Celestial calendar March 2003

Lunar Phases:	        Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
NM	18:34 PST	02	07:23	12:04	16:56
FQ	23:14 PST	10	09:15	17:46	01:21
FM	08:34 PST	18	18:26	00:04	06:50
LQ	17:50 PST	24	01:58	05:31	08:59

Nearer Planets:	        	R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 1.36 A.U., Mag. 2.2 
07	06:10	11:36	17:04	22:25.9	-12:10
17	06:14	12:04	17:56	23:32.9	-04:54
27	06:18	12:36	18:56	00:43.9	+04:04

Venus, 1.14 A.U., Mag. 4.4 
07	04:36	09:41	14:46	20:31.4	-18.20
17	04:36	09:50	15:05	21:19.8	-15:39
27	04:32	09:58	15:24	22:07.1	-12:15

Mars, 1.37 A.U., Mag. +0.1  
07	02:31	07:16	12:00	18:06.6	-23:33
17	02:19	07:04	11:49	18:34.3	-23:31
27	02:06	06:52	11:38	19:01.7	-23:13

Jupiter, 4.60 A.U., Mag. 2.4   
07	14:48	21:53	05:02	08:47.6	+18:48
17	14:05	21:11	04:21	08:44.8	+18:59
27	13:24	20:30	03:40	08:43.1	+19:05

Saturn, 9.04 A.U., Mag. +0.7  
07	11:15	18:33	01:54	05:26.5	+22:08
17	10:37	17:55	01:17	05:27.9	+22:12
27	10:00	17:18	00:40	05:30.1	+22:15

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
09:30	07	06:30	12:19	18:08	23:09.5	-05:25
09:04	17	06:15	12:16	18:18	23:46.3	-01:29
08:37	27	06:00	12:13	18:27	00:22.7	+02:28

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,705	07	05:04	19:34
	715	17	04:48	19:44
	725	27	04:32	19:55

Sidereal Time:
Transit right ascension at local midnight
07	00:00 = 10:50
17	00:00 = 11:30
27	00:00 = 12:09

Darkest saturday night: 29 Mar 2003
Sunset		18:29
Twilight	19:57
Moon Set	04:54
Dawn Begin	04:29
Hours Dark	08:31