*** 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: Fri, 2000 Dec 15 ---> Sat, 2000 Dec 16 Local midnight = 2000 Dec 16, 3 hr UT, or JD 2451894.625 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 3 57 21.1 Sunset ( 2347 m horizon): 20 47 CDT; Sunrise: 6 30 CDT Evening twilight: 22 14 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 2 11 Morning twilight: 5 03 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 9 01 12-degr twilight: 21 39 CDT --> 5 38 CDT; night center: 1 39 CDT Moonrise: 0 44 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.704 1.9 days before last quarter, RA and dec: 10 16 09, 15 27.3 The sun is down for 9.7 hr; 6.8 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. 2.5 dark hours after end of twilight and before moonrise.