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Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma
Wed, July 30, 2003

pseudo-Greenwich Daylight Savings Time assumed from 2 AM on
2003 Mar 30 to 2 AM on 2003 Sep 28; standard zone =   0 hrs W

For the night of: Wed, 2003 Jul 30 ---> Thu, 2003 Jul 31
Local midnight = 2003 Jul 30,    hr UT, or JD 2452851.458
Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight =  18 21 09.1

Sunset ( 2326 m horizon):   21 12 GDT; Sunrise:    7 24 GDT
Evening twilight:   22 33 GDT;  LMST at evening twilight:   16 54
Morning twilight:    6 03 GDT;  LMST at morning twilight:    0 26
12-degr twilight:  22 01 GDT -->   6 36 GDT; night center:    2 18 GDT

Moonset :   22 30 GDT   
Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.032
1.7 days since new moon, RA and dec:  10 05 15,  16 17.6

The sun is down for 10.2 hr;  7.5 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight.
Dark all night (moon down from evening to morning twilight).

SkyCalc provided by courtesy of John Thorstensen, Dartmouth College. John.Thorstensen@dartmouth.edu