Sun
Daily picture of the sun from an observatory in Hawaii

RA: 6 h 55 m
Dec: 22.8 ° N
Dist: 1.017 AU
Const: Gemini

Moon
Current moon phase

Waxing Gibbous
RA: 16 h 45 m
Dec: 26.2 ° S
Dist: 402798 km
93 % illumination
Age 11.9
Const: Scorpio

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  • Welcome at 16:25:09 04-Jul-2009 Universal Time --- Julian Day number 2455017.18413
    Upcoming events:
    4567
    02-hour Earth at aphelion 1.016666 AU (94,525,254 miles or 152,091,134 km)

    5:57 Moon occults Al Niyat

    09-hour Moon 0.525 degrees north of Antares.

    9:39 Moon occults Antares

    21-hour Moon is in Ophiuchus.

    08-hour Southern lunistice. Moon 26.46 degrees south of the celestial equator.

    20-hour Moon is in Sagittarius.

    05-hour Pluto 8.278 degrees north of Moon

    15:13 Moon occults Kaus Borealis

    9:21 Full Moon

    9:39 Penumbral lunar eclipse.

    10-hour Moon becomes a morning object.

    11-hour Pallas at northernmost pass 5.72 degrees north of the celestial equator.

    12-hour Vesta 1.484 degrees south of Mercury

    21-hour Moon at apogee 0.002715 AU (252,472 miles or 406,227 km)

    Quick reference for finding the naked eye planets tonight:
    Mercury is a morning object in Gemini...Venus is a morning object in Taurus...Mars is a morning object in Taurus...Jupiter is a morning object in Capricorn...Saturn is an evening object in Leo...Uranus is a morning object in Pisces...
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