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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 Ursa Major

Annual Visibility — Graphical Overview

Time

Ursa Major visibility on 2026-08-18

Ursa Major Visible from sunset until early morning

Ursa Major rise and set timetable

TimeElevation
Ursa Major is always above the horizon
Moonrise, 21% illuminated 09:4956°
Ursa Major transit12:4775°
Sunset17:5536°
Civil sunset18:2432°
Twilight start18:5727°
Astronomical observing session begins19:3223°
Ursa Major is always above the horizon
Moonset20:2616°
Astronomical observing session ends02:514°
Twilight end03:267°
Civil sunrise03:5910°
Sunrise04:2812°

Track Ursa Major Position Throughout the Night

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Annual Rise, Transit and Set Times

DateRise — SetTransitTwilightCoordinates
2026-08-17Ursa Major is always above the horizon12:4717:52 - 04:24RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-08-24Ursa Major is always above the horizon12:1917:43 - 04:30RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-08-31Ursa Major is always above the horizon11:5217:33 - 04:36RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-09-07Ursa Major is always above the horizon11:2417:23 - 04:41RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-09-14Ursa Major is always above the horizon10:5717:12 - 04:47RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-09-21Ursa Major is always above the horizon10:2917:02 - 04:53RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-09-28Ursa Major is always above the horizon10:0216:51 - 04:59RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-10-05Ursa Major is always above the horizon09:3416:40 - 05:05RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-10-12Ursa Major is always above the horizon09:0716:30 - 05:11RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-10-19Ursa Major is always above the horizon08:3916:21 - 05:18RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-10-26Ursa Major is always above the horizon08:1216:12 - 05:24RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-11-02Ursa Major is always above the horizon07:4416:04 - 05:32RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-11-09Ursa Major is always above the horizon07:1715:57 - 05:39RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-11-16Ursa Major is always above the horizon06:4915:51 - 05:46RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-11-23Ursa Major is always above the horizon06:2115:47 - 05:53RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-11-30Ursa Major is always above the horizon05:5415:45 - 06:00RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-12-07Ursa Major is always above the horizon05:2615:44 - 06:07RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-12-14Ursa Major is always above the horizon04:5915:45 - 06:12RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-12-21Ursa Major is always above the horizon04:3115:47 - 06:17RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2026-12-28Ursa Major is always above the horizon04:0415:51 - 06:19RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-01-04Ursa Major is always above the horizon03:3615:56 - 06:21RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-01-11Ursa Major is always above the horizon03:0916:03 - 06:20RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-01-18Ursa Major is always above the horizon02:4116:10 - 06:19RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-01-25Ursa Major is always above the horizon02:1416:17 - 06:15RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-02-01Ursa Major is always above the horizon01:4616:25 - 06:10RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-02-08Ursa Major is always above the horizon01:1916:33 - 06:04RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-02-15Ursa Major is always above the horizon00:5116:40 - 05:56RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-02-22Ursa Major is always above the horizon00:2416:48 - 05:48RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-03-01Ursa Major is always above the horizon23:5616:55 - 05:38RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-03-08Ursa Major is always above the horizon23:2917:01 - 05:28RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-03-15Ursa Major is always above the horizon23:0117:08 - 05:18RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-03-22Ursa Major is always above the horizon22:3417:14 - 05:08RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-03-29Ursa Major is always above the horizon22:0617:21 - 04:57RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-04-05Ursa Major is always above the horizon21:3917:27 - 04:47RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-04-12Ursa Major is always above the horizon21:1117:33 - 04:37RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-04-19Ursa Major is always above the horizon20:4417:39 - 04:27RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-04-26Ursa Major is always above the horizon20:1617:46 - 04:18RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-05-03Ursa Major is always above the horizon19:4817:52 - 04:10RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-05-10Ursa Major is always above the horizon19:2117:58 - 04:03RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-05-17Ursa Major is always above the horizon18:5318:04 - 03:57RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-05-24Ursa Major is always above the horizon18:2618:10 - 03:52RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-05-31Ursa Major is always above the horizon17:5818:15 - 03:48RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-06-07Ursa Major is always above the horizon17:3118:19 - 03:46RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-06-14Ursa Major is always above the horizon17:0318:23 - 03:45RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-06-21Ursa Major is always above the horizon16:3618:25 - 03:46RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-06-28Ursa Major is always above the horizon16:0818:26 - 03:48RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-07-05Ursa Major is always above the horizon15:4118:26 - 03:51RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-07-12Ursa Major is always above the horizon15:1318:24 - 03:56RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-07-19Ursa Major is always above the horizon14:4218:20 - 04:00RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-07-26Ursa Major is always above the horizon14:1418:15 - 04:06RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-08-02Ursa Major is always above the horizon13:4718:09 - 04:11RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-08-09Ursa Major is always above the horizon13:1918:02 - 04:17RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s
2027-08-16Ursa Major is always above the horizon12:5217:54 - 04:23RA: 11h 24m 36s", Dec: 52° 46' 12s