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 Kissimmee, it is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:42 (EDT), 31° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:18, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:39, 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 Kissimmee, it will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 11° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 1 hour and 29 minutes after the Sun at 21:55.
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Venus is visible as a morning object, having recently passed greatest elongation west. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:42 (EDT) – 2 hours and 49 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 32° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:15.
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Mars is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Kissimmee, it will become visible at around 21:08 (EDT), 31° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 9 minutes after the Sun at 23:35.
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Jupiter 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 3° above the horizon at dawn.
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Saturn is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:36 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 58° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:57.
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Uranus recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Kissimmee, however, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:28 (EDT) – 3 hours and 3 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:27.
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Neptune is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Kissimmee, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:34 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 56° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:27.
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