Planet Rise/Transit/Set

User Date / / user input
User Time : : user input
Time Zone Offset (HH) east   west of Greenwich
Daylight Savings Time (HH) subtract   add to time zone
Latitude (DD MM SS) °  '  "  north   south
Longitude (DD MM SS) °  '  "  east   west





This form will display the major planet's approximate rise, transit, set, and duration times. Fill in the desired date, time, time zone, etc. and press [Calculate]. To copy the results into your clipboard, press [Hightlight All] and [Ctrl]-[C] .

Note: Formulas were obtained from the Paul Schlyter web site, Computing planetary positions - a tutorial http://stjarnhimlen.se/comp/tutorial.html

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