Celestial calendar April 2003

Lunar phases:   	Date	Rise	Trans	Set
NM	11:18 PST	01	06:09	12:08	18:22
FQ	15:39 PST	09	09:09	18:15	02:28
FM	11:35 PST	16	18:54	00:24	05:23
LQ	04:18 PST	23	02:47	06:18	09:54

Nearer planets:        		 R. A.	Dec.
Mercury, 0.85 A.U., Mag. -0.8
07	06:19	13:10	20:01	02:01.1	+13:53
17	06:11	13:20	20:29	02:52.3	+19:26
27	06:45	13:55	21:05	03:09.3	+20:15

Venus, 1.34 A.U., Mag. -4.2
07	04:25	10:05	15:46	22:57.5	-07:50
17	04:17	10:11	16:05	23:42.8	-03:25
27	05:08	11:16	17:25	00:27.5	+01:12

Mars, 1.10 A.U., Mag. +0.5
07	01:50	06:38	11:27	19:31.4	-22:35
17	01:33	06:25	11:17	19:57.6	-21:47
27	02:16	07:11	12:06	20:23.1	-20:47

Jupiter, 5.04 A.U., Mag. -2.2
07	12:41	19:47	02:57	08:42.7	+19:06
17	12:03	19:08	02:18	08:43.8	+19:01
27	12:26	19:31	02:40	08:46.0	+18:52

Saturn, 9.52 A.U., Mag. +0.8
07	09:20	16:38	23:56	05:33.3	+22:19
17	08:44	16:02	23:21	05:36.8	+22:23
27	09:08	16:27	23:46	05:40.9	+22:27

SOL Star Type G2V  Intelligent Life in System ?
Hours of Darkness
08:06	07	05:43	12:10	18:37	01:02.9	+06:42
07:36	17	05:29	12:07	18:46	01:39.7	-10:21
07:07	27	06:15	13:05	19:56	02:17.1	+13:43

Astronomical twilight:  Begin	End
JD 2,452,736	07	04:13	20:07
	746	17	03:56	20:20
	756	27	04:39	21:32

Sidereal time:
Transit right ascension at local midnight
07	00:00 = 12:53
17	00:00 = 13:32
27	00:00 = 14:11

Darkest Saturday night: 26 April 2003
Sunset	        18:55
Twilight	20:31
Moon rise	03:26
Dawn begin	03:41
Hours dark	07:10
                        
Daylight Savings Time begins 
02:00 27 Apr 2003