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May. 21, 2013 Rise Solar Noon Set
Actual Time 5:15 AM EDT 12:43 PM EDT 8:12 PM EDT
Civil Twilight 4:41 AM EDT   8:46 PM EDT
Nautical Twilight 3:58 AM EDT   9:29 PM EDT
Astronomical Twilight 3:07 AM EDT   10:21 PM EDT
Altitude -0.8° 66.5° -0.8°
Azimuth 60.4° 180.0° 299.7°
Hour Angle of the Sun 112.0° 112.1° -112.2°
Mean Anomaly of the Sun 136.02° 136.32° 136.63°
Obliquity 23.44° 23.44° 23.44°
Right Ascension of the Sun 58.33° 58.64° 58.96°
Sun Declination 20.25° 20.31° 20.37°
Moon 4:15 PM EDT (5/21)   2:49 AM EDT (5/21)
Length Of Visible Light 16h 04m
Length of Day
14h 56m
Waxing Gibbous, 87% of the Moon is Illuminated
May 21
Waxing Gibbous
May 25
Full
May 31
Last Quarter
Jun 8
New
Jun 16
First Quarter