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Pleiades Transit
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Neptune Sets
Sirius Transits
Pollux Transits
Regulus Transits
Antares Rises
Lower Culmination of Polaris
Saturn Rises
Neptune Rises
Uranus Rises
Deneb Transits
Betelgeuse Rises
Neptune Transits
Sirius Rises
Upper Culmination of Polaris
Uranus Transits
Pleiades Transit
Neptune Sets
Orion Nebula M42 Transits
Sirius Transits
Pollux Transits
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Regulus Transits
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EVENING SKY
Jan 4 Earth is
147,098,925 km
from the Sun
(perihelion) at
16:17 UT
Jan 22 Saturn is 0.4° above
Venus
Feb 15 Neptune lies just 0.3° from
Venus in a telescope
Mar 1 Jupiter is 0.6° left of Venus
Mar 20 Spring begins at the equinox,
21:24 UT
Mar 27 Mercury is 1.5° right of Jupiter
Mar 30 Uranus is 1.2° from Venus
Apr 11 Mercury reaches greatest
elongation, 19° east of the Sun
Apr 20 An annular-total (hybrid) eclipse of the
Sun occurs in a path that goes across
the Indian Ocean, touches extreme
western Australia and New Guinea, and
continues into the Pacific Ocean
Jun 3 Venus stands at greatest elongation, 45°
east of the Sun
Jun 21 Summer begins at the solstice, 14:58 UT;
longest day, 16h
Jun 25 Latest sunset at latitude 50° north
Jul 6 Earth is 152,093,251 km from the Sun
(aphelion) at 20:06 UT
Aug 9 Mercury is 27° east of the Sun
Aug 26 Saturn comes to opposition tonight
Sep 18 Neptune stands at opposition
Oct 14 An annular eclipse of the Sun occurs for
observers in a path across western United
States, Central America, and northern
South America
Oct 28 A slight partial eclipse of the Moon may
be seen in Europe, Africa, and across
Asia, between 19:35 and 20:53 UT
Nov 2 Jupiter comes to opposition tonight
Nov 13 Uranus is at opposition
Dec 4 Mercury is at greatest
elongation, 21° east of
the Sun
Dec 9 Earliest end of evening
twilight
Dec 12 Earliest sunset of
the year
Dec 22 Shortest day,
8h
50° north
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5 p.m.
Conjunction
(appulse)
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Greatest
elongation
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Greatest illuminated
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Opposition
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New
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Full
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Moon
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Last
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Perigee
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Waxing
(moonset)
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Waning
(moonrise)
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Geminids
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Taurids
Leonids
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MORNING SKY
Jan 3
Latest
onset of
morning
twilight for
those at latitude
50° north
Jan 30 Mercury comes to
greatest elongation,
25° west of the Sun
May 6 A penumbral lunar eclipse
is visible in the predawn
hours from western Asia and
Australia
May 17 The waning crescent Moon
occults Jupiter in the daytime
for Canada, Iceland, and northern
Europe
May 29 Mercury is at greatest elongation,
25° west of the Sun
Earliest sunrise of the year at latitude
50° north
A very rare grazing occultation of
Ganymede by Jupiter occurs for western
Europe, starting shortly after 4h
UT
Sep 22
Sep 23
Oct 24
Nov 9
and continuing to dawn; this event,
found by Andreas Dill of Belgium, will
be a challenge for visual observers and
planetary imagers alike
Mercury is at greatest elongation,
18° west of the Sun
Fall begins at the equinox, 6:50 UT
Venus is at greatest elongation,
46° west of the Sun
The waning crescent Moon occults
Venus in the daytime for observers
in northern Europe and western
Asia
Winter begins at the solstice,
3:27 UT
Latest sunrise of the year at
latitude 50° north
Dec 22
Dec 31
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