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SkyWatch: August 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 (Thu, 2019 Aug 22 12:33 UT)

RA    10 03 57.4
Dec   +11 52 21.6
X     -0.865878
Y      0.479752
Z      0.207972
R      1.011513

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 Aug 21    03:42 04:17 04:51 05:19 18:44 19:12 19:45 20:20
2019 Aug 22    03:43 04:18 04:52 05:20 18:42 19:10 19:44 20:19
2019 Aug 23    03:45 04:20 04:53 05:21 18:41 19:09 19:42 20:17

Moon Information

Currently (Thu, 2019 Aug 22 12:33 UT)

RA          03 00 21.6
Dec         +12 23 37.6
Phase       -0.610  (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax    0.925 degrees
Diameter    30.25 arcminutes
Elong (RA)  106W

Local time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set
2019 Aug 21 20:11 03:29 09:53
2019 Aug 22 20:38 04:11 10:51
2019 Aug 23 21:06 04:56 11:51

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  (Thu, 2019 Aug 22  12:33 UT) 
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun         10 03 57.4   +11 52 21.6       
Opposition  22 03 57.4   -11 52 21.6   180E   18:39   00:00   05:30
Mercury     09 16 58.9   +17 05 21.8    13W   04:14   11:11   18:07
Venus       10 14 40.0   +12 21 42.5     3E   05:31   12:11   18:49
Mars        10 19 21.1   +11 38 06.9     4E   05:41   12:17   18:52
Jupiter     16 52 34.0   -22 09 33.6   106E   14:12   18:51   23:30
Saturn      19 01 35.7   -22 26 01.0   135E   16:09   20:51   01:25
Uranus      02 16 36.2   +13 08 16.3   113W   20:37   04:17   10:57
Neptune     23 15 49.3   -05 53 30.7   161W   19:24   01:05   06:37
Pluto       19 30 05.6   -22 18 31.6   142E   16:38   21:20   01:54 
Selected Positions for August 2019                Aug 01 2019                       Aug 16 2019                       Aug 31 2019
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Sun         08 42 34.4  +18 12 27.9           09 39 48.2  +13 58 46.5           11 32 44.9  +02 56 37.6      
Opposition  20 42 34.4  -18 12 27.9  180E     21 39 48.2  -13 58 46.5  180E     23 32 44.9  -02 56 37.6  180E
Mercury     07 39 29.8  +17 40 34.7   15W     08 30 31.8  +19 02 16.4   17W     12 11 01.7  -00 20 10.3   10E
Venus       08 28 37.1  +20 02 56.7    4W     09 43 27.9  +15 02 50.5    1E     12 07 35.6  +00 34 20.7    9E
Mars        09 26 26.2  +16 16 58.5   11E     10 03 33.6  +13 06 38.7    6E     11 17 46.0  +05 40 13.7    5W
Jupiter     16 52 33.1  -22 05 27.9  126E     16 51 55.1  -22 07 18.1  112E     16 59 47.6  -22 24 49.3   84E
Saturn      19 06 33.8  -22 16 12.9  157E     19 02 51.6  -22 23 27.8  142E     18 59 11.0  -22 32 01.9  111E
Uranus      02 16 34.9  +13 08 34.7   92W     02 16 45.1  +13 09 08.8  106W     02 14 54.6  +12 59 14.2  137W
Neptune     23 17 38.0  -05 41 24.2  140W     23 16 25.2  -05 49 33.8  155W     23 13 22.3  -06 09 20.4  174E
Pluto       19 31 58.3  -22 12 32.4  163E     19 30 36.5  -22 16 51.0  148E     19 28 43.5  -22 23 28.4  118E

Local Date	AT Start	NT Start	CT Start	Sun Rise	Sun Set	CT End	NT End	AT End
2019 Aug 21	03:42	04:17	04:51	05:19	18:44	19:12	19:45	20:20
2019 Aug 22	03:43	04:18	04:52	05:20	18:42	19:10	19:44	20:19
2019 Aug 23	03:45	04:20	04:53	05:21	18:41	19:09	19:42	20:17

UT Date	Rise	Transit	Set
2019 Aug 21	20:11	03:29	09:53
2019 Aug 22	20:38	04:11	10:51
2019 Aug 23	21:06	04:56	11:51