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SkyWatch: April 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 (Wed, 2020 Apr 08 15:31 UT)

RA    01 09 31.8
Dec   +07 22 45.1
X      0.946979
Y      0.298889
Z      0.129568
R      1.001445

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 Apr 07    03:57 04:31 05:03 05:30 18:30 18:57 19:30 20:03
2020 Apr 08    03:55 04:29 05:01 05:29 18:31 18:58 19:31 20:04
2020 Apr 09    03:53 04:27 05:00 05:27 18:32 18:59 19:32 20:06

Moon Information

Currently (Wed, 2020 Apr 08 15:31 UT)

RA          13 46 34.0
Dec         -06 07 45.2
Phase       -0.994  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    1.022 degrees
Diameter    33.40 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  171W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2020 Apr 07 16:58 23:24 05:31
2020 Apr 08 18:14 00:18 06:03
2020 Apr 09 19:29 01:12 06:37

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  (Wed, 2020 Apr 08  15:31 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         01 09 31.8   +07 22 45.1       
Opposition  13 09 31.8   -07 22 45.1   180E   18:26   23:59   05:32
Mercury     23 47 39.7   -04 03 53.7    23W   04:53   10:38   16:25
Venus       04 04 16.3   +24 56 40.3    45E   07:30   14:54   22:19
Mars        20 33 41.2   -19 55 09.8    73W   02:30   07:21   12:15
Jupiter     19 47 46.1   -21 12 36.7    84W   01:44   06:30   11:10
Saturn      20 12 13.4   -20 02 28.3    78W   02:03   06:54   11:38
Uranus      02 12 39.7   +12 51 47.7    16E   06:26   13:05   19:43
Neptune     23 22 07.2   -05 11 38.2    30W   04:20   10:03   15:39
Pluto       19 46 52.7   -22 00 01.3    84W   01:45   06:28   11:04 
Selected Positions for April 2020                Apr 01 2020                       Apr 16 2020                       Apr 30 2020
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Sun         00 42 07.8  +04 31 50.2           01 37 09.6  +10 06 38.2           03 31 54.3  +19 05 25.7      
Opposition  12 42 07.8  -04 31 50.2  180E     13 37 09.6  -10 06 38.2  180E     15 31 54.3  -19 05 25.7  180E
Mercury     23 08 08.8  -07 53 00.6   27W     00 31 48.6  +00 49 54.5   19W     04 24 23.9  +23 18 42.4   13E
Venus       03 36 15.7  +23 02 00.8   46E     04 30 01.5  +26 22 10.4   44E     05 21 28.0  +27 07 03.5   26E
Mars        20 11 53.5  -20 58 48.1   71W     20 55 10.9  -18 42 39.3   75W     22 17 32.4  -12 44 05.4   84W
Jupiter     19 44 06.6  -21 20 52.7   77W     19 50 49.0  -21 05 41.4   90W     19 56 08.6  -20 55 48.0  118W
Saturn      20 10 26.7  -20 07 21.9   71W     20 13 39.7  -19 58 36.1   85W     20 15 43.9  -19 54 48.0  114W
Uranus      02 11 04.5  +12 43 27.6   23E     02 14 17.8  +13 00 18.1   10E     02 20 55.7  +13 34 06.6   18W
Neptune     23 21 09.1  -05 17 37.1   22W     23 23 02.2  -05 06 00.6   37W     23 25 58.5  -04 48 23.0   65W
Pluto       19 46 32.6  -21 59 58.7   77W     19 47 05.6  -22 00 21.1   92W     19 46 48.7  -22 04 38.5  121W

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2020 Apr 07	03:57	04:31	05:03	05:30	18:30	18:57	19:30	20:03
2020 Apr 08	03:55	04:29	05:01	05:29	18:31	18:58	19:31	20:04
2020 Apr 09	03:53	04:27	05:00	05:27	18:32	18:59	19:32	20:06

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2020 Apr 07	16:58	23:24	05:31
2020 Apr 08	18:14	00:18	06:03
2020 Apr 09	19:29	01:12	06:37