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SkyWatch: April 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 Apr 24 09:04 UT)

RA    02 05 09.8
Dec   +12 41 19.1
X      0.837155
Y      0.511232
Z      0.221617
R      1.005634

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 Apr 23    03:30 04:06 04:40 05:08 18:45 19:13 19:47 20:23
2019 Apr 24    03:28 04:05 04:39 05:07 18:46 19:14 19:48 20:25
2019 Apr 25    03:26 04:03 04:37 05:06 18:47 19:15 19:49 20:26

Moon Information

Currently (Wed, 2019 Apr 24 09:04 UT)

RA          18 23 19.6
Dec         -21 59 05.8
Phase       -0.737  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    0.930 degrees
Diameter    30.41 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  116W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2019 Apr 23 22:26 03:25 08:16
2019 Apr 24 23:24 04:18 09:07
2019 Apr 25 00:16 05:09 10:02

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 Apr 24  09:04 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         02 05 09.8   +12 41 19.1       
Opposition  14 05 09.8   -12 41 19.1   180E   18:41   23:56   05:10
Mercury     00 37 48.0   +01 06 11.7    25W   04:28   10:28   16:28
Venus       00 17 28.4   +00 09 52.2    29W   04:11   10:08   16:05
Mars        04 56 38.7   +23 41 25.9    42E   07:28   14:48   22:07
Jupiter     17 33 07.0   -22 39 30.7   130W   22:34   03:15   07:47
Saturn      19 27 16.1   -21 31 20.5   103W   00:24   05:09   09:47
Uranus      02 01 18.6   +11 49 39.9     1W   05:19   11:54   18:29
Neptune     23 15 50.4   -05 48 31.3    46W   03:16   08:57   14:31
Pluto       19 39 01.5   -21 46 35.1   101W   00:36   05:21   09:57 
Selected Positions for April 2019                Apr 01 2019                       Apr 16 2019                       Apr 30 2019
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Sun         00 39 24.5  +04 14 30.7           01 34 25.1  +09 50 50.6           03 28 58.6  +18 55 06.8      
Opposition  12 39 24.5  -04 14 30.7  180E     13 34 25.1  -09 50 50.6  180E     15 28 58.6  -18 55 06.8  180E
Mercury     23 10 11.3  -05 35 51.1   24W     23 57 28.6  -02 56 40.3   27W     03 02 52.7  +16 34 57.7    7W
Venus       22 32 23.5  -10 09 44.4   35W     23 40 33.0  -03 39 10.7   31W     01 55 41.9  +10 07 54.1   24W
Mars        03 51 25.3  +21 05 44.1   50E     04 33 19.8  +22 57 39.6   45E     05 58 29.6  +24 33 31.7   35E
Jupiter     17 33 43.3  -22 39 57.6  107W     17 34 09.8  -22 40 07.5  121W     17 26 19.3  -22 35 17.6  152W
Saturn      19 24 29.1  -21 36 09.9   81W     19 26 42.0  -21 32 11.6   95W     19 26 30.7  -21 33 53.5  125W
Uranus      01 56 16.7  +11 22 10.5   20E     01 59 29.9  +11 39 50.5    6E     02 06 01.3  +12 14 48.3   21W
Neptune     23 13 02.9  -06 05 28.4   24W     23 14 55.1  -05 54 04.7   38W     23 17 47.7  -05 36 59.2   67W
Pluto       19 38 25.2  -21 45 36.8   78W     19 38 56.3  -21 45 55.7   93W     19 38 34.7  -21 49 53.0  122W

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2019 Apr 23	03:30	04:06	04:40	05:08	18:45	19:13	19:47	20:23
2019 Apr 24	03:28	04:05	04:39	05:07	18:46	19:14	19:48	20:25
2019 Apr 25	03:26	04:03	04:37	05:06	18:47	19:15	19:49	20:26

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2019 Apr 23	22:26	03:25	08:16
2019 Apr 24	23:24	04:18	09:07
2019 Apr 25	00:16	05:09	10:02