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First Quarter · Illumination: 49%
Moon age: 7 days · Moon in Scorpius
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Solar
Sunrise
06:25
73° azimuth
Solar noon
13:11
64° altitude
Sunset
19:57
287° azimuth
Day length: 13h 31m
Sun in Leo
Morning golden hour: 06:08 – 07:01
Evening golden hour: 19:20 – 20:13
Lunar
🌛 Illumination: 49%
Moon age: 7 days · Moon in Scorpius
Moonrise
13:53
121° azimuth
Culmination
18:40
27° altitude · 180° azimuth
Moonset
23:21
237° azimuth
Planets
Mercury
In Cancer
Leo
Magnitude: 0.1
Culmination: 12:37 (68°)
Distance: 1.28 AU
Elongation: 8.3°
Venus
In Virgo
Libra
Magnitude: -5.3
Culmination: 15:59 (45°)
Distance: 0.65 AU
Elongation: 45.8°
Mars
In Gemini
Cancer
Magnitude: -0.1
Culmination: 09:40 (75°)
Distance: 1.91 AU
Elongation: 51.2°
Jupiter
In Cancer
Leo
Magnitude: -5.4
Culmination: 12:13 (69°)
Distance: 6.26 AU
Elongation: 15.6°
Saturn
In Pisces
Aries
Magnitude: -4.2
Culmination: 04:13 (54°)
Distance: 8.74 AU
Elongation: 132.4°
Retrograde motion
Uranus
In Taurus
Gemini
Magnitude: -0.7
Culmination: 07:31 (72°)
Distance: 19.58 AU
Elongation: 81.2°
Neptune
In Pisces
Aries
Magnitude: 0.4
Culmination: 03:34 (51°)
Distance: 29.07 AU
Elongation: 142.8°
Retrograde motion
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