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SkyWatch: August 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
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)
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, 2026 Aug 21 00:39 UT)
RA 09 59 12.0Dec +12 18 03.4
X -0.854568
Y 0.496875
Z 0.215388
R 1.011713
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
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 |
| 2026 Aug 20 | 03:41 | 04:16 | 04:50 | 05:18 | 18:45 | 19:13 | 19:47 | 20:23 |
| 2026 Aug 21 | 03:42 | 04:17 | 04:51 | 05:19 | 18:44 | 19:12 | 19:45 | 20:21 |
| 2026 Aug 22 | 03:43 | 04:18 | 04:52 | 05:20 | 18:43 | 19:10 | 19:44 | 20:19 |
Moon Information
Currently (Fri, 2026 Aug 21 00:39 UT)
RA 16 21 33.0Selected Positions for August 2026
Dec -26 48 50.2
Phase 0.591 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.906 degrees
Diameter 29.61 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 96ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Aug 20 12:50 17:35 22:13 2026 Aug 21 13:51 18:24 22:53 2026 Aug 22 14:48 19:15 23:40 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Fri, 2026 Aug 21 00:39 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 09 59 12.0 +12 18 03.4
Opposition 21 59 12.0 -12 18 03.4 180E 18:40 00:00 05:29
Mercury 09 34 26.9 +16 08 02.0 7W 04:41 11:35 18:27
Venus 12 45 53.8 -07 09 06.8 46E 09:13 14:47 20:20
Mars 06 26 03.1 +23 40 23.6 52W 01:08 08:28 15:47
Jupiter 08 54 20.7 +17 57 38.7 17W 03:59 10:56 17:53
Saturn 00 55 01.0 +03 03 06.2 134W 19:52 02:59 09:05
Uranus 04 12 56.8 +21 00 05.2 82W 22:07 06:16 13:24
Neptune 00 15 13.7 +00 06 56.2 144W 19:21 02:19 08:15
Pluto 20 26 56.0 -23 34 48.0 155E 17:42 22:19 02:48
Aug 01 2026 Aug 16 2026 Aug 31 2026
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Sun 08 43 22.2 +18 09 22.6 09 40 35.3 +13 54 48.9 11 33 31.0 +02 51 40.8
Opposition 20 43 22.2 -18 09 22.6 180E 21 40 35.3 -13 54 48.9 180E 23 33 31.0 -02 51 40.8 180E
Mercury 07 21 37.9 +19 56 13.0 19W 08 54 16.4 +18 36 31.9 12W 12 30 56.9 -03 12 29.7 16E
Venus 11 36 47.7 +02 29 19.0 45E 12 29 30.8 -04 48 07.3 46E 13 55 36.5 -17 31 50.2 41E
Mars 05 28 11.5 +23 19 39.5 46W 06 11 47.0 +23 42 31.5 50W 07 37 09.4 +22 20 12.9 60W
Jupiter 08 36 26.4 +19 05 00.3 2W 08 49 56.0 +18 14 50.9 13W 09 16 05.8 +16 27 21.0 36W
Saturn 00 56 46.0 +03 19 40.4 114W 00 55 40.7 +03 08 34.2 129W 00 49 34.7 +02 23 38.3 160W
Uranus 04 10 50.0 +20 54 37.2 64W 04 12 32.4 +20 59 02.5 78W 04 13 39.3 +21 01 55.1 107W
Neptune 00 16 28.1 +00 15 53.5 125W 00 15 35.7 +00 09 31.3 139W 00 12 53.2 -00 08 59.6 170W
Pluto 20 28 48.4 -23 27 22.3 174E 20 27 22.8 -23 33 06.1 160E 20 25 01.4 -23 41 22.8 130E