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 Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:09 (EDT), 8° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:00, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:39, when it sinks below 7° above your western horizon.
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Mercury recently passed behind the Sun at superior solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, 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 recently passed behind the Sun at superior solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, however, it will become visible at around 19:09 (EDT), 16° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 1 hour and 44 minutes after the Sun at 20:38.
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Mars is currently visible as a morning object. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:24 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 82° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:57.
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Jupiter is currently visible as a morning object. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:53, when it reaches an altitude of 7° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:04, 84° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 07:10, 61° above your western horizon.
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Saturn recently passed opposition. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:23 (EDT), 29° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:42, 53° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:31, when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.
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Uranus is currently approaching opposition and is visible as a morning object. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:18, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:19, 80° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:28, 45° above your western horizon.
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Neptune recently passed opposition. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:50 (EDT), 28° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:34, 59° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:47, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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