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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 (Sat, 2025 Aug 23 09:16 UT)
RA 10 08 26.9Dec +11 27 43.6
X -0.877111
Y 0.461703
Z 0.200146
R 1.011213
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 Aug 22 | 03:43 | 04:19 | 04:52 | 05:20 | 18:42 | 19:10 | 19:43 | 20:19 |
| 2025 Aug 23 | 03:45 | 04:20 | 04:53 | 05:21 | 18:41 | 19:09 | 19:42 | 20:17 |
| 2025 Aug 24 | 03:46 | 04:21 | 04:54 | 05:22 | 18:39 | 19:07 | 19:40 | 20:15 |
Moon Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Aug 23 09:16 UT)
RA 10 18 05.5Selected Positions for August 2025
Dec +12 08 26.9
Phase 0.000 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.943 degrees
Diameter 30.84 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 2ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Aug 22 03:20 10:52 18:12 2025 Aug 23 04:31 11:42 18:40 2025 Aug 24 05:38 12:27 19:04 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 (Sat, 2025 Aug 23 09:16 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 10 08 26.9 +11 27 43.6
Opposition 22 08 26.9 -11 27 43.6 180E 18:37 23:59 05:31
Mercury 08 58 43.9 +17 13 47.1 18W 03:53 10:49 17:45
Venus 07 54 50.7 +20 28 51.2 33W 02:38 09:46 16:53
Mars 12 37 01.0 -03 36 22.3 40E 08:43 14:29 20:14
Jupiter 07 08 56.4 +22 26 37.2 44W 01:48 09:02 16:16
Saturn 00 04 45.9 -02 09 37.0 150W 19:10 02:00 07:49
Uranus 03 55 43.6 +20 09 20.0 89W 21:44 05:50 12:55
Neptune 00 06 36.2 -00 46 15.6 149W 19:07 02:01 07:55
Pluto 20 18 55.2 -23 29 30.3 151E 17:25 22:02 02:32
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