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SkyWatch: January 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 Jan 17 22:01 UT)

RA    19 55 21.9
Dec   -20 47 35.1
X      0.446247
Y     -0.804373
Z     -0.348693
R      0.983737

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 Jan 16    05:41 06:13 06:46 07:15 17:03 17:32 18:04 18:36
2020 Jan 17    05:41 06:13 06:45 07:14 17:04 17:33 18:05 18:37
2020 Jan 18    05:40 06:12 06:45 07:14 17:05 17:34 18:06 18:38

Moon Information

Currently (Fri, 2020 Jan 17 22:01 UT)

RA          14 06 43.0
Dec         -07 42 46.4
Phase       -0.456  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    0.980 degrees
Diameter    32.04 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  87W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2020 Jan 16 22:53 05:10 11:05
2020 Jan 17 00:03 06:00 11:35
2020 Jan 18 01:12 06:50 12:07

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 Jan 17  22:01 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         19 55 21.9   -20 47 35.1       
Opposition  07 55 21.9   +20 47 35.1   180E   16:58   00:07   07:15
Mercury     20 16 28.5   -21 53 50.9     5E   07:48   12:29   17:12
Venus       22 27 51.0   -11 13 55.6    38E   09:20   14:40   20:03
Mars        16 31 07.5   -21 40 51.3    47W   04:02   08:43   13:24
Jupiter     18 44 30.8   -22 58 46.1    17W   06:12   10:51   15:24
Saturn      19 39 44.0   -21 25 39.8     4W   06:59   11:45   16:24
Uranus      02 01 30.0   +11 50 50.9    96E   11:41   18:16   00:51
Neptune     23 11 28.6   -06 18 47.5    50E   09:36   15:15   20:47
Pluto       19 38 24.7   -22 11 54.8     4W   07:00   11:43   16:18 
Selected Positions for January 2020                Jan 01 2020                       Jan 16 2020                       Jan 31 2020
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Sun         18 42 23.1  -23 04 45.5           19 47 51.8  -21 07 29.2           21 54 53.3  -12 41 03.0      
Opposition  06 42 23.1  +23 04 45.5  180E     07 47 51.8  +21 07 29.2  180E     09 54 53.3  +12 41 03.0  180E
Mercury     18 18 07.9  -24 38 43.3    6W     20 04 03.0  -22 30 53.4    4E     22 52 12.2  -04 51 08.2   16E
Venus       21 08 40.4  -18 20 37.2   34E     22 19 52.6  -12 03 12.2   37E     00 33 54.9  +03 42 55.2   43E
Mars        15 43 48.1  -19 23 10.7   42W     16 26 05.8  -21 28 41.0   47W     17 57 22.6  -23 37 51.9   57W
Jupiter     18 27 52.7  -23 11 36.0    3W     18 42 47.7  -23 00 23.9   15W     19 11 48.8  -22 23 38.2   40W
Saturn      19 31 19.4  -21 43 34.8   11E     19 38 51.2  -21 27 36.9    2W     19 53 53.3  -20 51 49.9   30W
Uranus      02 01 36.3  +11 50 50.4  113E     02 01 28.0  +11 50 36.7   97E     02 03 31.8  +12 02 40.2   66E
Neptune     23 10 02.2  -06 28 13.3   66E     23 11 18.3  -06 19 54.7   51E     23 14 56.7  -05 56 34.1   21E
Pluto       19 36 00.6  -22 15 56.5   12E     19 38 09.4  -22 12 20.0    3W     19 42 24.2  -22 05 15.2   33W

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2020 Jan 16	05:41	06:13	06:46	07:15	17:03	17:32	18:04	18:36
2020 Jan 17	05:41	06:13	06:45	07:14	17:04	17:33	18:05	18:37
2020 Jan 18	05:40	06:12	06:45	07:14	17:05	17:34	18:06	18:38

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2020 Jan 16	22:53	05:10	11:05
2020 Jan 17	00:03	06:00	11:35
2020 Jan 18	01:12	06:50	12:07