Celestial Calendar September 2002

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set
NM	20:07 PDT	06	06:00	12:58	19:45
FQ	11:07 PDT	13	14:23	19:16	00:41
FM	06:58 PDT	21	19:36	00:59	06:53
LQ	10:02 PDT	29	00:12	06:56	14:35

Nearer Planets:			R.A.	Dec.
Mercury, 0.70 A.U., Mag. 2.1
07	08:55	14:36	20:16	12:34.0	-07:09
17	08:27	14:02	19:37	12:41.0	-08:49
27	07:05	12:54	18:44	12:13.9	-04:29

Venus, 0.48 A.U., Mag. -5.5
07	10:30	15:46	21:02	13:43.6	-14:36
17	10:30	15:34	20:37	14:11.0	-08:49
27	10:22	15:15	20:07	14:31.9	-21:13

Mars, 2.63 A.U., Mag. 1.7
07	05:56	12:33	19:10	10:30.9	+10:34
17	05:48	12:18	18:46	10:54.8	+08:10
27	05:41	12:02	18:23	11:18.4	+05:41

Jupiter, 5.93 A.U., Mag. 2.0
07	03:38	10:43	17:47	08:41.0	+18:44
17	03:08	10:11	17:14	08:48.9	+18:15
27	02:38	09:39	16:40	08:56.2	+17:47

Saturn, 9.06 A.U., Mag. 0.7
07	00:36	07:53	15:11	05:51.3	+22:08
17	23:55	07:16	14:34	05:53.6	+22:08
27	23:17	06:38	13:56	05:55.1	+22:08

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
08:13	07	06:41	13:06	19:29	11:02.7	+06:07
08:41	17	06:50	13:02	19:14	11:38.6	+02:19
09:08	27	06:59	12:59	18:58	12:14.6	-01:35

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,524	07	05:12	20:58
	534	17	05:22	20:41
	544	27	05:32	20:24

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 21:57
17	00:00 = 22:36
27	00:00 = 23:15

Darkest Saturday Night: 07 Sep 2002
Sunset		19:29
Twilight	20:58
Moon Set	20:20
Dawn Begin	05:12
Hours Dark	08:13