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Old 10-30-2002 | 08:45 PM
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Default Check on sunrise, sunset and moon position

If you're like me, I'm always wondering what time sunrise is after it's been a few days since I was last out -- and, I worry all night if I've got the alarm set right. Here's a link to a site which will remove all that worry for you. This site will also let you know the moon position for the day:

http://www.marineweather.com/FrameS&S.html

Just type in the date for the day you want to check, and the town and state. It found the closest little town to where I hunt, and it probably only has 250 people living in it.

Here's an example which came straight from the site, and it took about 15 seconds to get:

<font color=blue>The following information is provided for Ullin, Pulaski County, Illinois (longitude W89.2, latitude N37.3):

Thursday
31 October 2002 Central Standard Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 5:54 a.m.
Sunrise 6:21 a.m.
Sun transit 11:40 a.m.
Sunset 5:00 p.m.
End civil twilight 5:27 p.m.

MOON
Moonset 2:21 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 1:06 a.m.
Moon transit 8:06 a.m.
Moonset 2:56 p.m.
Moonrise 2:18 a.m. on following day


Phase of the Moon on 31 October: waning crescent with 23% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

Last quarter Moon on 28 October 2002 at 11:28 p.m. Central Standard Time.</font id=blue>

Hope that helps some of ya!


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Edited by - MQ1shooter on 11/01/2002 01:14:18
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