Astronomical Alamanac for May 26, 2012
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*** Almanac for the currently specified date ***:
Almanac for New York:
long. 4 55 48 (h.m.s) W, lat. 40 45.0 (d.m), elev. 17 m
Eastern Daylight Savings Time assumed from 2 AM on
2012 Apr 1 to 2 AM on 2012 Oct 28; standard zone = 5 hrs W
For the night of: Sat, 2012 May 26 ---> Sun, 2012 May 27
Local midnight = 2012 May 27, 4 hr UT, or JD 2456074.667
Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 15 24 39.5
Sunset ( 17 m horizon): 20 17 EDT; Sunrise: 5 28 EDT
Evening twilight: 22 16 EDT; LMST at evening twilight: 13 40
Morning twilight: 3 30 EDT; LMST at morning twilight: 18 55
12-degr twilight: 21 30 EDT --> 4 16 EDT; night center: 0 53 EDT
Moonset : 0 23 EDT
Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.322
1.7 days before first quarter, RA and dec: 9 04 01, 10 42.7
The sun is down for 9.2 hr; 5.2 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight.
3.1 dark hours after moonset and before beginning of twilight.
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