ecliptic positions from Explanatory Supplement orbits  
  coords of J2000.0 
 JD   2454837.63   2009/ 1/ 6  3: 0: 0 
       Mercury      31d  42m  55.25s |   -2d   0m -39.06s r = 0.324279 
       Venus        56d  28m  43.23s |   -1d -10m -19.54s r = 0.722041 
       Earth       105d  47m  54.94s |    0d   0m  -3.59s r = 0.983313 
       Mars        271d  31m   3.82s |   -1d -14m -14.15s r = 1.451897 
       Jupiter     302d  45m  41.39s |    0d -29m -33.72s r = 5.114632 
       Saturn      166d   0m  18.35s |    1d  58m   1.69s r = 9.366164 
       Uranus      351d  46m  37.27s |    0d -45m -47.03s r = 20.096176 
       Neptune     323d  35m  45.34s |    0d -21m -51.26s r = 30.027842 
       Pluto       270d  51m  51.04s |    5d  51m  38.69s r = 31.576628 
 
 equatorial positions from Explanatory Supplement orbits  
 uncorrected for aberration or light-delay 
 no corrections for precession or nutation 
 JD   2454837.63   2009/ 1/ 6  3: 0: 0 
       Mercury     20h  30m   8.517s |  -19d -40m -52.23s r = 0.947246 
       Venus       22h  20m  11.462s |  -11d -34m -22.36s r = 0.750230 
       Mars        18h  31m  52.634s |  -23d -58m -51.57s r = 2.416892 
       Jupiter     20h   9m  18.304s |  -20d -32m -45.84s r = 6.061928 
       Saturn      11h  32m   2.158s |    5d  16m   9.80s r = 8.918802 
       Uranus      23h  21m  42.997s |   -4d -56m  -8.09s r = 20.516098 
       Neptune     21h  39m  47.770s |  -14d -21m -26.15s r = 30.810719 
       Pluto       18h   5m  29.189s |  -17d -44m -36.07s r = 32.522894 
       moon         2h   9m  20.933s |   18d  37m   3.90s r = 0.002486 
       sun         19h   9m   4.930s |  -22d -29m -19.32s r = 0.983310