Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is a 1 day-old waxing crescent, and recently passed new moon. From Kuala Lumpur, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 7° above the horizon at dusk.
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Mercury recently passed in front of the Sun at inferior solar conjunction. From Kuala Lumpur, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is 4° below the horizon at dawn.
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Venus recently passed in front of the Sun at inferior solar conjunction. From Kuala Lumpur, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 06:20 (GMT+08) – 51 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 8° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:58.
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Mars is currently an early evening object. From Kuala Lumpur, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:45 (GMT+08), 67° above your northern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:19, 68° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:38, when it sinks below 10° above your north-western horizon.
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Jupiter is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Kuala Lumpur, it will become visible at around 19:34 (GMT+08), 55° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:44.
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Saturn recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kuala Lumpur, 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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Uranus will soon pass behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kuala Lumpur, it will become visible at around 20:10 (GMT+08), 28° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 2 hours and 54 minutes after the Sun at 22:15.
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Neptune recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kuala Lumpur, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is 5° below the horizon at dawn.
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