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SkyWatch: December 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 (Sat, 2024 Dec 21 15:49 UT)
RA 17 58 59.6Dec -23 26 08.8
X -0.001181
Y -0.902563
Z -0.391247
R 0.983715
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 Dec 20 | 05:38 | 06:11 | 06:44 | 07:14 | 16:40 | 17:10 | 17:43 | 18:16 |
| 2024 Dec 21 | 05:39 | 06:11 | 06:45 | 07:15 | 16:40 | 17:10 | 17:44 | 18:16 |
| 2024 Dec 22 | 05:39 | 06:12 | 06:45 | 07:15 | 16:41 | 17:11 | 17:44 | 18:17 |
Moon Information
Currently (Sat, 2024 Dec 21 15:49 UT)
RA 11 12 14.9Selected Positions for December 2024
Dec +06 36 38.1
Phase -0.618 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.914 degrees
Diameter 29.89 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 102WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2024 Dec 20 21:19 04:20 10:59 2024 Dec 21 22:22 05:02 11:19 2024 Dec 22 23:22 05:41 11:39 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 (Sat, 2024 Dec 21 15:49 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 17 58 59.6 -23 26 08.8
Opposition 05 58 59.6 +23 26 08.8 180E 16:36 23:55 07:14
Mercury 16 27 54.9 -19 13 42.8 22W 05:33 10:24 15:14
Venus 21 15 45.8 -17 59 16.1 46E 10:16 15:12 20:11
Mars 08 30 25.2 +22 32 57.9 145W 19:14 02:27 09:41
Jupiter 04 51 18.3 +21 51 31.5 164E 15:38 22:49 06:00
Saturn 23 02 09.0 -08 20 56.3 74E 11:16 16:49 22:16
Uranus 03 25 02.3 +18 24 59.7 144E 14:24 21:23 04:21
Neptune 23 50 26.7 -02 26 34.7 87E 11:45 17:37 23:21
Pluto 20 13 28.1 -23 14 58.3 31E 09:22 14:01 18:32
Dec 01 2024 Dec 16 2024 Dec 31 2024
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Sun 16 28 55.2 -21 47 12.3 17 34 36.5 -23 18 27.1 19 50 56.3 -20 59 27.7
Opposition 04 28 55.2 +21 47 12.3 180E 05 34 36.5 +23 18 27.1 180E 07 50 56.3 +20 59 27.7 180E
Mercury 17 17 22.2 -23 22 37.1 11E 16 18 45.3 -18 29 51.9 18W 18 46 59.2 -23 48 07.8 15W
Venus 19 38 25.8 -23 59 21.5 43E 20 50 56.5 -19 57 08.1 46E 22 56 42.8 -06 50 11.7 47E
Mars 08 34 29.6 +21 20 40.7 123W 08 33 53.4 +22 05 21.1 139W 07 55 05.4 +25 10 21.6 176W
Jupiter 05 03 05.7 +22 06 15.7 172W 04 54 22.0 +21 55 31.5 171E 04 40 27.3 +21 37 22.6 136E
Saturn 22 58 51.0 -08 44 55.3 94E 23 01 00.9 -08 28 52.7 79E 23 09 28.7 -07 31 42.2 50E
Uranus 03 28 04.4 +18 35 40.1 165E 03 25 46.5 +18 27 35.4 150E 03 22 41.5 +18 16 51.7 117E
Neptune 23 50 19.1 -02 28 14.0 108E 23 50 19.4 -02 27 35.5 93E 23 51 49.3 -02 16 40.2 61E
Pluto 20 11 13.2 -23 21 24.4 51E 20 12 48.7 -23 16 48.8 36E 20 16 48.6 -23 05 52.7 6E