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Planets Today
PlanetRight AscensionDeclinationDistanceRise TimeRise AzTransitAltSet TimeSet Az
Mercury22h 47m 18.53s-9° 55' 31.90"1.372 7:18AM10012:54PM42 6:31PM260
Venus23h 59m 7.50s-1° 29' 24.62"1.656 7:57AM90 1:59PM50 8:03PM271
Mars8h 13m 11.12s23° 46' 28.37"0.813 2:29PM58 9:59PM73 5:33AM302
Jupiter22h 51m 58.08s-8° 14' 35.91"5.976 7:07AM10012:42PM42 6:17PM260
Saturn12h 12m 28.08s1° 25' 29.48"8.538 7:50PM88 2:01AM51 8:08AM272
Uranus23h 45m 53.22s-2° 18' 43.29"21.073 7:40AM92 1:34PM47 7:29PM268
Neptune21h 56m 33.19s-12° 59' 29.12"30.957 6:28AM10711:45AM37 5:02PM253
Pluto18h 21m 3.89s-18° 14' 54.94"32.102 3:12AM114 8:10AM31 1:07PM246
Sun23h 9m 3.35s-5° 27' 35.17"0.992 7:18AM95 1:07PM45 6:57PM265
Moon16h 25m 9.74s-25° 1' 55.93"390566.351 3:54AM123 8:33AM25 1:15PM238
Events this Month
WhenWhat
3/3/2010 12:03:00 PMMoon is 3.26° South of Spica
3/3/2010 4:00:00 PMVenus is 0.67° South of Uranus
3/6/2010 7:50:00 PMMoon is 1.31° North of Antares
3/7/2010 9:43:00 AMLast Quarter Moon
3/7/2010 1:00:00 PMMercury is 1.18° South of Jupiter
3/13/2010 10:40:00 AMMoon is 3.88° North of Neptune
3/14/2010 8:17:00 AMMercury in superior conjunction with the Sun
3/15/2010 12:00:00 PMMercury is 0.74° South of Uranus
3/15/2010 4:02:00 PMNew Moon
3/17/2010 1:51:00 AMUranus in conjunction with the Sun
3/20/2010 12:32:00 PMVernal Equinox
3/21/2010 7:38:00 PMSaturn at Opposition, 19.5arcmin, 0.5 magnitude
3/23/2010 6:01:00 AMFirst Quarter Moon
3/25/2010 8:59:00 AMMoon is 4.52° South of Mars
3/27/2010 8:21:00 AMMoon is 4.22° South of Regulus
3/29/2010 9:27:00 PMFull Moon
3/30/2010 11:35:00 PMMoon is 3.13° South of Spica