Dear friends of Kutch, Science Astronomy and History,

"Wish you all a very HAPPY KUTCH NEW YEAR & HAPPY RATH YATRA on ASHADHI
BBEJ(Dwij) day of KUTCH NEW YEAR".

FROM YOURS Dr.BHUDIA-Science Group Of INDIA.
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President:"Kutch Science Foundation".
Founder :"Kutch Amateurs Astronomers Club - Bhuj - Kutch".
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Moon Cresent : This is how it will LOOK like in KUTCH on Ashadhi beej if
sky is clear.

Time:

2006 July 27 Thursday, 23h 23m 01s
JD: 2453944.2451505 TDT: 2453944.2459025 deltaT: 64.98 sec
Apparent sideral time: Local: 18h 52m 45.985s Greenwich: 14h 14m 05.985s
(All times in IST, UTC+05:30, topocentric data for User Site, India)
Moon age: 2.55702 days, Lunation 1034 started at last New Moon on 25. Jul.
2006, 10:00:54 IST

Geocentric:

True distance: 0.0026999 AU = 63.325 Earth radii Light time: 0h 00m 01.3s
Elongation from sun 28.62 degrees, east (visible in the evening)

Equatorial Coordinates
Apparent: R.A. 10h 23m 14.8s Dec. + 12d 15' 02.9"

Ecliptical Coordinates
Geometric: Lon. 153d 07' 26.1" Lat. + 2d 01' 42.4" (mean equinox,
ecliptic of date)

At zenith: Lon. - 57d 42' 48" Lat. + 12d 15' 07" (WGS84 coordinates)

Topocentric:

Airfree coordinates
Altitude: -28.2676 deg Azimuth: 298.9310 deg Direction:
West-Northwest WNW
Astrometric: R.A. 10h 20m 12.7s Dec. + 11d 49' 53.7" (J2000)
Apparent: R.A. 10h 20m 33.9s Dec. + 11d 47' 57.3"

Coordinates including refraction
Altitude: -28.27 deg Azimuth: 298.93 deg Direction: West-Northwest
WNW
Apparent: R.A. 10h 20m 34s Dec. + 11d 47' 57"
Distance: 63.793 Earth radii = 406881.6 km

Rises: 8h 00.4m (Azimuth: 73.1° ENE)
Transit: 14h 38m 46.2s (Altitude: +80.74°)
Sets: 21h 11.7m (Azimuth: 283.8° WNW)
Time above horizon: 13h 11.3m

In constellation Leo (Leo)
In zodiac sign Virgo, 3.1°

Physical:

Phase: 2.56 days past New Moon Moon age: 2.55702 days
Diameter: + 0d 29' 35.15" Topocentric Diameter: + 0d 29' 22.0"

Visual magnitude: -6.6 mag
Libration: 3.04 deg (slightly) Mare Australis tipped our way
Position angle of tilt towards earth: 151.2 deg
Lunation: 1034
Sub-Solar Phi: 1.25 deg, Lambda: 152.8 deg
Illuminated fraction: 0.061
PositionAngle of axis: 21.62 deg (from North to East)
Position Angle of axis: 326.25 deg (from Zenith to East)




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