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SkyWatch: April 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 (Wed, 2024 Apr 24 23:04 UT)
RA 02 09 43.8Dec +13 05 14.3
X 0.824924
Y 0.528204
Z 0.228963
R 1.005944
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 Apr 23 | 03:29 | 04:06 | 04:40 | 05:08 | 18:45 | 19:13 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| 2024 Apr 24 | 03:28 | 04:04 | 04:38 | 05:07 | 18:46 | 19:14 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| 2024 Apr 25 | 03:26 | 04:03 | 04:37 | 05:05 | 18:47 | 19:15 | 19:50 | 20:26 |
Moon Information
Currently (Wed, 2024 Apr 24 23:04 UT)
RA 14 51 57.8Selected Positions for April 2024
Dec -19 16 06.2
Phase -0.990 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.920 degrees
Diameter 30.09 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 170WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2024 Apr 23 17:47 23:25 04:47 2024 Apr 24 18:49 00:07 05:11 2024 Apr 25 19:53 00:53 05:39 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 (Wed, 2024 Apr 24 23:04 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 02 09 43.8 +13 05 14.3
Opposition 14 09 43.8 -13 05 14.3 180E 18:41 23:55 05:09
Mercury 00 59 29.5 +05 06 52.1 19W 04:35 10:49 17:02
Venus 01 30 18.2 +07 59 39.6 11W 04:54 11:15 17:37
Mars 23 44 05.1 -03 06 08.8 40W 03:37 09:27 15:26
Jupiter 03 20 32.8 +17 36 33.1 18E 06:13 13:09 20:04
Saturn 23 10 11.2 -07 12 53.6 49W 03:12 08:49 14:19
Uranus 03 17 24.8 +17 55 46.9 17E 06:10 13:06 20:03
Neptune 23 56 05.8 -01 45 46.3 36W 03:40 09:34 15:21
Pluto 20 18 53.5 -22 42 03.3 93W 01:17 05:57 10:30
Apr 01 2024 Apr 16 2024 Apr 30 2024
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Sun 00 42 00.0 +04 30 58.4 01 37 03.3 +10 06 01.6 03 31 48.2 +19 05 03.1
Opposition 12 42 00.0 -04 30 58.4 180E 13 37 03.3 -10 06 01.6 180E 15 31 48.2 -19 05 03.1 180E
Mercury 01 34 46.2 +13 21 54.5 16E 01 09 07.6 +08 37 53.2 7W 01 56 12.3 +08 32 16.4 25W
Venus 23 42 13.1 -03 31 18.9 17W 00 50 18.9 +03 48 13.2 13W 03 11 10.2 +16 58 31.5 5W
Mars 22 35 31.6 -10 11 36.1 35W 23 19 05.9 -05 46 06.3 38W 00 44 01.3 +03 23 08.5 44W
Jupiter 02 59 12.0 +16 07 48.2 36E 03 12 27.7 +17 04 16.5 24E 03 40 51.7 +18 50 32.9 2E
Saturn 23 00 54.3 -08 06 52.3 28W 23 06 58.0 -07 31 28.0 41W 23 16 45.7 -06 36 00.6 68W
Uranus 03 12 21.8 +17 35 48.2 39E 03 15 27.7 +17 48 09.0 25E 03 22 22.7 +18 14 44.0 2W
Neptune 23 53 02.7 -02 04 58.8 14W 23 55 01.5 -01 52 27.6 28W 23 58 19.1 -01 32 10.9 56W
Pluto 20 17 53.8 -22 41 05.3 70W 20 18 39.1 -22 41 15.6 84W 20 18 49.6 -22 46 00.4 114W