Celestial Calendar October 2002

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
NM	04:17 PDT	06	07:16	13:22	19:18
FQ	22:32 PDT	12	14:14	19:01	23:49
FM	00:19 PDT	21	18:55	00:58	07:36
LQ	21:27 PST	28	23:06	05:40	13:13

Nearer Planets:			R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.07 A.U., Mag. -1.9
07	05:51	11:58	18:05	11:54.5	+01:05
17	05:52	11:53	17:54	12:27.1	-00:47
27	06:30	12:12	17:53	13:24.7	-07:03

Venus, 0.30 A.U., Mag. -3.1
07	09:59	14:45	19:32	14:42.8	-22:59
17	09:16	14:02	18:48	14:39.9	-23:06
27	08:12	13:06	18:00	14:23.2	-21:00

Mars, 2.53 A.U., Mag. 1.6
07	05:33	11:46	17:59	11:41.8	+03:10
17	05:25	11:30	17:35	12:05.2	+00:36
27	05:17	11:14	17:11	12:28.6	-01:57

Jupiter, 5.54 A.U., Mag. -2.1
07	02:07	09:06	16:06	09:02.8	+17:20
17	01:34	08:33	15:31	09:08.7	+16:57
27	01:01	07:59	14:56	09:13.7	+16:37

Saturn, 8.57 A.U., Mag. 0.5
07	22:38	06:00	13:17	05:55.8	+22:07
17	21:59	05:20	12:38	05:55.7	+22:07
27	21:19	04:40	11:57	05:54.9	+22:06

SOL Star Type G2V  Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
09:33	07	07:08	12:55	18:43	12:50.8	-05:27
09:56	17	07:17	12:53	18:28	13:27.7	-09:12
10:17	27	07:27	12:52	18:16	14:05.6	-12:44

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,554	07	05:41	20:09
	564	17	05:51	19:55
	574	27	06:00	19:43

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 23:55
17	00:00 = 00:34
27	00:00 = 01:14

Darkest Saturday Night: 5 Oct 2002
Sunset 		18:46
Twilight	20:12
Moon Set	18:47
Dawn Begin	05:40
Hours Dark	09:28