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SkyWatch: August 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Aug 01 18:54 UT)
RA 08 47 17.5Dec +17 54 08.3
X -0.644473
Y 0.719289
Z 0.311800
R 1.014860
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Jul 31 | 03:14 | 03:54 | 04:30 | 05:00 | 19:10 | 19:39 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| 2025 Aug 01 | 03:16 | 03:55 | 04:31 | 05:01 | 19:09 | 19:38 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| 2025 Aug 02 | 03:17 | 03:56 | 04:32 | 05:02 | 19:08 | 19:37 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
Moon Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Aug 01 18:54 UT)
RA 14 35 13.8Selected Positions for August 2025
Dec -19 35 14.0
Phase 0.528 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.904 degrees
Diameter 29.57 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 87ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Jul 31 11:00 16:37 22:04 2025 Aug 01 12:00 17:19 22:27 2025 Aug 02 13:01 18:02 22:54 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Aug 01 18:54 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 08 47 17.5 +17 54 08.3
Opposition 20 47 17.5 -17 54 08.3 180E 19:05 00:03 05:09
Mercury 08 36 49.5 +13 30 28.0 5W 05:21 11:59 18:39
Venus 06 06 23.7 +21 56 59.7 38W 02:08 09:21 16:34
Mars 11 47 47.5 +01 58 58.1 47E 09:01 15:05 21:09
Jupiter 06 50 04.5 +22 51 23.4 28W 02:54 10:09 17:25
Saturn 00 08 23.4 -01 40 57.8 128W 20:38 03:30 09:21
Uranus 03 53 54.6 +20 03 58.2 69W 00:10 07:14 14:19
Neptune 00 08 03.8 -00 35 51.9 128W 20:34 03:29 09:24
Pluto 20 20 54.2 -23 21 58.7 172E 18:53 23:31 04:00
Aug 01 2025 Aug 16 2025 Aug 31 2025
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Sun 08 44 22.9 +18 05 28.5 09 41 32.4 +13 50 02.1 11 34 25.7 +02 45 49.9
Opposition 20 44 22.9 -18 05 28.5 180E 21 41 32.4 -13 50 02.1 180E 23 34 25.7 -02 45 49.9 180E
Mercury 08 38 58.1 +13 19 47.9 5W 08 28 18.6 +17 12 21.4 18W 11 44 56.6 +03 11 56.9 3E
Venus 06 02 39.0 +21 55 08.1 38W 07 18 14.3 +21 29 28.5 35W 09 51 35.1 +13 49 42.0 28W
Mars 11 46 06.5 +02 10 29.3 47E 12 20 11.0 -01 42 32.3 42E 13 34 21.2 -09 45 04.6 32E
Jupiter 06 49 22.9 +22 52 08.6 27W 07 02 49.2 +22 35 32.9 39W 07 26 40.0 +21 56 08.3 63W
Saturn 00 08 28.3 -01 40 13.6 127W 00 06 14.6 -01 58 28.3 142W 23 58 40.4 -02 52 29.0 174W
Uranus 03 53 49.3 +20 03 42.1 68W 03 55 17.0 +20 08 02.3 82W 03 55 53.4 +20 09 46.3 112W
Neptune 00 08 06.1 -00 35 34.8 127W 00 07 10.1 -00 42 18.6 142W 00 04 23.5 -01 01 13.5 172W
Pluto 20 20 58.5 -23 21 41.0 172E 20 19 33.1 -23 27 10.9 158E 20 17 15.4 -23 35 05.6 128E