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| 0 | 0 | | | Sunday 5 July 2009Time Object (Link) Event Local Date Day of Year (DOY): 186Week of Year (WOY): 277h52m22.0s GPS-Time GPS-Week: 1539 Week Number Rollover: 515 Day of Week DOW: 0 (Su:0..Sa:6) Day of Year DOY: 186 GPS-Seconds: 53557.0 GPS ahead of UTC by 15s GPS-Time: 14h52m37.0s Observer Site GEORGE H. LUTZ OBSERVATORY, United States WGS84: Lon: -118d29m16.3s Lat: +34d06m29.8s Alt: 339mAll times in PST or PDT (during summer)7h52m Sundial Equation of Time: -4.64 min (Sundials are late) Local Magnetic Field Declination: +12.85° (add to compass direction to find true geographic north, '+' is east), annual change: -5.65'/yr Inclination: +58.90° (angle of field lines to enter earth), annual change: -0.27'/yr Field Components:Total: TI = +47670 nT dTI = -75 nT/yrHorizontal: HI = +24626 nT dHI = -36 nT/yrNorth: X = +24010 nT dX = -26 nT/yrEast: Y = +5477 nT dY = -47 nT/yrVertical: Z = +40816 nT dZ = -66 nT/yr7h52m22s Polaris, Alp UMi (HIP 11767 HD 8890) Pole star: Altitude h=+34°48'49" hNorthPole-h=-40.91' Azimuth=10.94' Polar distance=41.86' Position angle relative to pole= 12.374°7h52m22s Sidereal Time Apparent (true) sidereal time: 1h53m21.50s, at Greenwich (GAST): 9h47m18.58sMean sidereal time: 1h53m20.57s, at Greenwich (GMST): 9h47m17.66s7h52m22s JD 2455018.119699 JDE: 2455018.1204627.9h Venus Magnitude=-4.1mag Best seen from 3.1h -16.7h (in constellation Taurus)RA= 3h54m17s Dec=+17°36.3' (J2000) Distance=0.937AU Elongation= 43° Phase k=63% Diameter=17.8" Moon Sign Sagittarius 24° Sun Sign Cancer 14°7h52m22.0s Time Date: 5.07.2009 Day of Week DOW: 7 Local Civil Time LCT: 7h52m22.00s PDT LCT Seconds of Day: 28342.00 Universal Time UTC: 14h52m22.00s UT Seconds of Day: 53542.00 Day of Year DOY: 186.6197 Week of Year WOY: 27 Julian Date JD: 2455018.11969907 Ephemeris-JD JDE: 2455018.12046239 deltaT: 65.95 TAI-UTC: 34s Time for satellite two line elements TLE: 09186.619699078h32m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 9 - Space Duet of Spider and Gumdrop - HQ8h41m44s Polaris, Alp UMi (HIP 11767 HD 8890) Transit: Altitude=+34°49'47" polar distance=41.89' position angle relative to pole= 0.000°9h19.5m Jupiter Set Azimuth=253.9°, WSW (in constellation Capricornus)9h31.8m Mars Transit Altitude=+74.4° (in constellation Taurus) Elongation=48.3° West, Magnitude=1.1mag9h53.9m Venus Transit Altitude=+73.6° (in constellation Taurus) Elongation=43.5° West, Magnitude=-4.1mag10h00m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 10 - “To Sort Out the Unknowns” - HQ10h21m High Tide High Tide: 1.08 meters (Tide station: Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California)10h30m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 10 40th Anniversary Event at the Newseum – An interview with Apollo 10 Astronaut Gene Cernan. Recorded 5/18/09 - HQ11h30m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 13 - “Houston, We have a Problem” - HQ12h00m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 14 Highlights - HQ12h16.1m Mercury Transit Altitude=+79.6° (in constellation Gemini) Elongation=9.8° West, Magnitude=-1.4mag12h30m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 15 - In the Mountains of the Moon - HQ12h58.6m Transit Altitude=+78.6° (in constellation Gemini)13h00m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 16 "Nothing So Hidden" - HQ13h30m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 17 30th Anniversary - An anniversary retrospective of the last human mission to the moon in December of 1972 – HQ13h45m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 17 - “On the Shoulders of Giants” - HQ14h25m Low Tide Low Tide: 0.79 meters (Tide station: Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California)16h00m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Apollo 11 - For All Mankind - A documentary of the Apollo 11 launch, lunar landing and exploration and return to earth which included a stay in quarantine - HQ16h47.0m Venus Set Azimuth=292.0°, WNW (in constellation Taurus)17h00m TV Broadcast. Duration 60 minutes: Moonwalk One - NASA archival footage and reactions to the mission around the world - HQ17h12.7m Saturn Transit Altitude=+62.9° (in constellation Leo) Elongation=62.9° East, Magnitude=1.0mag19h15.4m Rise Azimuth=122.2°, ESE (in constellation Sagittarius)19h30.2m Mercury Set Azimuth=299.6°, WNW (in constellation Gemini)20h09.0m Set Azimuth=298.4°, WNW20h38m End civil twilight20.6h Saturn Magnitude= 1.0mag Best seen from 20.6h -23.5h (in constellation Leo)RA=11h14m45s Dec= +7°04.3' (J2000) Distance=9.843AU Elongation= 63° Diameter=16.8" planetocentric latitude of the Earth=-3.1°20h39m44s Polaris, Alp UMi (HIP 11767 HD 8890) Lower Transit: Altitude=+33°26'01" polar distance=40.48' position angle relative to pole=180.000°20h44m High Tide High Tide: 1.81 meters (Tide station: Santa Monica, Municipal Pier, California)20h55m Sun 9° below horizon21h14m Dusk21.5h Pluto Magnitude=13.9mag Best seen from 21.5h - 3.3h (in constellation Sagittarius)RA=18h06m20s Dec=-17°41.7' (J2000) Distance=30.683AU Elongation=166° Diameter=0.1"21h32m Sun 15° below horizon21.5h Garradd Comet 'C/2008 Q3' Magnitude=13.4magBest seen from 21.5h -22.2hRA=12h38m06 Dec=-13°45.4' (J2000) Distance to Sun= 1.81AU Distance to Earth= 1.49AU Elongation= 90° hourly motion: dRA=-19.0"/h dDec=103.0"/h21.5h Wild Comet '116P' Magnitude=12.9magBest seen from 21.5h -21.8hRA=11h08m40 Dec= +6°09.5' (J2000) Distance to Sun= 2.18AU Distance to Earth= 2.47AU Elongation= 62° hourly motion: dRA= 64.1"/h dDec=-30.5"/h21h52m End astronomical twilight22.0h Christensen Comet 'C/2006 W3' Magnitude=12.1magBest seen from 22.0h - 4.4hRA=21h56m04 Dec=+34°23.4' (J2000) Distance to Sun= 3.13AU Distance to Earth= 2.64AU Elongation=109° hourly motion: dRA=-61.1"/h dDec=-18.2"/h22h24.3m Neptune Rise Azimuth=105.6°, ESE (in constellation Capricornus)22h26m Occultation of star by (1371) Resi Asteroid (1371) Resi, 15.9 mag, occults TYC 0398-01020-1, 11.1 mag Duration: 4.2 seconds. Magnitude drop: 4.8 mag. Visibility: Caribbean, Mexico; Altitude=55.8° Azimuth=164° (Source: asteroidoccultation.com) 22h27.2m Jupiter Rise Azimuth=106.1°, ESE (in constellation Capricornus)22.5h Jupiter Magnitude=-2.7mag Best seen from 22.5h - 5.8h (in constellation Capricornus)RA=21h55m02s Dec=-13°41.2' (J2000) Distance=4.251AU Elongation=138° Diameter=46.3"22h42m Occultation of star by (61) Danae Asteroid (61) Danae, 11.8 mag, occults TYC 8361-00947-1, 10.5 mag Duration: 6.6 seconds. Magnitude drop: 1.6 mag. Visibility: Caribbean, S USA; Altitude=6.4° Azimuth=165.6° (Source: asteroidoccultation.com) 23h33.6m Saturn Set Azimuth=278.9°, W (in constellation Leo)23h48.0m Uranus Rise Azimuth= 92.1°, E (in constellation Pisces)
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