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May. 18, 2013 Rise Solar Noon Set
Actual Time 5:52 AM PDT 12:52 PM PDT 7:53 PM PDT
Civil Twilight 5:24 AM PDT   8:21 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight 4:50 AM PDT   8:56 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight 4:13 AM PDT   9:32 PM PDT
Altitude -0.8° 75.5° -0.8°
Azimuth 65.4° 180.0° 294.8°
Hour Angle of the Sun 105.2° 105.2° -105.3°
Mean Anomaly of the Sun 133.21° 133.50° 133.78°
Obliquity 23.44° 23.44° 23.44°
Right Ascension of the Sun 55.48° 55.77° 56.07°
Sun Declination 19.66° 19.72° 19.78°
Moon 1:19 PM PDT   1:28 AM PDT
Length Of Visible Light 14h 57m
Length of Day
14h 01m
First Quarter, 56% of the Moon is Illuminated
May 18
First Quarter
May 25
Full
May 31
Last Quarter
Jun 8
New
Jun 16
First Quarter