Telescope: Celestron 14 @ Approximately F44 (15,640mm)  | 
        
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Time:  
              2003 August 18 Monday, 1h 54m 00s 
              JD: 2452869.8708333 TDT: 2452869.8715800 deltaT: 64.51 sec 
              Apparent sideral time: Local: 22h 30m 00.662s Greenwich: 6h 39m 15.062s 
              (All times in PDT, topocentric data for Seattle, Washington, United States) 
               
           
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Geocentric: 
              True distance: 0.3784587 AU Light time: 0h 03m 08.9s 
              Elongation from sun 165.73 degrees, west (visible in the morning) 
              Equatorial Coordinates 
              Apparent: R.A. 22h 47m 39.4s Dec. - 14d 53' 38.8" 
              Ecliptical Coordinates 
              Geometric: Lon. 337d 39' 50.0" Lat. - 6d 41' 20.0" (mean equinox, ecliptic of date) 
              At zenith: Lon. - 117d 53' 56" Lat. - 14d 53' 39" 
               
           
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Topocentric: 
              Airfree coordinates 
              Altitude: 27.3656 deg Azimuth: 175.1986 deg 
              Astrometric: R.A. 22h 47m 27.4s Dec. - 14d 55' 09.8" (J2000) 
              Apparent: R.A. 22h 47m 39.5s Dec. - 14d 53' 59.4" 
              Coordinates including refraction 
              Altitude: 27.40 deg Azimuth: 175.20 deg 
              Apparent: R.A. 22h 47m 39s Dec. - 14d 52' 07" 
              Rises 21h 16.6m Transit 2h 11m 35.2s Sets 7h 06.4m  
               
           
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Physical: 
              Diameter: 24.73" 
              Visual magnitude: -2.8 mag, Surface Brightness: 3.9 mag/arcsec^2 
              Phase: 0.992, Phase Angle: 10.40 deg 
              Sub-Earth Phi (pl.centric): -19.07 deg, Phi: -19.30 deg, Lambda: 188.1 deg 
              Sub-Solar Phi (pl.centric): -22.36 deg, Phi: -22.62 deg, Lambda: 198.7 deg 
              Illuminated fraction: 0.992 
              PositionAngle of axis: 344.83 deg (from North to East) 
              Position Angle of axis: 348.19 deg (from Zenith to East) 
           
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