Celestial calendar February 2003

Lunar Phases:	        Date	Rise	Trans	Set
NM	02:48 PST	01	07:43	12:47	17:57
FQ	03:10 PST	09	11:24	18:32	00:49
FM	15:50 PST	16	17:43	00:48	07:07
LQ	08:45 PST	23	00:51	06:00	11:02

Nearer Planets:		R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.18 A.U., Mag. -1.4
07	05:45	10:39	15:33	19:38.9	-21:14
17	05:55	10:55	15:55	20:33.6	-19:54
27	06:05	11:17	16:29	21:34.6	-16:28

Venus, 0.95 A.U., Mag. -4.7
07	04:19	09:13	14:08	18:13.2	-21:01
17	04:28	09:23	14:19	19:02.4	-20:54
27	04:34	09:33	14:33	19:52.0	-19:51

Mars, 1.63 A.U., Mag. +0.5
07	02:58	07:48	12:38	16:48.9	-22:08
17	02:49	07:37	12:24	17:16.2	-22:54
27	02:39	07:25	12:10	17:44.4	-23:23

Jupiter, 4.36 A.U., Mag. -2.5
07	16:54	23:56	07:02	09:00.5	+17:55
17	16:08	23:11	06:19	08:55.3	+18:17
27	15:23	22:28	05:36	08:50.7	+18:36

Saturn, 8.58 A.U., Mag. +0.6
07	13:06	20:23	03:44	05:26.7	+22:03
17	12:26	19:43	03:04	05:25.9	+22:04
27	11:46	19:04	02:25	05:25.9	+22:06

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
10:31	07	07:06	12:22	17:39	21:22.1	-15:25
10:11	17	06:54	12:22	17:50	22:01.4	-12:06
09:49	27	06:41	12:20	18:00	22:39.6	-08:28

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,677	07	05:37	19:07
	687	17	05:27	19:17
	697	27	05:15	19:26

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 09:00
17	00:00 = 09:39
27	00:00 = 10:19

Darkest Saturday Night: 01 Feb 2003
Sunset		17:32
Twilight	19:01
Moon Set	17:55
Dawn Begin	05:42
Hours Dark	10:41