11" r: 31.989495 Mean geometric ecliptical coordinates: l: +272°42'53" b: +04°47'12" r: 31.989415 True equatorial coordinates: RA: 18h 11m 26s Dec: -18°37'32" Physical Data Apparent angular diameter: 0.13 Ceres Rise Time: 12:52 PM on 10/1/2010 Transit Time: 15:09 PM on 10/1/2010 Set Time: 9:27 PM on 10/1/2010 Constellation: Sagittarius RA (current): 17h 51m 54s Dec (current): -28° 20' 13" Azimuth: 211° 40' 53" Altitude: +14° 35' 19" Magnitude: 9.02 Earth Distance (au): 2.92 Sun Distance (au): 2.91 Moon Earth-Moon distance: 374783.5 km (232880.2 miles) True Equatorial RA: 07h 10m 55.1s Dec: +21°37'22" Topocentric coordinates: RA: 07h 07m 42.5s Dec: +21°04'35" Rise: ------ Transit: 06:16 Set: 14:49 Angular diameter: 00°32'03" Azm: 282°41'49" Alt: +18°08'03" (with refraction: 18°11'02" ) Physical ephemeris Phase: 43.21 %, Phase angle: 97.81° Position angle of the bright limb: 96.8° True ecliptical coordinates: Lambda: 106°26'48" Beta: 00°48'37" Parallax: 00°58'30.425" Geocentric angular diameter: 00°31'53" Optical libration: l': -6.275°, b': 1.060 Physical libration: l": 0.021, b": -0.007 Total libration: l: -6.254, b: 1.052 Position angle: 5.45° Begin End Date Moon rise Moon set Sun rise Sun set Twilight Twilight ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 10/1/2010 ------ 14:49 06:56 18:42 05:27 20:12 10/2/2010 00:46 15:29 06:57 18:40 05:28 20:10 10/3/2010 01:58 16:05 06:58 18:39 05:29 20:08 10/4/2010 03:12 16:37 06:59 18:37 05:30 20:07 10/5/2010 04:27 17:09 07:00 18:36 05:31 20:05 10/6/2010 05:42 17:40 07:01 18:34 05:32 20:04 10/7/2010 06:58 18:12 07:02 18:33 05:33 20:02 10/8/2010 08:13 18:48 07:03 18:31 05:34 20:01 10/9/2010 09:29 19:29 07:04 18:29 05:35 19:59 10/10/2010 10:39 20:15 07:05 18:28 05:36 19:58 10/11/2010 11:45 21:08 07:06 18:26 05:37 19:56 10/12/2010 12:41 22:05 07:07 18:25 05:38 19:55 10/13/2010 13:30 23:06 07:08 18:23 05:39 19:53 10/14/2010 14:09 ------ 07:09 18:22 05:40 19:52 10/15/2010 14:43 00:06 07:10 18:20 05:41 19:50 10/16/2010 15:12 01:07 07:11 18:19 05:42 19:49 10/17/2010 15:38 02:06 07:12 18:17 05:43 19:48 10/18/2010 16:01 03:04 07:14 18:16 05:44 19:46 10/19/2010 16:25 04:02 07:15 18:15 05:45 19:45 10/20/2010 16:49 05:00 07:16 18:13 05:46 19:44 10/21/2010 17:14 05:59 07:17 18:12 05:47 19:42 10/22/2010 17:43 07:00 07:18 18:10 05:48 19:41 10/23/2010 18:15 08:01 07:19 18:09 05:49 19:40 10/24/2010 18:53 09:04 07:20 18:08 05:50 19:38 10/25/2010 19:38 10:06 07:21 18:06 05:51 19:37 10/26/2010 20:31 11:05 07:22 18:05 05:52 19:36 10/27/2010 21:31 11:59 07:23 18:04 05:53 19:35 10/28/2010 22:37 12:46 07:24 18:03 05:53 19:34 10/29/2010 23:46 13:28 07:26 18:01 05:54 19:33 10/30/2010 ------ 14:04 07:27 18:00 05:55 19:32 10/31/2010 00:57 14:36 07:28 17:59 05:56 19:30