Celestial Calendar December 2002

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
NM	23:34 PST	03	06:19	11:29	16:32
FQ	07:48 PST	11	12:49	18:34	00:27
FM	11:09 PST	19	16:55	00:34	07:16
LQ	16:30 PST	26	00:28	05:52	12:13

Nearer Planets:			R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.19 A.U., Mag. -2.2 
07	08:15	12:55	17:36	17:51.9	-25:35
17	08:42	13:22	18:02	18:55.8	-25:04
27	08:44	13:34	18:251	19:49.2	-22:20

Venus, 0.48 A.U., Mag. -5.4 
07	03:47	09:16	14:46	14:13.2	-11.11
17	03:39	09:03	14:27	14:38.7	-12:20
27	03:38	08:57	14:15	15:11.5	-14:14

Mars, 2.16 A.U., Mag. +1.2  
07	03:44	09:10	14:36	14:07.7	-12:00
17	03:37	08:56	14:14	14:31.7	-14:05
27	03:30	08:42	13:53	14:57.1	-16:05

Jupiter, 4.64 A.U., Mag. -2.5   
07	21:31	04:26	11:17	09:22.8	+16:04
17	20:46	03:46	10:41	09:21.9	+16:11
27	20:04	03:04	10:01	09:19.6	+16:24

Saturn, 8.05 A.U., Mag. +0.4  
07	17:32	00:48	08:00	05:44.3	+22:04
17	16:44	00:06	07:23	05:40.9	+22:03
27	16:02	23:19	06:40	05:37.4	+22:02

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
11:14	07	07:07	11:59	16:52	16:56.4	-22:38
11:19	17	07:16	12:04	16:51	17:38.9	-23:21
11:18	27	07:21	12:09	16:57	18:23.3	-23:20

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,615	07	05:36	18:22
	625	17	05:43	18:25
	635	27	05:48	18:30

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 04:56
17	00:00 = 05:35
27	00:00 = 06:14

Darkest Saturday Night: 28 Dec 2002
Sunset		16:57
Twilight	18:30
Moon Rise	01:36
Dawn Begin	05:48
Hours Dark	11:18