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Your location: Santa Clara, United States
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Latitude:
37.3541
Longitude:
-121.955

Annual rise, transit and set table for Crux

Annual Visibility — Graphical Overview

Time

Crux visibility on 2026-08-30

Crux is Not visible tonight

Crux rise and set timetable

TimeElevation
Crux is always below the horizon-
Crux transit12:55-7°
Moonrise, 96.4% illuminated 18:23-28°
Astronomical observing session begins19:12-34°
Astronomical observing session ends03:05-59°
Moonset07:13-29°

Track Crux Position Throughout the Night

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Annual Rise, Transit and Set Times

DateRise — SetTransitTwilightCoordinates
2026-08-30Crux is always below the horizon12:5117:35 - 04:35RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-09-06Crux is always below the horizon12:2317:24 - 04:41RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-09-13Crux is always below the horizon11:5617:14 - 04:46RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-09-20Crux is always below the horizon11:2817:03 - 04:52RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-09-27Crux is always below the horizon11:0116:52 - 04:58RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-10-04Crux is always below the horizon10:3316:42 - 05:04RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-10-11Crux is always below the horizon10:0616:32 - 05:10RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-10-18Crux is always below the horizon09:3816:22 - 05:17RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-10-25Crux is always below the horizon09:1116:13 - 05:24RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-11-01Crux is always below the horizon08:4316:05 - 05:31RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-11-08Crux is always below the horizon08:1615:58 - 05:38RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-11-15Crux is always below the horizon07:4815:52 - 05:45RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-11-22Crux is always below the horizon07:2115:48 - 05:52RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-11-29Crux is always below the horizon06:5315:45 - 05:59RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-12-06Crux is always below the horizon06:2615:44 - 06:06RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-12-13Crux is always below the horizon05:5815:44 - 06:12RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-12-20Crux is always below the horizon05:3115:47 - 06:16RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2026-12-27Crux is always below the horizon05:0315:51 - 06:19RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-01-03Crux is always below the horizon04:3615:56 - 06:21RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-01-10Crux is always below the horizon04:0816:02 - 06:21RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-01-17Crux is always below the horizon03:4116:09 - 06:19RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-01-24Crux is always below the horizon03:1316:16 - 06:16RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-01-31Crux is always below the horizon02:4616:24 - 06:11RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-02-07Crux is always below the horizon02:1816:32 - 06:05RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-02-14Crux is always below the horizon01:5016:39 - 05:57RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-02-21Crux is always below the horizon01:2316:47 - 05:49RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-02-28Crux is always below the horizon00:5516:54 - 05:40RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-03-07Crux is always below the horizon00:2817:00 - 05:30RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-03-14Crux is always below the horizon00:0017:07 - 05:20RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-03-21Crux is always below the horizon23:3317:14 - 05:09RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-03-28Crux is always below the horizon23:0517:20 - 04:59RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-04-04Crux is always below the horizon22:3817:26 - 04:48RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-04-11Crux is always below the horizon22:1017:32 - 04:38RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-04-18Crux is always below the horizon21:4317:39 - 04:29RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-04-25Crux is always below the horizon21:1517:45 - 04:19RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-05-02Crux is always below the horizon20:4817:51 - 04:11RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-05-09Crux is always below the horizon20:2017:57 - 04:04RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-05-16Crux is always below the horizon19:5318:03 - 03:57RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-05-23Crux is always below the horizon19:2518:09 - 03:52RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-05-30Crux is always below the horizon18:5818:14 - 03:49RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-06-06Crux is always below the horizon18:3018:19 - 03:46RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-06-13Crux is always below the horizon18:0318:22 - 03:45RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-06-20Crux is always below the horizon17:3518:25 - 03:46RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-06-27Crux is always below the horizon17:0818:26 - 03:48RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-07-04Crux is always below the horizon16:4018:26 - 03:51RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-07-11Crux is always below the horizon16:1218:24 - 03:55RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-07-18Crux is always below the horizon15:4518:21 - 04:00RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-07-25Crux is always below the horizon15:1718:16 - 04:05RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-08-01Crux is always below the horizon14:4618:10 - 04:11RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-08-08Crux is always below the horizon14:1818:03 - 04:16RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-08-15Crux is always below the horizon13:5117:55 - 04:22RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-08-22Crux is always below the horizon13:2317:46 - 04:28RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s
2027-08-29Crux is always below the horizon12:5617:37 - 04:34RA: 12h 20m 04s", Dec: -59° 30' 00s