Objects in your sky: Planets
by Dominic Ford
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The Moon is 9 days old, waxing gibbous, and recently passed first quarter. From Kissimmee, it is visible from soon after it rises, at 16:21, until soon before it sets at 03:48.
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Mercury will soon pass behind the Sun. From Kissimmee, however, it will become visible at around 20:30 (EDT), 8° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 1 hour and 1 minute after the Sun at 21:15.
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Venus will soon pass behind the Sun. From Kissimmee, however, it will become visible at around 20:30 (EDT), 26° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 2 hours and 31 minutes after the Sun at 22:45.
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Mars recently passed 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 no higher than 11° above the horizon at dawn.
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Jupiter recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, however, it will become visible at around 20:30 (EDT), 39° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 24 minutes after the Sun at 23:38.
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Saturn recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:46 (EDT) – 2 hours and 41 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 27° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:54.
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Uranus recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, it is not readily observable since it is very close to the Sun, at a separation of only 3° from it.
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Neptune recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:21 (EDT) – 3 hours and 6 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:24.
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