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And it’s only going to get better for another month and a half!

Begin civil twilight 5:48 a.m.
Sunrise 6:16 a.m.
Sun transit 1:05 p.m.
Sunset 7:56 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:23 p.m.

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:07 a.m.
Sunrise 6:34 a.m.
Sun transit 1:08 p.m.
Sunset 7:43 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:10 p.m.

MOON
Moonset 9:38 a.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 1:07 a.m.
Moon transit 5:49 a.m.
Moonset 10:33 a.m.
Moonrise 1:50 a.m. on following day

Phase of the Moon on 15 April: waning gibbous with 66% of the Moon’s visible disk illuminated.

New feature: tide report!!!

Low tide at 7:42 PM – 3.07
High tide at 5:01 PM – 3.1

It’s a great day to be at the beach – if you’re still and/or in the shadows it’s cold but if you’re active and/or in the sun it’s blissfully warm.

Tuesday
31 March 2009 Pacific Daylight Time
Begin civil twilight 6:29 a.m.
Sunrise 6:55 a.m.
Sun transit 1:12 p.m.
Sunset 7:30 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:56 p.m.
Moonrise 9:08 a.m. on preceding day
Moonset 12:32 a.m.
Moonrise 10:02 a.m.
Moon transit 5:49 p.m.
Moonset 1:36 a.m. on following day

Sunday
29 March 2009 Pacific Daylight Time

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:32 a.m.
Sunrise 6:58 a.m.
Sun transit 1:13 p.m.
Sunset 7:28 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:54 p.m.
Moonset 10:12 p.m. on preceding day
Moonrise 8:22 a.m.
Moon transit 3:48 p.m.
Moonset 11:23 p.m.
Moonrise 9:07 a.m. on following day

MOON

Phase of the Moon on 29 March: waxing crescent with 12% of the Moon’s visible disk illuminated.

New Moon on 26 March 2009 at 9:07 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Begin civil twilight 6:45 a.m.
Sunrise 7:11 a.m.
Sun transit 1:15 p.m.
Sunset 7:20 p.m.
End civil twilight 7:46 p.m.

Sunny patches are now hot enough to make wearing leather inadvisable.

The water at the coast is very clear but there are tiny crabs among the rocks a few miles south of here.

You can smell lavender in bloom.

There’s very little moonlight tonight; it’s a waning crescent.