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 Chichester, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 16:22 (GMT), 15° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:45, 59° above your south-western horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 06:16, when it sinks below -4° above your north-western horizon.
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Mercury is visible as a morning object, having recently passed greatest elongation west. From Chichester, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 05:47 (GMT) – 1 hour and 56 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 10° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 07:08.
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Venus will soon pass behind the Sun. From Chichester, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 2° above the horizon at dawn.
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Mars will soon pass behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Chichester, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is 4° below the horizon at dusk.
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Jupiter is currently visible as a morning object. From Chichester, it is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:01, when it reaches an altitude of 7° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:58, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 07:19, 31° above your western horizon.
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Saturn is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Chichester, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 16:49 (GMT), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:56, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:18, when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.
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Uranus recently passed opposition. From Chichester, it is visible between 17:35 and 04:17. It will become accessible at around 17:35, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:56, 58° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:17 when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Neptune is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Chichester, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:25 (GMT), 33° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:10, 37° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:34, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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