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SkyWatch: February 2019

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 (Wed, 2019 Feb 20 20:40 UT)

RA    22 14 14.9
Dec   -10 55 27.1
X      0.870236
Y     -0.430695
Z     -0.186706
R      0.988771

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
2019 Feb 19    05:14 05:45 06:16 06:43 17:42 18:09 18:40 19:11
2019 Feb 20    05:12 05:43 06:14 06:41 17:43 18:10 18:41 19:12
2019 Feb 21    05:11 05:42 06:13 06:40 17:44 18:11 18:42 19:13

Moon Information

Currently (Wed, 2019 Feb 20 20:40 UT)

RA          11 25 46.4
Dec         +08 11 00.7
Phase       -0.976  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    1.018 degrees
Diameter    33.29 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  162W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2019 Feb 19 16:43 23:55 06:54
2019 Feb 20 17:58 00:54 07:32
2019 Feb 21 19:13 01:49 08:07

Phases for 2019
       New                    First                  Full                   Last
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Dec 07 2018  07:21     Dec 15 2018  11:50     Dec 22 2018  17:49     Dec 29 2018  09:35     
Jan 06 2019  01:29     Jan 14 2019  06:46     Jan 21 2019  05:17     Jan 27 2019  21:11     
Feb 04 2019  21:04     Feb 12 2019  22:27     Feb 19 2019  15:54     Feb 26 2019  11:28     
Mar 06 2019  16:05     Mar 14 2019  10:27     Mar 21 2019  01:44     Mar 28 2019  04:11     
Apr 05 2019  08:52     Apr 12 2019  19:07     Apr 19 2019  11:13     Apr 26 2019  22:19     
May 04 2019  22:47     May 12 2019  01:13     May 18 2019  21:13     May 26 2019  16:34     
Jun 03 2019  10:03     Jun 10 2019  06:00     Jun 17 2019  08:32     Jun 25 2019  09:47     
Jul 02 2019  19:18     Jul 09 2019  10:55     Jul 16 2019  21:40     Jul 25 2019  01:19     
Aug 01 2019  03:13     Aug 07 2019  17:32     Aug 15 2019  12:31     Aug 23 2019  14:57     
Aug 30 2019  10:38     Sep 06 2019  03:11     Sep 14 2019  04:34     Sep 22 2019  02:42     
Sep 28 2019  18:27     Oct 05 2019  16:48     Oct 13 2019  21:09     Oct 21 2019  12:40     
Oct 28 2019  03:39     Nov 04 2019  10:24     Nov 12 2019  13:36     Nov 19 2019  21:11     
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     
Planet Information
Currently  (Wed, 2019 Feb 20  20:40 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         22 14 14.9   -10 55 27.1       
Opposition  10 14 14.9   +10 55 27.1   180E   17:37   00:11   06:44
Mercury     23 14 41.3   -04 50 52.4    16E   07:31   13:12   18:57
Venus       19 22 18.5   -20 42 03.4    42W   04:34   09:19   14:05
Mars        02 06 12.3   +13 22 36.7    62E   09:24   16:04   22:45
Jupiter     17 19 09.5   -22 28 51.5    71W   02:29   07:10   11:44
Saturn      19 12 20.2   -21 57 24.4    45W   04:19   09:03   13:39
Uranus      01 49 16.8   +10 42 41.5    58E   09:18   15:49   22:20
Neptune     23 07 36.6   -06 39 10.3    14E   07:18   12:57   18:28
Pluto       19 35 02.1   -21 49 32.4    40W   04:41   09:25   14:01 
Selected Positions for February 2019                Feb 01 2019                       Feb 16 2019                       Feb 28 2019
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Sun         20 56 04.4  -17 18 51.0           21 55 54.0  -12 35 41.6           23 41 05.9  -02 02 43.9      
Opposition  08 56 04.4  +17 18 51.0  180E     09 55 54.0  +12 35 41.6  180E     11 41 05.9  +02 02 43.9  180E
Mercury     21 03 58.4  -18 55 35.3    2E     22 46 22.8  -08 43 58.0   13E     23 29 03.6  +00 21 10.9    4W
Venus       17 44 37.6  -20 48 37.5   45W     18 58 34.4  -21 03 47.6   43W     21 16 59.5  -15 53 56.4   38W
Mars        01 15 48.4  +08 19 40.8   69E     01 53 56.5  +12 13 04.3   64E     03 07 41.6  +18 23 56.3   55E
Jupiter     17 05 58.2  -22 13 57.8   54W     17 16 16.9  -22 25 59.5   67W     17 29 58.1  -22 37 41.0   92W
Saturn      19 03 37.4  -22 10 38.4   27W     19 10 21.8  -22 00 33.8   40W     19 20 32.5  -21 43 20.8   66W
Uranus      01 47 06.0  +10 29 52.5   77E     01 48 39.3  +10 39 04.1   62E     01 53 05.7  +11 04 26.0   35E
Neptune     23 05 01.4  -06 55 26.0   33E     23 06 57.7  -06 43 13.8   18E     23 10 52.2  -06 18 53.9    9W
Pluto       19 32 29.5  -21 53 20.0   20W     19 34 27.6  -21 50 22.4   35W     19 37 22.0  -21 46 27.8   62W

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2019 Feb 19	05:14	05:45	06:16	06:43	17:42	18:09	18:40	19:11
2019 Feb 20	05:12	05:43	06:14	06:41	17:43	18:10	18:41	19:12
2019 Feb 21	05:11	05:42	06:13	06:40	17:44	18:11	18:42	19:13

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2019 Feb 19	16:43	23:55	06:54
2019 Feb 20	17:58	00:54	07:32
2019 Feb 21	19:13	01:49	08:07