Celestial calendar December 2003

Lunar phases:		Date	Rise	Trans	Set
FM	12:27 PST	08	16:43	00:11	07:07
LQ	09:42 PST	16	23:58	06:07	12:35
NM	01:43 PST	23	07:54	12:34	17:16
FQ	02:03 PST	30	12:20	18:37	00:05

Nearer planets:	R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 0.80 A.U., Mag. +4.8
07	08:53	13:31	18:09	18:24	-25:33
17	08:36	13:22	18:08	18:54	-23:29
27	07:11	12:07	17:02	18:18	-20:57

Venus, 1.38 A.U., Mag. -3.8
07	09:20	14:03	18:45	18:55	-24:23
17	09:28	14:17	19:05	19:49	-22:51
27	09:31	14:29	19:27	20:41	-20:11

Mars, 0.98 A.U., Mag. +0.1
07	12:53	18:48	00:43	23:41	-02:41
17	12:27	18:29	00:32	00:01	-00:08
27	12:01	18:11	00:21	00:23	+02:27

Jupiter, 5.40 A.U., Mag. -2.2
07	00:02	06:23	12:44	11:16	+05:53
17	23:26	05:46	12:06	11:18	+05:39
27	22:48	05:08	11:28	11:20	+05:32

Saturn, 8.08 A.U., Mag. +0.5
07	18:41	01:57	09:13	06:50	+22:13
17	17:58	01:14	08:30	06:47	+22:18
27	17:15	00:31	07:48	06:43	+22:22

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
11:14	07	07:09	12:00	16:51	16:53	-22:33
11:19	17	07:17	12:05	16:53	17:37	-23:20
11:18	27	07:22	12:10	16:59	18:22	-23:20

Astronomical twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,980	07	05:36	18:22
	990	17	05:43	18:24
   2,453,000	27	05:48	18:30

Sidereal time:
Transit Right Ascension at local midnight
07	00:00 = 04:55
17	00:00 = 05:34
27	00:00 = 06:13

Darkest Saturday Night: 20 Dec  2003
Sunset		16:52
Twilight	18:26
Moon rise	04:08
Dawn begin	05:45
Hours dark	11:19