*** Almanac for the currently specified date ***: Almanac for ESO, Cerro La Silla: long. 4 42 55 (h.m.s) W, lat. -29 15.4 (d.m), elev. 2347 m Chilean Daylight Savings Time used before 2 AM 2000 Mar 12 and after 2 AM 2000 Oct 8; standard zone = 4 hrs W For the night of: Wed, 2000 Dec 13 ---> Thu, 2000 Dec 14 Local midnight = 2000 Dec 14, 3 hr UT, or JD 2451892.625 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 3 49 28.0 Sunset ( 2347 m horizon): 20 45 CDT; Sunrise: 6 30 CDT Evening twilight: 22 12 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 2 02 Morning twilight: 5 03 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 8 53 12-degr twilight: 21 37 CDT --> 5 38 CDT; night center: 1 38 CDT Moonrise: 23 04 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.890 2.7 days after full moon, RA and dec: 8 15 40, 21 57.1 The sun is down for 9.7 hr; 6.8 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. 0.9 dark hours after end of twilight and before moonrise.