Wednesday, November 5, 2008

planets in the sky tonight

Moon: moving through Capricornus, disc is 42% illuminated (waxing crescent), visible in the sky after sunset, 81 degrees from the Sun, 29.9 arcmin in diameter.
Mercury: in Virgo, visible in the eastern sky before sunrise, magnitude -0.8, 12 degrees from the Sun, 5.2 arcsec in diameter.
Venus: in Ophiuchus, visible in the western sky after sunset, magnitude -4.3, 37 degrees from the Sun, 14.4 arcsec in diameter.
Mars: in Libra, probably too close to the Sun to be seen, magnitude 1.4, 8 degrees from the Sun, 3.7 arcsec in diameter.
Jupiter: in Sagittarius, visible in the sky after sunset, magnitude -2.1, 64 degrees from the Sun, 35.8 arcsec in diameter.
Saturn: in Leo, visible in the sky before sunrise, magnitude 1.0, 54 degrees from the Sun, 16.7 arcsec in diameter.
Uranus: in Aquarius, visible in the sky after sunset, magnitude 5.8, 125 degrees from the Sun, 3.4 arcsec in diameter.
Neptune: in Capricornus, visible in the sky after sunset, magnitude 7.9, 98 degrees from the Sun, 2.1 arcsec in diameter.

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