Celestial Calendar January 2003

Lunar Phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
NM	12:22 PST	02	07:26	12:12	16:59
FQ	05:14 PST	10	12:03	18:30	00:09
FM	02:47 PST	18	17:43	01:12	07:49
LQ	00:32 PST	25	00:38	06:17	11:47

Nearer Planets:			R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 0.69 A.U., Mag. -1.9 
07	07:50	12:50	17:50	19:52.2	-19:10
17	06:22	11:21	16:21	19:02.2	-19:14
27	05:44	10:40	15:35	18:57.2	-20:37

Venus, 0.72 A.U., Mag. -5.0 
07	03:45	08:55	14:05	15:53.4	-16.36
17	03:55	08:58	14:01	16:35.5	-18:36
27	04:06	09:04	14:02	17:20.8	-20:09

Mars, 1.91 A.U., Mag. +0.9  
07	03:22	08:27	13:32	15:25.6	-18:04
17	03:15	08:14	13:13	15:52.0	-19:38
27	03:07	08:02	12:56	16:18.9	-20:58

Jupiter, 4.36 A.U., Mag. -2.6   
07	18:16	02:17	09:15	09:15.8	+16:43
17	18:31	01:34	08:32	09:11.4	+17:05
27	17:45	00:49	07:49	09:06.3	+17:29

Saturn, 8.19 A.U., Mag. +0.5  
07	15:15	22:32	05:53	05:33.7	+22:02
17	14:33	21:50	05:11	05:30.8	+22:02
27	13:51	21:08	04:29	05:28.5	+22:02

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
11:13	07	07:23	12:14	17:05	19:11.8	-22:25
11:03	17	07:21	12:18	17:15	18:55.1	-20:49
10:49	27	07:15	12:20	17:26	20:37.2	-22:02

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,646	07	05:50	18:38
	656	17	05:49	18:47
	666	27	05:45	18:56

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 06:58
17	00:00 = 07:37
27	00:00 = 08:17

Darkest Saturday Night: 04 Jan 2003
Sunset		17:03
Twilight	18:35
Moon Set	19:07
Dawn Begin	05:50
Hours Dark	11:15