Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is 10 days old, waxing gibbous, and is approaching full moon. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:44 (EST), 45° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:32, 65° above your south-western horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:24, when it sinks below -6° above your western horizon.
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Mercury is emerging into the morning sky as it approaches greatest elongation west. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 05:32 (EST) – 1 hour and 25 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 11° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:30.
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Venus will soon pass behind the Sun. From Kissimmee, 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 dawn.
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Mars will soon pass behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is 1° below the horizon at dusk.
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Jupiter is currently visible as a morning object. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:22, when it reaches an altitude of 7° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:32, 83° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:41, 46° above your western horizon.
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Saturn is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:02 (EST), 51° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:29, 57° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:27, when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.
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Uranus recently passed opposition. From Kissimmee, it is visible between 18:27 and 04:34. It will become accessible at around 18:27, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:30, 81° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:34 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 Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:27 (EST), 54° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:43, 60° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:59, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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