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Positions of the Sun, Moon and planets

all J2000.0 equinox and mean ecliptic, except as noted
Year
Month
Day
Hour (UT)
Minute
days
julian day

1
2
4
5
6
7
8
9

1926
2
10
0
0
-26988.5
2424556.5

Body
Sun
Moon*
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
*

r (au)
0.986875
56.762
1.403
0.273
1.955
6.057
9.951
20.914
29.124
41.428

Geocentric
dec (deg)
-14.660233
-21.714
-17.728
-7.711
-23.721
-18.396
-17.248
-2.824
13.721
20.981

heliocentric (au)
ra (hrs)
21.527
18.881
21.340
21.174
18.119
20.791
15.658
23.686
9.797
7.001

X
0.7616
12.0575
0.2522
-0.5730
-0.7169
3.0632
-6.2416
20.0452
-24.4888
-10.7940

Moon distances in earth radii and measured from earth-moon centre

referred to equinox and mean ecliptic of date

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Y
-0.6277
-55.4542
-0.3425
0.4318
-1.3402
-4.0731
-7.6911
-1.3685
17.5165
40.7919

Z
0.0000
1.1624 *
-0.0511
0.0389
-0.0103
-0.0521
0.3831
-0.2640
0.2041
-1.2449

Sun and moon

Sun and Moon coordinates for one day

Year
Month
Day

1999
8
11

midnight

-143.5

Time (UT)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

instant Moon RA Moon DEC Sun RA Sun DEC Separation

-143.500
8.952
17.13
9.357
15.46
1.719
-143.458
8.992
17.02
9.359
15.45
1.613
-143.417
9.032
16.91
9.362
15.44
1.505
-143.375
9.072
16.79
9.365
15.43
1.397
-143.333
9.112
16.68
9.367
15.41
1.286
-143.292
9.152
16.56
9.370
15.40
1.175
-143.250
9.192
16.44
9.373
15.39
1.062
-143.208
9.232
16.31
9.375
15.38
0.947
-143.167
9.272
16.19
9.378
15.37
0.832
-143.125
9.312
16.07
9.380
15.35
0.716
-143.083
9.351
15.94
9.383
15.34
0.599
-143.042
9.391
15.81
9.386
15.33
0.482
-143.000
9.430
15.68
9.388
15.32
0.367
-142.958
9.469
15.55
9.391
15.30
0.258
-142.917
9.509
15.42
9.394
15.29
0.171
-142.875
9.548
15.28
9.396
15.28
0.152
-142.833
9.587
15.15
9.399
15.27
0.222
-142.792
9.626
15.01
9.402
15.25
0.331
-142.750
9.665
14.87
9.404
15.24
0.452
-142.708
9.704
14.73
9.407
15.23
0.578
-142.667
9.742
14.59
9.409
15.22
0.708
-142.625
9.781
14.45
9.412
15.20
0.840
-142.583
9.820
14.31
9.415
15.19
0.974
-142.542
9.858
14.16
9.417
15.18
1.109
-142.500
9.896
14.02
9.420
15.17
1.246

Separation of Sun and Moon

2.000
1.800

Separation (degs)

1.600
1.400
1.200
1.000
0.800
0.600

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Separation (degs)

Sun and moon

0.600
0.400
0.200
0.000
0

10

11

12

13

Time (UT)

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14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Sun and moon

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Sun and moon

21

22

23

24

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