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May. 18, 2013 Rise Solar Noon Set
Actual Time 6:05 AM CDT 1:12 PM CDT 8:19 PM CDT
Civil Twilight 5:36 AM CDT   8:49 PM CDT
Nautical Twilight 5:00 AM CDT   9:24 PM CDT
Astronomical Twilight 4:21 AM CDT   10:04 PM CDT
Altitude -0.8° 72.8° -0.8°
Azimuth 64.4° 180.0° 295.7°
Hour Angle of the Sun 106.7° 106.8° -106.8°
Mean Anomaly of the Sun 133.13° 133.43° 133.72°
Obliquity 23.44° 23.44° 23.44°
Right Ascension of the Sun 55.41° 55.70° 56.00°
Sun Declination 19.64° 19.70° 19.77°
Moon 1:33 PM CDT   1:48 AM CDT
Length Of Visible Light 15h 12m
Length of Day
14h 14m
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