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SkyWatch: July 2020

Dates and times are Universal Time
Positions are geocentric J2000
Pluto's position is astrometric, i.e., it accounts for the approx. 6 hour light-time
Elongations are in degrees
Calculations by Brian D. Warner

Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)

Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)

Sun Information

Currently (Mon, 2020 Jul 06 23:45 UT)

RA    07 04 23.9
Dec   +22 36 41.5
X     -0.264178
Y      0.900767
Z      0.390480
R      1.016684

Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Civil Twilight (CT): Sun 6º below horizon
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon

Local
Date AT
Start NT
Start CT
Start Sun
Rise Sun
Set CT
End NT
End AT
End
2020 Jul 05    02:43 03:29 04:08 04:40 19:27 19:59 20:38 21:24
2020 Jul 06    02:44 03:29 04:09 04:41 19:27 19:58 20:38 21:23
2020 Jul 07    02:45 03:30 04:10 04:41 19:26 19:58 20:37 21:22

Moon Information

Currently (Mon, 2020 Jul 06 23:45 UT)

RA          20 42 32.2
Dec         -21 35 27.9
Phase       -0.962  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    0.945 degrees
Diameter    30.90 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  156W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2020 Jul 05 19:23 00:09 04:53
2020 Jul 06 20:17 01:05 05:57
2020 Jul 07 21:02 01:59 07:04

Phases for 2020
       New                    First                  Full                   Last
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Nov 26 2019  15:06     Dec 04 2019  06:59     Dec 12 2019  05:13     Dec 19 2019  04:58     
Dec 26 2019  05:14     Jan 03 2020  04:46     Jan 10 2020  19:22     Jan 17 2020  12:59     
Jan 24 2020  21:43     Feb 02 2020  01:42     Feb 09 2020  07:34     Feb 15 2020  22:18     
Feb 23 2020  15:32     Mar 02 2020  19:58     Mar 09 2020  17:48     Mar 16 2020  09:35     
Mar 24 2020  09:29     Apr 01 2020  10:22     Apr 08 2020  02:35     Apr 14 2020  22:57     
Apr 23 2020  02:26     Apr 30 2020  20:39     May 07 2020  10:46     May 14 2020  14:03     
May 22 2020  17:39     May 30 2020  03:30     Jun 05 2020  19:13     Jun 13 2020  06:24     
Jun 21 2020  06:42     Jun 28 2020  08:16     Jul 05 2020  04:45     Jul 12 2020  23:30     
Jul 20 2020  17:33     Jul 27 2020  12:33     Aug 03 2020  15:59     Aug 11 2020  16:45     
Aug 19 2020  02:42     Aug 25 2020  17:58     Sep 02 2020  05:23     Sep 10 2020  09:26     
Sep 17 2020  11:01     Sep 24 2020  01:56     Oct 01 2020  21:06     Oct 10 2020  00:40     
Oct 16 2020  19:32     Oct 23 2020  13:24     Oct 31 2020  14:50     Nov 08 2020  13:47     
Nov 15 2020  05:08     Nov 22 2020  04:46     Nov 30 2020  09:30     Dec 08 2020  00:37     
Dec 14 2020  16:17     Dec 21 2020  23:42     Dec 30 2020  03:29     Jan 06 2021  09:38     
Jan 13 2021  05:01     Jan 20 2021  21:02     Jan 28 2021  19:17     Feb 04 2021  17:38     
Planet Information
Currently  (Mon, 2020 Jul 06  23:45 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         07 04 23.9   +22 36 41.5       
Opposition  19 04 23.9   -22 36 41.5   180E   19:25   00:02   04:40
Mercury     06 27 06.9   +18 28 17.9    10W   04:33   11:31   18:28
Venus       04 25 20.0   +17 12 07.3    38W   02:32   09:26   16:20
Mars        00 23 02.5   -01 04 26.2   100W   22:30   05:23   11:15
Jupiter     19 39 37.9   -21 46 38.5   172W   19:46   00:30   05:05
Saturn      20 06 21.3   -20 28 59.8   165W   20:08   00:57   05:38
Uranus      02 30 04.4   +14 18 43.2    65W   00:49   07:32   14:16
Neptune     23 27 15.9   -04 42 35.3   114W   22:33   04:18   09:55
Pluto       19 42 52.4   -22 20 09.7   171W   19:52   00:34   05:08 
Selected Positions for July 2020                Jul 01 2020                       Jul 16 2020                       Jul 31 2020
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Sun         06 40 42.4  +23 06 25.2           07 42 04.2  +21 21 57.7           09 42 35.0  +13 44 46.8      
Opposition  18 40 42.4  -23 06 25.2  180E     19 42 04.2  -21 21 57.7  180E     21 42 35.0  -13 44 46.8  180E
Mercury     06 40 09.0  +18 40 19.9    4W     06 24 34.3  +19 31 22.4   18W     09 38 12.6  +15 57 12.1    2W
Venus       04 18 02.2  +17 12 34.8   34W     04 44 41.1  +17 45 22.1   42W     06 32 28.9  +20 06 49.7   46W
Mars        00 10 25.5  -02 17 05.2   98W     00 42 21.8  +00 45 31.6  104W     01 33 47.3  +05 22 31.5  120W
Jupiter     19 42 38.1  -21 38 31.7  166W     19 34 36.4  -21 59 35.6  178E     19 19 42.0  -22 34 00.1  145E
Saturn      20 07 59.5  -20 23 30.6  160W     20 03 34.7  -20 38 05.1  175W     19 54 26.6  -21 06 27.2  153E
Uranus      02 29 19.8  +14 15 12.2   60W     02 31 04.9  +14 23 26.6   74W     02 32 34.1  +14 30 03.5  103W
Neptune     23 27 23.0  -04 41 33.8  109W     23 26 56.7  -04 45 03.5  123W     23 24 51.5  -04 59 32.9  153W
Pluto       19 43 26.2  -22 18 10.6  166W     19 41 55.7  -22 23 19.7  179E     19 38 57.0  -22 33 05.1  149E

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2020 Jul 05	02:43	03:29	04:08	04:40	19:27	19:59	20:38	21:24
2020 Jul 06	02:44	03:29	04:09	04:41	19:27	19:58	20:38	21:23
2020 Jul 07	02:45	03:30	04:10	04:41	19:26	19:58	20:37	21:22

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2020 Jul 05	19:23	00:09	04:53
2020 Jul 06	20:17	01:05	05:57
2020 Jul 07	21:02	01:59	07:04