Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is 17 days old, waning gibbous, and is approaching last quarter. From Chichester, it is visible between 00:55 and 04:08. It will become accessible at around 00:55, when it rises to an altitude of 9° above your southern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 02:30, 12° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:08 when it sinks below 9° above your south-western horizon.
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Mercury recently passed behind the Sun at superior solar conjunction. From Chichester, 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 dusk.
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Venus is visible as a morning object, having recently passed greatest elongation west. From Chichester, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:55 (BST) – 1 hour and 51 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 12° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:19.
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Mars is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Chichester, it will become visible at around 22:31 (BST), 20° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 29 minutes after the Sun at 00:46.
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Jupiter 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 0° below the horizon at dusk.
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Saturn is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Chichester, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:46 (BST) – 3 hours and 0 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 17° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 03:43.
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Uranus recently passed 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 7° below the horizon at dawn.
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Neptune is currently emerging from 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 7° above the horizon at dawn.
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