Celestial calendar May 2003

Lunar Phases:	        Date	Rise	Trans	Set 
NM	05:14 PDT	01	05:51	13:09	20:45
FQ	04:52 PDT	09	11:30	19:47	03:22
FM	20:35 PDT	15	20:25	00:02	04:58
LQ	17:30 PDT	22	02:45	11:51	19:01
NM	21:31 PDT	30	04:28	12:35	21:00

Nearer Planets:		        R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 0.58 A.U., Mag. 1.4 
07	06:04	13:01	19:57	02:55.1	+16:42
17	05:22	12:06	18:50	02:39.0	+12:56
27	04:53	11:36	18:19	02:46.3	+12:13

Venus, 1.50 A.U., Mag. 4.1 
07	04:59	11:21	17:45	01:12.1	+05:49
17	04:50	11:28	18:06	01:57.6	+10:17
27	04:44	11:35	18:27	02:44.4	+14:11

Mars, 0.86 A.U., Mag. +1.1  
07	01:57	06:56	11:56	20:47.6	-19:39
17	01:36	06:40	11:44	21:10.9	-18:26
27	01:15	06:23	11:31	21:33.0	-17:11

Jupiter, 5.52 A.U., Mag. 2.0   
07	11:51	18:56	02:04	08:49.4	+18:38
17	11:17	18:21	01:28	08:53.8	+18:20
27	10:45	17:47	00:52	08:59.0	+17:58

Saturn, 9.87 A.U., Mag. +0.9  
07	08:33	15:52	23:11	05:45.4	+22:30
17	07:58	15:18	22:37	05:50.3	+22:33
27	07:24	14:44	22:03	05:55.5	+22:35

SOL Star Type G2V Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
06:38	07	06:04	13:04	20:05	02:55.2	-16:42
06:11	17	05:55	13:04	20:14	03:34.3	-19:14
05:48	27	05:48	13:05	20:22	04:14.5	-21:14

Astronomical Twilight:	Begin	End
JD 2,452,766	07	04:24	21:46
	776	17	04:10	21:59
	786	27	03:39	22:11

Sidereal Time:
Transit Right Ascension at Local Midnight
07	00:00 = 13:51
17	00:00 = 14:30
27	00:00 = 15:10

Darkest Saturday Night: 31 May 2003
Sunset		20:25
Twilight	22:16
Moon Set	21:19
Dawn Begin	03:56
Hours Dark	05:40