MERIDIAN

MERIDIAN is a handy application designed to hep you consult information on the observation of the solar system, the Sun, the Moon and the planets. This data is provided with text and graphics.
Meridian is very useful to plan or verify the observations of planetary surfaces and of natural satellites for some planets.
Meridian is very user-friendly; the windows presenting planets are sizable. You can see the same object at different dates/hours, print the content of window, list the lunar phases for the current month and many other useful information.
Meridian simulates the position of planets in the sky and provides: visual magnitude apparent diameter distance to Earth illumination of the disk inclination of the poles central meridian rise, transit and set heliocentric position geocentric position.
For some planets, when appropriate: phase (Moon, Venus, Mercury) satellite position (Jupiter, Saturn) Jupiters satellite phenomenons transit hours of the great red spot on Jupiter seasons on Mars.