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Neptune retrograde ends today!

Saturday, 03 December 2022

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Planets

Neptune retrograde ends today!

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Planet

Longitude

The Sun

29 Sco 31' 08"

The Moon

10 Leo 01' 56"

Mercury

21 Sag 03' 55"

Venus

11 Cap 23' 08"

Mars

04 Leo 38' 01"

Jupiter

18 Gem 26' 05" R

Saturn

12 Pis 43' 19"

Uranus

25 Tau 03' 53" R

Neptune

27 Pis 12' 34" R

Pluto

00 Aqu 01' 39"

Type

Nov 21

Nov 22

Nov 23

Active

10%

25%

Minor

15%

Moderate

Strong

Kp Index Prediction

00-03UT

1.67

2.00

2.33

03-06UT

1.33

1.67

06-09UT

1.33

2.33

2.00

09-12UT

1.33

1.00

2.33

12-15UT

1.33

2.33

15-18UT

1.33

1.67

2.33

18-21UT

1.67

3.00

2.33

21-00UT

1.67

3.00

2.33

Solar Activity

Solar activity reached moderate levels following a long-duration M1.1 flare at 20/1948 UTC from Region 3897 (S12W90, Dao/beta) as it transited the west limb. This region also produced the majority of the C-class flare activity during the period. Region 3898 (S16W27, Cao/beta) exhibited slight decay early in the period, but then had some redevelopment later and managed to produced a C3.5 flare at 20/0632 UTC. Region 3901 (S07E35, Dao/beta-gamma) added a pair of low-level C-class flares, but remained mostly unchanged. The remaining regions were quiescent. New Region 3902 (S17E70, Cso/beta) was numbered. While several CMEs were observed in SOHO/LASCO coronagraph imagery, none were deemed Earth-directed.

Solar Wind

Solar wind parameters reflected a weakly enhanced solar wind regime early, before transitioning to background levels the latter half of the period. Solar wind speeds ranged between 350 km/s - 400 km/s. Total field strength averaged near 10nT, reached a peak of 13 nT, then decreased to remain near 5-8 nT the last half of the period. The Bz component fluctuated between +9/-10 nT before turning mostly north, and the phi angle was predominantly in a positive orientation.

Energetic Particle

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux was normal to moderate and the greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.

BZ Status:	-5
Proton Density:	7.16
Proton Speed:	381.9 k/sec
KP Status:	1.33