Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is 13 days old, waxing gibbous, and is approaching full moon. From South El Monte, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:23 (PDT), 12° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:34, 25° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:22, when it sinks below -3° above your south-western horizon.
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Mercury is visible as an evening object, having recently passed greatest elongation east. From South El Monte, however, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 8° above the horizon at dusk.
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Venus is visible as a morning object, having recently passed greatest elongation west. From South El Monte, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:58 (PDT) – 2 hours and 47 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 29° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:27.
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Mars is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From South El Monte, it will become visible at around 20:52 (PDT), 25° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 2 hours and 55 minutes after the Sun at 23:01.
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Jupiter recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From South El Monte, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 4° above the horizon at dawn.
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Saturn is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From South El Monte, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 23:55 (PDT) and reaching an altitude of 52° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:07.
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Uranus recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From South El Monte, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:35 (PDT) – 3 hours and 10 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:34.
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Neptune is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From South El Monte, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 23:52 (PDT) and reaching an altitude of 50° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:34.
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