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SkyWatch: October 2024
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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 (Mon, 2024 Oct 14 03:06 UT)
RA 13 16 51.1Dec -08 07 05.8
X -0.931627
Y -0.326847
Z -0.141680
R 0.997412
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 |
| 2024 Oct 13 | 04:39 | 05:10 | 05:41 | 06:08 | 17:21 | 17:48 | 18:19 | 18:49 |
| 2024 Oct 14 | 04:40 | 05:11 | 05:42 | 06:09 | 17:19 | 17:46 | 18:17 | 18:48 |
| 2024 Oct 15 | 04:41 | 05:12 | 05:43 | 06:10 | 17:18 | 17:45 | 18:16 | 18:47 |
Moon Information
Currently (Mon, 2024 Oct 14 03:06 UT)
RA 22 29 02.5Selected Positions for October 2024
Dec -12 33 02.9
Phase 0.844 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 1.002 degrees
Diameter 32.76 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 138ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2024 Oct 13 15:32 20:57 02:59 2024 Oct 14 16:00 21:48 04:24 2024 Oct 15 16:26 22:39 05:52 Phases for 2024
New First Full Last
Dec 12 2023 23:33 Dec 19 2023 18:40 Dec 27 2023 00:34 Jan 04 2024 03:31
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Jan 11 2024 11:58 Jan 18 2024 03:53 Jan 25 2024 17:55 Feb 02 2024 23:19
Feb 09 2024 23:00 Feb 16 2024 15:01 Feb 24 2024 12:31 Mar 03 2024 15:24
Mar 10 2024 09:01 Mar 17 2024 04:11 Mar 25 2024 07:01 Apr 02 2024 03:15
Apr 08 2024 18:21 Apr 15 2024 19:14 Apr 23 2024 23:50 May 01 2024 11:28
May 08 2024 03:23 May 15 2024 11:49 May 23 2024 13:54 May 30 2024 17:13
Jun 06 2024 12:38 Jun 14 2024 05:19 Jun 22 2024 01:09 Jun 28 2024 21:54
Jul 05 2024 22:58 Jul 13 2024 22:49 Jul 21 2024 10:18 Jul 28 2024 02:52
Aug 04 2024 11:14 Aug 12 2024 15:19 Aug 19 2024 18:27 Aug 26 2024 09:27
Sep 03 2024 01:57 Sep 11 2024 06:06 Sep 18 2024 02:35 Sep 24 2024 18:51
Oct 02 2024 18:50 Oct 10 2024 18:56 Oct 17 2024 11:27 Oct 24 2024 08:04
Nov 01 2024 12:48 Nov 09 2024 05:56 Nov 15 2024 21:30 Nov 23 2024 01:29
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33Planet Information
Currently (Mon, 2024 Oct 14 03:06 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 13 16 51.1 -08 07 05.8
Opposition 01 16 51.1 +08 07 05.8 180E 17:20 23:43 06:08
Mercury 13 51 25.3 -11 32 35.1 9E 07:01 12:19 17:34
Venus 15 29 51.2 -19 55 47.4 34E 09:09 13:57 18:43
Mars 07 31 16.7 +22 38 53.9 90W 22:42 05:57 13:11
Jupiter 05 20 50.2 +22 24 39.7 120W 20:32 03:45 10:59
Saturn 23 01 34.3 -08 35 48.5 142E 15:43 21:15 02:38
Uranus 03 35 47.2 +19 02 21.0 145W 19:00 02:01 09:01
Neptune 23 53 07.3 -02 11 23.6 157E 16:14 22:07 03:51
Pluto 20 08 44.3 -23 29 09.6 98E 13:46 18:23 22:53
Oct 01 2024 Oct 16 2024 Oct 31 2024
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Sun 12 29 16.3 -03 09 35.9 13 24 17.1 -08 51 29.0 15 25 35.3 -18 42 51.2
Opposition 00 29 16.3 +03 09 35.9 180E 01 24 17.1 +08 51 29.0 180E 03 25 35.3 +18 42 51.2 180E
Mercury 12 31 40.6 -02 01 02.9 1E 14 03 18.7 -12 51 44.3 10E 16 58 44.9 -25 20 43.3 23E
Venus 14 27 09.4 -14 49 58.7 31E 15 39 47.0 -20 35 52.5 35E 18 20 50.0 -25 37 03.3 41E
Mars 07 03 14.9 +23 10 21.1 83W 07 35 17.0 +22 33 22.5 91W 08 23 36.3 +21 19 54.4 111W
Jupiter 05 20 30.5 +22 24 35.7 107W 05 20 40.3 +22 24 29.2 122W 05 11 10.9 +22 15 10.9 155W
Saturn 23 04 29.2 -08 18 46.2 156E 23 01 11.3 -08 37 57.7 140E 22 58 08.0 -08 52 04.0 109E
Uranus 03 37 16.2 +19 07 23.5 131W 03 35 31.3 +19 01 26.8 147W 03 30 36.5 +18 44 31.4 179W
Neptune 23 54 22.3 -02 03 21.3 170E 23 52 56.4 -02 12 32.7 155E 23 50 46.6 -02 25 48.7 123E
Pluto 20 08 51.2 -23 28 54.6 111E 20 08 44.8 -23 29 05.9 97E 20 09 58.5 -23 25 07.9 66E