CMO#178_2
COMING 1996/97 MARS -- ( 1 ) --
Ephemeris for Observations of Mars in 1996/97 ( 1 ) -- A. NISHITA

* The 1996/97 season of the planet Mars is around the corner. We here start showing necessary elements from the Ephemeris for our own sake of the observation of Mars during the 1996/97 apparition. This is the first of the series and shows the data from 1 September 1996 through 30 November 1996: The data are listed for every day at 00:00GMT (not TDT !).

( LCM ) stands for the longitude of the central meridian (degrees),
( De ) for the latitude of the sub-earth point (degrees),
( Ls ) for the areocentric solar longitude (degrees),
( Diam. ) for the apparent diameter of the disk (seconds) and
( Ph.Ang. ) for the phase angle(degrees).

We use the phase angle to indicate how far the noon line is separated from the central meridian (not exactly however). The phase itself is given by the formula (1+cos(Ph. Ang.)) /2 .



   (00:00 GMT)           LMC             De           Ls        Diam.   Ph.Ang.  
                         degs.          degs.        degs.      sec.      degs.
   01  Sep. 1996       031.67  W       13.0  N       002.6      04.4      26.8  
   02  Sep. 1996       021.96  W       13.2  N       003.1      04.4      27.0  
   03  Sep. 1996       012.26  W       13.4  N       003.6      04.5      27.1  
   04  Sep. 1996       002.47  W       13.7  N       004.1      04.5      27.3  
   05  Sep. 1996       352.85  W       13.9  N       004.5      04.5      27.4  
  
   06  Sep. 1996       343.15  W       14.1  N       005.0      04.5      27.6  
   07  Sep. 1996       333.45  W       14.4  N       005.5      04.5      27.7  
   08  Sep. 1996       323.74  W       14.6  N       006.0      04.5      27.9  
   09  Sep. 1996       314.04  W       14.8  N       006.5      04.5      28.0  
   10  Sep. 1996       304.33  W       15.1  N       007.0      04.5      28.1  
  
   11  Sep. 1996       294.63  W       15.3  N       007.5      04.5      28.3  
   12  Sep. 1996       284.92  W       15.5  N       008.0      04.5      28.4  
   13  Sep. 1996       275.22  W       15.7  N       008.5      04.6      28.6  
   14  Sep. 1996       265.51  W       15.9  N       008.9      04.6      28.7  
   15  Sep. 1996       255.81  W       16.1  N       009.4      04.6      28.9  
  
   16  Sep. 1996       246.11  W       16.4  N       009.9      04.6      29.0  
   17  Sep. 1996       236.40  W       16.6  N       010.4      04.6      29.1  
   18  Sep. 1996       226.70  W       16.8  N       010.9      04.6      29.2  
   19  Sep. 1996       216.99  W       17.0  N       011.4      04.6      29.4  
   20  Sep. 1996       207.29  W       17.2  N       011.8      04.7      29.5  
  
   21  Sep. 1996       197.58  W       17.4  N       012.3      04.7      29.6  
   22  Sep. 1996       187.88  W       17.6  N       012.8      04.7      29.7  
   23  Sep. 1996       178.17  W       17.8  N       013.3      04.7      29.9  
   24  Sep. 1996       168.47  W       18.0  N       013.8      04.7      30.0  
   25  Sep. 1996       158.76  W       18.1  N       014.2      04.7      30.1  
  
   26  Sep. 1996       149.06  W       18.3  N       014.7      04.7      30.3  
   27  Sep. 1996       139.35  W       18.5  N       015.2      04.7      30.4  
   28  Sep. 1996       129.65  W       18.7  N       015.7      04.8      30.6  
   29  Sep. 1996       119.94  W       18.9  N       016.2      04.8      30.7  
   30  Sep. 1996       110.24  W       19.1  N       016.6      04.8      30.8  
  
  
   01  Oct. 1996       100.53  W       19.2  N       017.1       04.8      31.0  
   02  Oct. 1996       090.83  W       19.4  N       017.6       04.8      31.1  
   03  Oct. 1996       081.12  W       19.6  N       018.0       04.8      31.2  
   04  Oct. 1996       071.42  W       19.7  N       018.5       04.9      31.3  
   05  Oct. 1996       061.71  W       19.9  N       019.0       04.9      31.5  
  
   06  Oct. 1996       052.01  W       20.1  N       019.5       04.9      31.6  
   07  Oct. 1996       042.31  W       20.2  N       019.9       04.9      31.7  
   08  Oct. 1996       032.60  W       20.4  N       020.4       04.9      31.8  
   09  Oct. 1996       022.90  W       20.5  N       020.9       05.0      32.0  
   10  Oct. 1996       013.20  W       20.7  N       021.3       05.0      32.1  
  
   11  Oct. 1996       003.49  W       20.8  N       021.8       05.0      32.2  
   12  Oct. 1996       353.79  W       21.0  N       022.3       05.0      32.3  
   13  Oct. 1996       344.09  W       21.1  N       022.7       05.0      32.4  
   14  Oct. 1996       334.39  W       21.2  N       023.2       05.1      32.5  
   15  Oct. 1996       324.69  W       21.4  N       023.7       05.1      32.6  
  
   16  Oct. 1996       314.99  W       21.5  N       024.1       05.1      32.7  
   17  Oct. 1996       305.29  W       21.6  N       024.6       05.1      32.9  
   18  Oct. 1996       295.59  W       21.8  N       025.1       05.1      33.0  
   19  Oct. 1996       285.90  W       21.9  N       025.5       05.2      33.1  
   20  Oct. 1996       276.20  W       22.0  N       026.0       05.2      33.2  
  
   21  Oct. 1996       266.50  W       22.1  N       026.5       05.2      33.3  
   22  Oct. 1996       256.81  W       22.3  N       026.9       05.2      33.4  
   23  Oct. 1996       247.11  W       22.4  N       027.4       05.2      33.5  
   24  Oct. 1996       237.42  W       22.5  N       027.9       05.3      33.6  
   25  Oct. 1996       227.73  W       22.6  N       028.3       05.3      33.7  
  
   26  Oct. 1996       218.03  W       22.7  N       028.8       05.3      33.8  
   27  Oct. 1996       208.34  W       22.8  N       029.2       05.3      33.9  
   28  Oct. 1996       198.65  W       22.9  N       029.7       05.4      34.0  
   29  Oct. 1996       188.97  W       23.0  N       030.2       05.4      34.1  
   30  Oct. 1996       179.28  W       23.1  N       030.6       05.4      34.2  
  
   31  Oct. 1996       169.59  W       23.2  N       031.1       05.4      34.3  
  
  
   01  Nov. 1996       159.91  W       23.3  N       031.5       05.5      34.4  
   02  Nov. 1996       150.22  W       23.4  N       032.0       05.5      34.5  
   03  Nov. 1996       140.54  W       23.4  N       032.4       05.5      34.6  
   04  Nov. 1996       130.86  W       23.5  N       032.9       05.5      34.7  
   05  Nov. 1996       121.18  W       23.6  N       033.3       05.6      34.8  
  
   06  Nov. 1996       111.51  W       23.7  N       033.8       05.6      34.9  
   07  Nov. 1996       101.83  W       23.8  N       034.3       05.6      35.0  
   08  Nov. 1996       092.16  W       23.8  N       034.7       05.6      35.1  
   09  Nov. 1996       082.48  W       23.9  N       035.2       05.7      35.1  
   10  Nov. 1996       072.81  W       24.0  N       035.6       05.7      35.2  
  
   11  Nov. 1996       063.15  W       24.0  N       036.1       05.7      35.3  
   12  Nov. 1996       053.48  W       24.1  N       036.5       05.8      35.4  
   13  Nov. 1996       043.82  W       24.1  N       037.0       05.8      35.4  
   14  Nov. 1996       034.15  W       24.2  N       037.4       05.8      35.5  
   15  Nov. 1996       024.49  W       24.2  N       037.9       05.9      35.6  
  
   16  Nov. 1996       014.84  W       24.3  N       038.3       05.9      35.7  
   17  Nov. 1996       005.18  W       24.3  N       038.8       05.9      35.7  
   18  Nov. 1996       355.53  W       24.4  N       039.2       06.0      35.8  
   19  Nov. 1996       345.88  W       24.4  N       039.7       06.0      35.8  
   20  Nov. 1996       336.23  W       24.4  N       040.1       06.0      35.9  
  
   21  Nov. 1996       326.59  W       24.5  N       040.6       06.1      35.9  
   22  Nov. 1996       316.95  W       24.5  N       041.0       06.1      36.0  
   23  Nov. 1996       307.31  W       24.5  N       041.5       06.1      36.0  
   24  Nov. 1996       297.67  W       24.6  N       041.9       06.2      36.1  
   25  Nov. 1996       288.04  W       24.6  N       042.4       06.2      36.1  
  
   26  Nov. 1996       278.41  W       24.6  N       042.8       06.2      36.2  
   27  Nov. 1996       268.78  W       24.6  N       043.3       06.3      36.2  
   28  Nov. 1996       259.16  W       24.7  N       043.7       06.3      36.2  
   29  Nov. 1996       249.54  W       24.7  N       044.2       06.4      36.3  
   30  Nov. 1996       239.92  W       24.7  N       044.6       06.4      36.3  
  
  
   01  Dec. 1996       230.31  W       24.7  N       045.1       06.4      36.3 

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