Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is 11 days old, waxing gibbous, and is approaching full moon. From South El Monte, it is visible from soon after it rises, at 17:57, until soon before it sets at 04:09.
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Mercury will soon pass behind the Sun. From South El Monte, however, it will become visible at around 20:14 (PDT), 9° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 1 hour and 13 minutes after the Sun at 21:08.
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Venus will soon pass behind the Sun. From South El Monte, however, it will become visible at around 20:12 (PDT), 25° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 2 hours and 34 minutes after the Sun at 22:29.
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Mars 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 9° above the horizon at dawn.
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Jupiter recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From South El Monte, however, it will become visible at around 20:12 (PDT), 34° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 16 minutes after the Sun at 23:11.
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Saturn recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From South El Monte, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:03 (PDT) – 2 hours and 37 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:04.
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Uranus recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From South El Monte, it is not readily observable since it is very close to the Sun, at a separation of only 5° from it.
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Neptune recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From South El Monte, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:39 (PDT) – 3 hours and 1 minute before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:31.
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