Astronomical Alamanac for Aug 22, 2019


*** Almanac for the currently specified date ***: Almanac for Cerro Tololo: long. 4 43 16 (h.m.s) W, lat. -30 09.9 (d.m), elev. 2215 m Chilean Daylight Savings Time used before 2 AM 2019 Mar 10 and after 2 AM 2019 Oct 13; standard zone = 4 hrs W For the night of: Thu, 2019 Aug 22 ---> Fri, 2019 Aug 23 Local midnight = 2019 Aug 23, 4 hr UT, or JD 2458718.667 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 21 21 24.3 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 30 CST; Sunrise: 7 02 CST Evening twilight: 19 43 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 17 04 Morning twilight: 5 49 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 11 12-degr twilight: 19 15 CST --> 6 17 CST; night center: 0 46 CST Moonrise: 0 41 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.539 0.5 days before last quarter, RA and dec: 3 35 41, 15 20.8 The sun is down for 12.5 hr; 10.1 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. 5.0 dark hours after end of twilight and before moonrise.