Celestial Calendar
January 2001

Richard Stanton

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
FQ	14:31 PST	02	12:07	18:06	00:19
FM	12:24 PST	09	15:51	00:28	08:00
LQ	04:35 PST	16	00:04	05:59	11:41
NM	05:07 PST	24	08:21	12:23	16:28

Nearer Planets:    		R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.23 A.U., Mag. -2.4
07	08:02	12:50	17:37	19:47.9	-23:17
17	08:16	13:19	18:22	20:56.6	-19:05
27	08:10	13:33	18:57	21:52.4	-13:04

Venus, 0.68 A.U., Mag. -5.3
07	09:55	15:25	20:55	22:24.7	-11:06
17	09:38	15:23	21:08	23:02.7	-06:22
27	09:18	15:18	21:28	23:27.1	-01:32

Mars, 1.63 A.U., Mag. +0.6
07	02:04	07:26	12:47	14:26.5	-13:12
17	02:54	07:09	12:24	14:49.0	-15:00
27	01:42	06:52	12:02	15:11.4	-16:38

Jupiter, 4.43 A.U., Mag. -2.6
07	13:47	20:55	04:08	03:59.2	+19:45
17	13:06	20:14	03:27	03:57.3	+19:42
27	12:26	19:35	02:47	03:56.8	+19:43

Saturn, 8.62 A.U., Mag. +0.6
07	13:29	20:27	03:28	03:30.2	+16:46
17	12:49	19:46	02:48	03:29.2	+16:45
27	12:09	19:07	02:09	03:29.0	+16:47

SOL Star Type G2V  Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
11:12	07	07:23	12:14	17:06	19:14.0	-22:21
11:02	17	07:20	12:18	17:16	19:57.3	-20:42
10:49	27	07:15	12:21	17:27	20:39.4	-18:25

Astronomical Twilight:
			Begin	End
JD 2,451,916	07	05:50	18:38
	926	17	05:49	18:47
	936	27	05:45	18:56

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 07:00
17	00:00 = 07:39
27	00:00 = 08:19

Darkest Saturday Night:  20 Jan 2001
Sunset		17:19
Twilight End	18:50
Moon Set	18:35
Dawn Begin	05:48
Hours Dark	10:59

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