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May. 17, 2013 Rise Solar Noon Set
Actual Time 5:47 AM PDT 12:47 PM PDT 7:47 PM PDT
Civil Twilight 5:19 AM PDT   8:15 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight 4:46 AM PDT   8:49 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight 4:09 AM PDT   9:25 PM PDT
Altitude -0.8° 75.4° -0.8°
Azimuth 65.7° 180.0° 294.5°
Hour Angle of the Sun 104.9° 105.0° -105.0°
Mean Anomaly of the Sun 132.22° 132.51° 132.79°
Obliquity 23.44° 23.44° 23.44°
Right Ascension of the Sun 54.48° 54.77° 55.06°
Sun Declination 19.43° 19.50° 19.56°
Moon 12:16 PM PDT (5/17)   12:49 AM PDT (5/17)
Length Of Visible Light 14h 55m
Length of Day
13h 59m
Waxing Crescent, 51% of the Moon is Illuminated
May 18
Waxing Crescent
May 25
Full
May 31
Last Quarter
Jun 8
New
Jun 16
First Quarter