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SkyWatch: August 2026
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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 (Thu, 2026 Aug 27 10:31 UT)
RA 10 22 11.0Dec +10 10 24.6
X -0.906654
Y 0.409028
Z 0.177311
R 1.010330
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 |
| 2026 Aug 26 | 03:48 | 04:23 | 04:56 | 05:23 | 18:37 | 19:04 | 19:37 | 20:12 |
| 2026 Aug 27 | 03:49 | 04:24 | 04:57 | 05:24 | 18:35 | 19:03 | 19:36 | 20:10 |
| 2026 Aug 28 | 03:51 | 04:25 | 04:58 | 05:25 | 18:34 | 19:01 | 19:34 | 20:08 |
Moon Information
Currently (Thu, 2026 Aug 27 10:31 UT)
RA 21 51 57.1Selected Positions for August 2026
Dec -13 22 08.0
Phase 0.995 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.929 degrees
Diameter 30.39 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 172ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Aug 26 17:35 22:34 03:46 2026 Aug 27 18:03 23:20 04:52 2026 Aug 28 18:28 00:04 05:58 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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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 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Thu, 2026 Aug 27 10:31 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 10 22 11.0 +10 10 24.6
Opposition 22 22 11.0 -10 10 24.6 180E 18:31 23:58 05:34
Mercury 10 23 03.6 +11 58 23.8 2E 05:19 11:58 18:36
Venus 13 05 20.9 -09 58 30.8 45E 09:17 14:42 20:06
Mars 06 43 38.9 +23 31 17.7 54W 01:02 08:21 15:40
Jupiter 08 59 46.3 +17 35 57.1 21W 03:42 10:38 17:33
Saturn 00 53 59.7 +02 55 10.2 140W 19:27 02:34 08:40
Uranus 04 13 20.1 +21 01 04.9 88W 21:44 05:53 13:01
Neptune 00 14 43.4 +00 03 26.5 150W 18:57 01:55 07:51
Pluto 20 26 24.4 -23 36 44.8 149E 17:18 21:55 02:24
Aug 01 2026 Aug 16 2026 Aug 31 2026
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Sun 08 43 22.2 +18 09 22.6 09 40 35.3 +13 54 48.9 11 33 31.0 +02 51 40.8
Opposition 20 43 22.2 -18 09 22.6 180E 21 40 35.3 -13 54 48.9 180E 23 33 31.0 -02 51 40.8 180E
Mercury 07 21 37.9 +19 56 13.0 19W 08 54 16.4 +18 36 31.9 12W 12 30 56.9 -03 12 29.7 16E
Venus 11 36 47.7 +02 29 19.0 45E 12 29 30.8 -04 48 07.3 46E 13 55 36.5 -17 31 50.2 41E
Mars 05 28 11.5 +23 19 39.5 46W 06 11 47.0 +23 42 31.5 50W 07 37 09.4 +22 20 12.9 60W
Jupiter 08 36 26.4 +19 05 00.3 2W 08 49 56.0 +18 14 50.9 13W 09 16 05.8 +16 27 21.0 36W
Saturn 00 56 46.0 +03 19 40.4 114W 00 55 40.7 +03 08 34.2 129W 00 49 34.7 +02 23 38.3 160W
Uranus 04 10 50.0 +20 54 37.2 64W 04 12 32.4 +20 59 02.5 78W 04 13 39.3 +21 01 55.1 107W
Neptune 00 16 28.1 +00 15 53.5 125W 00 15 35.7 +00 09 31.3 139W 00 12 53.2 -00 08 59.6 170W
Pluto 20 28 48.4 -23 27 22.3 174E 20 27 22.8 -23 33 06.1 160E 20 25 01.4 -23 41 22.8 130E