All times are shown in EDT (Eastern Daylight Time (UT-4)) as seen from Stow, Ohio
Longitude: W 81 25' 38.4"
Latitude: N41 11' 11.1"
Altitude: 337m
The following Sun, Moon & planet detail was calculated as it will be on Friday 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm (nautical twilight).
Source: Guide8 software available from ProjectPluto
ABOVE HORIZON:
Object Mag Const Rise Set
Venus -3.9 Tau 07:39 22:42
Mars 0.7 Cnc 12:36 03:08
Saturn 0.8 Vir 16:33 05:03
BELOW HORIZON:
Object Mag Const Rise Set
Sun -26.7 Ari 06:21 20:24
Mercury 5.1 Ari 06:13 20:04
Jupiter -2.1 Aqr 04:37 16:23
Uranus 5.9 Psc 04:47 16:50
Neptune 7.9 Aqr 03:30 14:12
Pluto 14.2 Sgr 00:12 10:09
Moon -11.8 Sco 23:10 08:23
Sun data:
Rise: 6:21am
Transit: 1:22pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 8:24pm
Constellation: Aries
Distance: 1.00744929 AU = 150,712,268 km = 93,648,263 miles = 8.39 light-minutes
Magnitude: -26.7
Apparent size: 31.75 arcminutes in angular diameter
Civil twilight ends at: 8:52pm ( When the Sun is 6° below the horizon )
Nautical twilight ends at: 9:28pm ( When the Sun is 12° below the horizon )
Astronomical twilight ends at: 10:08pm ( When the Sun is 18° below the horizon )
Spring began at the Vernal Equinox which occurred on Saturday Mar 20, 2010 at 1:33pm
Summer begins at the Summer Solstice which will occur on Monday Jun 21, 2010 at 7:29am
Next Solar Eclipse: Partial eclipse (>80%) on Monday August 21, 2017 2:30pm EDT
Next TOTAL Solar Eclipse: Monday April 8, 2024 at 3:15pm
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm the Sun will be 12° below the west-northwest horizon
Moon data:
Rise: 11:10pm
Transit: 3:47am - May 1 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 8:23am - May 1
Constellation: Scorpius
Phase: 92.00% illuminated (waning gibbous)
Distance: 0.00259103 AU = 387,612 km = 240,851 miles = 1.29 light-seconds
Magnitude: -11.8
Apparent size: 30.82 arcminutes in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 147.06° (morning sky)
Age: 16d 12h 57m since last New Moon
Prior Phase: Full Moon on Wednesday Apr 28, 2010 at 8:19am
Next Phase: Last Quarter on Thursday May 6, 2010 at 12:15am
Next Lunar eclipse: Total eclipse (100%) on Sunday Sept 27, 2015 at 10:10pm EDT
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm the Moon will be 17.9° below the east horizon
Mercury data:
Rise: 6:13am
Transit: 1:09pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 8:04pm
Constellation: Aries
Phase: 0.58% illuminated
Distance: .56152938 AU = 84,003,599 km = 52,197,417 miles = 4.68 light-minutes
Magnitude: 5.1
Apparent size: 11.98 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 3.86° (morning sky)
Next maximum elongations...
Morning: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 (25° 07' 48")
Evening: Saturday, August 7, 2010 (27° 22' 00")
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Mercury will be 15.1° below the west-northwest horizon
Venus data:
Rise: 7:39am
Transit: 3:10pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 10:42pm
Constellation: Taurus
Phase: 88.99% illuminated
Distance: 1.46191143 AU = 218,698,837 km = 135,893,159 miles = 12.18 light-minutes
Magnitude: -3.9
Apparent size: 11.41 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 26.53° (evening sky)
Next maximum elongations...
Evening: Friday, August 20, 2010 (45° 57' 59")
Morning: Saturday, January 8, 2011 (46° 57' 24")
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Venus will be 11.3° above the west horizon
Mars data:
Rise: 12:36pm
Transit: 7:52pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 3:08am - May 1
Constellation: Cancer
Phase: 89.77% illuminated
Distance: 1.28716275 AU = 192,556,806 km = 119,649,254 miles = 10.72 light-minutes
Magnitude: 0.7
Apparent size: 7.27 arcseconds inangular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 91.94° (evening sky)
Dates of Opposition (when Mars is closest to Earth)
Previous: Friday Jan 29, 2010 at 2:21pm. Distance: 99,400,435 km. Size: 14.08 arcseconds.
Next: Saturday Mar 3, 2012 at 3:52pm. Distance: 100,839,728 km. Size: 13.88 arcseconds.
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Mars will be 59.9° above the southwest horizon
No, Mars was *not* "...as big as a Full Moon on August 27!"
Please see the following links for more information about this annual 'Mars Hoax'
Sky&Telescope
Snopes
Hoax-Slayer
UniverseToday
Jupiter data:
Rise: 4:37am
Transit: 10:30am (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 4:23pm
Constellation: Aquarius
Phase: 99.45% illuminated
Distance: 5.61331913 AU = 839,740,589 km = 521,790,617 miles = 46.76 light-minutes
Magnitude: -2.1
Apparent size: 35.12 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 46.80° (morning sky)
Dates of Opposition (when Jupiter is closest to Earth)
Previous: Friday Aug 14, 2009 at 1:44pm
Next: Tuesday Sep 21, 2010 at 7:28am
Next transit of the Great Red Spot: Saturday May 01, 2010 at 7:18am
The Red Spot transits about every 10 hours 56 minutes
GRS longitude: 143.7
Jupiter satellite events (during darkness):
none tonight
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Jupiter will be 49.8° below the northwest horizon
Saturn data:
Rise: 4:33pm
Transit: 10:48pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 5:03am - May 1
Constellation: Virgo
Phase: 99.87% illuminated
Distance: 8.73968449 AU = 1,307,438,190 km = 812,404,437 miles = 1.21 light-hours
Magnitude: 0.8
Apparent size: 19.02 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 137.91° (evening sky)
Dates of Opposition (when Saturn is closest to Earth)
Previous: Sunday Mar 21, 2010 at 8:28pm
Next: Sunday Apr 3, 2011 at 7:48pm
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Saturn will be 47.6° above the southeast horizon
Uranus data:
Rise: 4:47am
Transit: 10:49am (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 4:50pm
Constellation: Pisces
Phase: 99.97% illuminated
Distance: 20.83697509 AU = 3,117,167,105 km = 1,936,917,865 miles = 2.89 light-hours
Magnitude: 5.9
Apparent size: 3.38 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 41.63° (morning sky)
Dates of Opposition (when Uranus is closest to Earth)
Previous: Thursday Sep 17, 2009 at 5:34am
Next: Tuesday Sep 21, 2010 at 12:51pm
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Uranus will be 46.1° below the northwest horizon
Neptune data:
Rise: 3:30am - May 1
Transit: 8:51am - May 1 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 2:12pm - May 1
Constellation: Aquarius
Phase: 99.97% illuminated
Distance: 30.31478624 AU = 4,535,027,472 km = 2,817,935,462 miles = 4.21 light-hours
Magnitude: 7.9
Apparent size: 2.25 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 72.14° (morning sky)
Dates of Opposition (when Neptune is closest to Earth)
Previous: Monday Aug 17, 2009 at 4:47pm
Next: Friday Aug 20, 2010 at 5:59am
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Neptune will be 60.2° below the north horizon
Pluto data: (Dwarf Planet aka Asteroid 134340)
Rise: 0:12am - May 1
Transit: 5:11am - May 1 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets: 10:09am - May 1
Constellation: Sagittarius
Phase: 99.98% illuminated
Distance: 31.23475138 AU = 4,672,652,298 km = 2,903,451,566 miles = 4.34 light-hours
Magnitude: 14.2
Apparent size: 0.11 arcseconds in angular diameter
Elongation from Sun: 125.15° (morning sky)
Dates of Opposition (when Pluto is closest to Earth)
Previous: Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 at 3:49am
Next: Friday Jun 25, 2010 at 2:59pm
On 4/30/2010 at 9:28:16pm Pluto will be 31.3° below the east-northeast horizon
