Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is 14 days old, waning gibbous, and recently passed full moon. From Kuala Lumpur, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:40 (GMT+08), 17° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at --:--, 58° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:48, when it sinks below 6° above your south-western horizon.
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Mercury is visible as an evening object, having recently passed greatest elongation east. From Kuala Lumpur, it will become visible at around 19:55 (GMT+08), 15° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 1 hour and 39 minutes after the Sun at 21:05.
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Venus is visible as a morning object, having recently passed greatest elongation west. From Kuala Lumpur, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 04:07 (GMT+08) – 3 hours and 0 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 38° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:53.
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Mars is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Kuala Lumpur, it will become visible at around 20:02 (GMT+08), 43° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 35 minutes after the Sun at 23:01.
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Jupiter 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 6° above the horizon at dawn.
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Saturn is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Kuala Lumpur, it is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:00, when it reaches an altitude of 11° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 06:14, 85° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:38, 82° above your south-western horizon.
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Uranus recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kuala Lumpur, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:47 (GMT+08) – 3 hours and 20 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 33° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:14.
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Neptune is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Kuala Lumpur, it is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 01:41, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 06:13, 86° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:14, 86° above your southern horizon.
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