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Aug 18 A very slight (unobservable) penumbral
eclipse of the Moon occurs near 10h UT
Sep 1 An annular eclipse of the Sun occurs
27
in a path across central Africa and
M
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Madagascar
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Sep 29 Mercury is at greatest elongation,
se
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18° west of the Sun
11
Oct 11 Mercury is 1° to the upper left of
Jupiter
18
Dec 21 Winter begins at the solstice,
10:44 UT
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Dec 31 Latest sunrise of the year

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Earth is 152,103,776 km from the Sun
(aphelion) at 16h UT
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Mercury stands at greatest elongation, 27°
east of the Sun
26
Mars has Saturn 4.4° above it and Antares
1.8° below it
3
Neptune is at opposition tonight
10
A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurs
with the most shading near 19h UT for
17
Europe and Asia
Fall begins at the equinox, 14:21 UT
24
Uranus is at opposition tonight
Saturn is 3.0° above Venus
31
Earliest end of evening twilight
7
Mercury stands at greatest
elongation, 21° east of the Sun
14
Earliest sunset
h
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Shortest day, 8 04 at
21
latitude 50° north

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