Grazing Occultation of Saturn          Magnitude 0.6 [Red = 0.6]   
Date: 2024 Sep 17 11h 29m,  to  2024 Sep 17 11h 31m

Nominal site altitude 0m

E. Longit.   Latitude       U.T.    Sun  Moon   TanZ   PA    AA      CA
   o  '  "    o  '   "    h  m  s   Alt Alt Az          o     o      o

 Inner limit - Saturn fully obscured
-130  0  0   53 59 13.8  11 28 39       15 234  3.83 327.0 348.48   4.06N
-129  0  0   54 18 35.4  11 28 55       14 234  4.03 327.2 348.65   4.22N
-128  0  0   54 37 21.4  11 29 10       13 235  4.25 327.4 348.81   4.39N
-127  0  0   54 55 32.7  11 29 23       13 236  4.49 327.5 348.98   4.55N
-126  0  0   55 13 10.3  11 29 36       12 237  4.74 327.7 349.13   4.71N

 Outer limit - Saturn just touches the moon
-130  0  0   54 22 21.7  11 28 26       14 233  3.89 327.1 348.52   4.13N
-129  0  0   54 41 37.4  11 28 42       14 234  4.09 327.3 348.68   4.29N
-128  0  0   55  0 17.8  11 28 56       13 235  4.31 327.4 348.85   4.45N

Path coordinates are referred to WGS84 (as used by GPS), with the
nominal site altitude being referenced to Mean Sea Level. The path
is adjusted for the effects of refraction at low moon altitudes.

Angular diameter of Saturn = 19.22 arcsec

Projected diameter of star  6 meters  [Estimated]


                Librations  Long -2.77   Lat +3.04
                            P +349.90     D -2.25
      Illumination of moon  99%+
        Elongation of Moon  170
    Vertical Profile Scale  approx. 2.21 km/arcsec at mean distance of moon
   Horizontal Scale Factor  2.01 deg/min


At longitude -120.00:
Limiting Magnitudes for various telescope apertures (in cm)
      CA\Tdia   5    10    15    20    25    30    35
     1.6      1.4   2.5   3.0   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.5
     3.6      1.4   2.5   3.0   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.5
     5.6      1.4   2.5   3.0   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.5
     7.6      1.4   2.5   3.0   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.5
     9.6      1.4   2.5   3.0   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.5