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SkyWatch: October 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 (Mon, 2019 Oct 14 19:21 UT)

RA    13 16 57.2
Dec   -08 07 44.2
X     -0.931904
Y     -0.326182
Z     -0.141400
R      0.997413

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 Oct 13    04:39 05:10 05:41 06:08 17:21 17:48 18:19 18:50
2019 Oct 14    04:40 05:11 05:42 06:09 17:20 17:47 18:18 18:48
2019 Oct 15    04:41 05:12 05:43 06:10 17:18 17:45 18:16 18:47

Moon Information

Currently (Mon, 2019 Oct 14 19:21 UT)

RA          02 04 15.4
Dec         +07 36 00.3
Phase       -0.990  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    0.913 degrees
Diameter    29.84 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  168W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2019 Oct 13 17:46 00:09 07:15
2019 Oct 14 17:46 00:09 06:49
2019 Oct 15 18:13 00:53 07:49

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  (Mon, 2019 Oct 14  19:21 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         13 16 57.2   -08 07 44.2       
Opposition  01 16 57.2   +08 07 44.2   180E   17:21   23:44   06:07
Mercury     14 46 00.6   -18 39 17.3    24E   08:19   13:13   18:04
Venus       14 20 09.7   -13 31 21.1    16E   07:34   12:47   17:57
Mars        12 25 31.3   -01 45 25.7    14W   05:01   10:52   16:42
Jupiter     17 16 33.8   -22 49 50.0    59E   10:57   15:36   20:08
Saturn      19 01 38.6   -22 31 18.5    83E   12:38   17:20   21:54
Uranus      02 11 08.1   +12 39 35.3   166W   18:02   00:39   07:17
Neptune     23 10 41.7   -06 26 04.4   145E   15:48   21:27   02:58
Pluto       19 28 35.2   -22 26 01.3    90E   13:05   17:46   22:20 
Selected Positions for October 2019                Oct 01 2019                       Oct 16 2019                       Oct 31 2019
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Sun         12 26 40.2  -02 52 51.9           13 21 35.7  -08 35 31.8           15 22 37.0  -18 31 59.0      
Opposition  00 26 40.2  +02 52 51.9  180E     01 21 35.7  +08 35 31.8  180E     03 22 37.0  +18 31 59.0  180E
Mercury     13 36 19.5  -11 05 54.4   19E     14 51 45.7  -19 11 11.6   24E     14 45 58.0  -14 33 51.6   10W
Venus       13 15 49.7  -07 01 32.6   13E     14 26 09.1  -14 04 15.0   17E     17 04 26.8  -23 45 41.7   24E
Mars        11 53 05.3  +01 49 06.6   10W     12 28 28.9  -02 04 54.7   15W     13 43 24.2  -09 54 54.3   26W
Jupiter     17 07 33.8  -22 37 35.4   71E     17 17 27.5  -22 50 55.3   58E     17 43 02.4  -23 12 51.1   33E
Saturn      18 59 44.7  -22 32 44.2   97E     19 01 52.7  -22 31 04.7   82E     19 10 43.7  -22 19 48.4   53E
Uranus      02 13 07.2  +12 49 54.1  152W     02 10 56.6  +12 38 35.7  167W     02 06 07.0  +12 13 36.7  161E
Neptune     23 11 53.7  -06 18 38.8  159E     23 10 35.8  -06 26 40.5  144E     23 08 56.8  -06 36 22.0  113E
Pluto       19 28 26.3  -22 25 16.1  103E     19 28 37.2  -22 26 02.6   88E     19 30 28.1  -22 24 28.5   58E

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2019 Oct 13	04:39	05:10	05:41	06:08	17:21	17:48	18:19	18:50
2019 Oct 14	04:40	05:11	05:42	06:09	17:20	17:47	18:18	18:48
2019 Oct 15	04:41	05:12	05:43	06:10	17:18	17:45	18:16	18:47

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2019 Oct 13	17:46	00:09	07:15
2019 Oct 14	17:46	00:09	06:49
2019 Oct 15	18:13	00:53	07:49