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SkyWatch: February 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 (Fri, 2020 Feb 21 18:34 UT)

RA    22 17 05.7
Dec   -10 39 24.8
X      0.875758
Y     -0.421535
Z     -0.182739
R      0.988958

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 Feb 20    05:13 05:44 06:15 06:42 17:43 18:09 18:41 19:11
2020 Feb 21    05:11 05:42 06:13 06:40 17:44 18:11 18:42 19:12
2020 Feb 22    05:10 05:41 06:12 06:39 17:45 18:12 18:43 19:13

Moon Information

Currently (Fri, 2020 Feb 21 18:34 UT)

RA          20 59 57.8
Dec         -20 03 48.8
Phase       -0.033  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    0.915 degrees
Diameter    29.93 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  19W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2020 Feb 20 05:12 10:03 14:56
2020 Feb 21 05:54 10:52 16:00
2020 Feb 22 06:31 11:40 17:03

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  (Fri, 2020 Feb 21  18:34 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         22 17 05.7   -10 39 24.8       
Opposition  10 17 05.7   +10 39 24.8   180E   17:38   00:11   06:43
Mercury     22 43 47.4   -04 22 15.8     9E   06:36   12:22   17:51
Venus       00 57 41.9   +06 40 24.6    44E   08:35   14:52   21:10
Mars        18 14 39.6   -23 40 31.5    59W   03:33   08:07   12:39
Jupiter     19 16 44.2   -22 15 29.1    45W   04:23   09:05   13:41
Saturn      19 56 27.2   -20 45 14.5    35W   04:55   09:44   14:26
Uranus      02 04 14.1   +12 06 35.8    61E   09:25   16:01   22:37
Neptune     23 15 43.2   -05 51 39.0    15E   07:21   13:02   18:36
Pluto       19 43 06.3   -22 04 08.9    39W   04:47   09:30   14:05 
Selected Positions for February 2020                Feb 01 2020                       Feb 16 2020                       Feb 29 2020
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Sun         20 55 02.0  -17 23 08.2           21 54 53.3  -12 41 03.0           23 43 48.4  -01 45 10.9      
Opposition  08 55 02.0  +17 23 08.2  180E     09 54 53.3  +12 41 03.0  180E     11 43 48.4  +01 45 10.9  180E
Mercury     21 53 34.3  -14 04 41.4   14E     22 52 12.2  -04 51 08.2   16E     22 06 24.1  -11 28 07.1   26W
Venus       23 30 41.8  -04 07 04.1   40E     00 33 54.9  +03 42 55.2   43E     02 32 45.2  +17 28 03.8   46E
Mars        17 12 42.0  -22 58 54.1   52W     17 57 22.6  -23 37 51.9   57W     19 24 32.3  -22 41 23.5   66W
Jupiter     18 58 12.5  -22 43 18.3   28W     19 11 48.8  -22 23 38.2   40W     19 34 27.5  -21 41 47.9   64W
Saturn      19 46 48.2  -21 09 19.1   17W     19 53 53.3  -20 51 49.9   30W     20 05 36.1  -20 20 45.1   56W
Uranus      02 02 08.8  +11 54 48.2   81E     02 03 31.8  +12 02 40.2   66E     02 07 55.7  +12 26 42.9   38E
Neptune     23 13 02.7  -06 08 41.3   36E     23 14 56.7  -05 56 34.1   21E     23 18 57.9  -05 31 13.6    7W
Pluto       19 40 25.4  -22 08 30.6   18W     19 42 24.2  -22 05 15.2   33W     19 45 27.7  -22 00 51.5   61W

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2020 Feb 20	05:13	05:44	06:15	06:42	17:43	18:09	18:41	19:11
2020 Feb 21	05:11	05:42	06:13	06:40	17:44	18:11	18:42	19:12
2020 Feb 22	05:10	05:41	06:12	06:39	17:45	18:12	18:43	19:13

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2020 Feb 20	05:12	10:03	14:56
2020 Feb 21	05:54	10:52	16:00
2020 Feb 22	06:31	11:40	17:03