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 Maple Ridge, it is visible between 22:49 and 02:51. It will become accessible at around 22:49, when it rises to an altitude of 10° above your southern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:47, 11° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:51 when it sinks below 2° above your south-western horizon.
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Mercury is visible as an evening object, having recently passed greatest elongation east. From Maple Ridge, however, 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 dusk.
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Venus is visible as a morning object, having recently passed greatest elongation west. From Maple Ridge, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:35 (PDT) – 2 hours and 37 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 19° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:47.
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Mars is currently an early evening object, now receding into evening twilight. From Maple Ridge, however, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 10° above the horizon at dusk.
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Jupiter recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Maple Ridge, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 2° above the horizon at dawn.
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Saturn is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Maple Ridge, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:12 (PDT) and reaching an altitude of 33° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:17.
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Uranus recently passed behind the Sun at solar conjunction. From Maple Ridge, it is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 10° above the horizon at dawn.
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Neptune is currently emerging from behind the Sun. From Maple Ridge, it is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:07 (PDT) and reaching an altitude of 28° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 03:20.
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