Celestial Calendar July 2002

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
LQ	10:19 PDT	02	01:04	07:07	13:18
NM	03:25 PDT	10	06:01	13:39	21:13
FQ	21:46 PDT	16	12:59	18:59	00:21
FM	02:06 PDT	24	21:05	01:16	06:12

Nearer Planets:			R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.31 A.U., Mag. -2.0
07	04:45	12:08	19:32	05:58.6	+22:56
17	05:34	12:58	20:22	07:27.4	+23:08
27	06:39	13:47	20:54	08:55.9	+19:11

Venus, 0.97 A.U., Mag. -4.8
07	09:13	16:03	22:52	09:54.9	+14:24
17	09:30	16:05	22:40	10:37.2	+09:58
27	09:46	16:06	22:25	11:17.3	+05:12

Mars, 2.64 A.U., Mag. 1.7
07	06:41	13:59	21:17	07:52.4	+22:03
17	06:34	13:47	20:59	08:19.4	+20:44
27	06:27	13:34	20:40	08:45.8	+19:11

Jupiter, 6.25 A.U., Mag. -1.8
07	06:35	13:51	21:06	07:45.0	+21:33
17	06:07	13:21	20:35	07:54.4	+21:09
27	05:39	12:51	20:30	08:03.8	+20:44

Saturn, 9.89 A.U., Mag. 0.9
07	04:14	11:31	18:48	05:25.4	+21:56
17	03:40	10:57	18:14	05:30.6	+22:00
27	03:05	10:23	17:40	05:35.5	+22:03

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
05:32	07	05:51	13:13	20:34	07:05.0	+22:36
05:50	17	05:57	13:14	20:30	07:45.7	+21:13
06:14	27	06:05	13:14	20:23	08:25.5	+19:15

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,462	07	03:58	22:26
	472	17	04:49	22:18
	482	27	04:21	22:07

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 17:52
17	00:00 = 18:32
27	00:00 = 19:11

Darkest Saturday Night: 06 July 2002
Sunset		20:34
Twilight	22:26
Moon Rise	02:48
Dawn Begin	03:58
Hours Dark	05:32