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 Chichester, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:44 (BST), 13° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:44, 13° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:02, when it sinks below 3° above your south-western horizon.
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Mercury is visible as an evening object, having recently passed greatest elongation east. From Chichester, however, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 1° 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 02:25 (BST) – 2 hours and 29 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 17° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:27.
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Mars is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Chichester, however, 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 dusk.
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Jupiter 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 no higher than 0° above the horizon at dawn.
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Saturn is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Chichester, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:18 (BST) and reaching an altitude of 29° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 03:54.
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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 no higher than 5° above the horizon at dawn.
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Neptune is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Chichester, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:12 (BST) and reaching an altitude of 22° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 02:48.
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