Celestial Calendar August 2002

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
LQ	03:21 PDT	01	00:21	07:05	13:58
NM	12:14 PDT	08	05:59	13:21	20:36
FQ	03:12 PDT	15	14:17	19:30	00:00
FM	15:29 PDT	22	20:14	00:50	06:05
LQ	19:30 PDT	30	23:55	06:29	13:46

Nearer Planets:			R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.14 A.U., Mag. -1.5
07	07:40	14:23	21:04	10:15.7	+12:04
17	08:21	14:40	20:58	11:13.3	+04:59
27	08:47	14:46	20:43	11:59.1	-01:36

Venus, 0.72 A.U., Mag. -5.2
07	10:02	16:04	22:06	11:59.0	-00:14
17	10:14	16:01	21:47	12:35.0	-05:09
27	10:23	15:55	21:26	13:09.1	-09:52

Mars, 2.67 A.U., Mag. +1.7
07	06:19	13:19	20:18	09:14.2	+17:13
17	06:12	13:05	19:57	09:39.5	+15:13
27	06:04	12:50	19:35	10:04.2	+13:05

Jupiter, 6.18 A.U., Mag. -1.9
07	05:07	12:18	19:28	08:14.0	+20:14
17	04:39	11:47	18:56	08:23.1	+19:45
27	04:10	11:17	18:24	08:31.8	+19:16

Saturn, 9.54 A.U., Mag. +0.9
07	02:27	09:44	17:02	05:40.5	+22:06
17	01:52	09:09	16:27	05:44.6	+22:07
27	01:16	08:33	15:51	05:48.1	+22:08

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
06:44	07	06:15	13:13	20:12	09:08.2	+16:28
07:13	17	06:23	13:12	19:59	09:45.9	+13:28
07:42	27	06:32	13:09	19:46	10:22.8	+10:07

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,493	07	04:35	21:51
	503	17	04:47	21:35
	513	27	05:00	21:18

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 19:54
17	00:00 = 20:34
27	00:00 = 21:13

Darkest Saturday Night: 10 Aug 2002
Sunset		20:08
Twilight	21:46
Moon Set	21:52
Dawn Begin	04:39
Hours Dark	06:52