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Planets Today
PlanetRight AscensionDeclinationDistanceRise TimeRise AzTransitAltSet TimeSet Az
Mercury10h 51m 18.70s2° 37' 53.93"0.625 6:34AM8412:48PM54 7:04PM276
Venus13h 22m 53.56s-11° 59' 45.40"0.59010:20AM107 3:37PM36 8:54PM253
Mars13h 16m 26.05s-8° 0' 6.15"2.149 9:56AM101 3:29PM41 9:01PM259
Jupiter0h 5m 31.46s-1° 6' 16.68"4.013 8:10PM91 2:12AM49 8:10AM269
Saturn12h 18m 1.47s0° 25' 2.31"10.448 8:22AM89 2:25PM50 8:28PM271
Uranus23h 58m 30.83s-1° 1' 1.43"19.147 8:03PM91 2:06AM49 8:05AM269
Neptune21h 56m 51.59s-13° 1' 45.86"29.028 6:44PM10712:01AM37 5:22AM253
Pluto18h 11m 15.44s-18° 29' 47.57"31.462 3:20PM114 8:16PM31 1:16AM246
Sun10h 39m 50.43s8° 27' 0.89"1.009 6:26AM7912:56PM57 7:25PM280
Moon3h 46m 48.84s23° 17' 43.01"388855.504   8:23AM73 4:06PM301
Events this Month
WhenWhat
9/1/2010 12:23:00 PMLast Quarter Moon
9/1/2010 1:00:00 PMVenus is 1.16° South of Spica
9/3/2010 7:36:00 AMMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun
9/4/2010 9:00:00 AMMars is 2.24° North of Spica
9/7/2010 7:30:00 AMMoon is 4.75° South of Regulus
9/7/2010 5:10:00 PMMoon is 1.67° South of Mercury
9/8/2010 5:31:00 AMNew Moon
9/10/2010 8:19:00 PMMoon is 3.01° South of Spica
9/11/2010 8:08:00 AMMoon is 0.34° South of Venus
9/14/2010 1:13:00 AMMoon is 2.11° North of Antares
9/15/2010 12:51:00 AMFirst Quarter Moon
9/19/2010 12:21:00 PMMercury reaches 17.9° West of the Sun
9/20/2010 11:19:00 AMMoon is 4.57° North of Neptune
9/21/2010 6:37:00 AMJupiter at Opposition, 49.9arcmin, -2.9 magnitude
9/21/2010 11:59:00 AMUranus at Opposition, 3.7arcmin, 5.7 magnitude
9/22/2010 2:00:00 PMJupiter is 0.88° South of Uranus
9/22/2010 10:09:00 PMAutumnal Equinox
9/23/2010 4:18:00 AMFull Moon
9/29/2010 1:00:00 AMVenus is 6.5° South of Mars
This month's Moon Calendar shows the current phases.
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