*** 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: Thu, 2000 Dec 14 ---> Fri, 2000 Dec 15 Local midnight = 2000 Dec 15, 3 hr UT, or JD 2451893.625 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 3 53 24.6 Sunset ( 2347 m horizon): 20 46 CDT; Sunrise: 6 30 CDT Evening twilight: 22 13 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 2 06 Morning twilight: 5 03 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 8 57 12-degr twilight: 21 38 CDT --> 5 38 CDT; night center: 1 38 CDT Moonrise: 23 58 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.804 2.9 days before last quarter, RA and dec: 9 17 44, 19 15.7 The sun is down for 9.7 hr; 6.8 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. 1.7 dark hours after end of twilight and before moonrise.