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WWW.ASTRONOMY.COM 39
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Note: Moon phases in the calendar vary in size due to the distance
from Earth and are shown at 0h Universal Time.1 The Moon passes 1.5° south of Jupiter, 8 P.M. EDT
2 Mercury passes 7° south of Pollux, 2 A.M. EDT
The Moon passes 1.1° south of Pluto, 2 A.M. EDT
The Moon passes 2° south of Saturn, 9 A.M. EDT
3 Mars is at perihelion (128.4 million miles from the Sun), 5 A.M. EDT
Full Moon occurs at 11:59 A.M. EDT
6 The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune, 11 A.M. EDT
9 The Moon passes 0.8° south of Mars, 4 A.M. EDT
The Moon is at apogee (251,444 miles from Earth), 9:50 A.M. EDT
10 The Moon passes 4° south of Uranus, 5 P.M. EDT
11 Last Quarter Moon occurs at 12:45 P.M. EDT
12 Perseid meteor shower peaks
Venus is at greatest western elongation (46°), 8 P.M. EDT
15 The Moon passes 4° north of Venus, 9 A.M. EDT
Uranus is stationary, 1 P.M. EDT
17 Mercury is in superior conjunction, 11 A.M. EDT
18 New Moon occurs at 10:42 P.M. EDT
21 The Moon is at perigee (225,876 miles from Earth), 6:57 A.M. EDT
25 First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:58 P.M. EDT
28 Dwarf planet Ceres is at opposition, 8 A.M. EDT
Asteroid Massalia is at opposition, 5 P.M. EDT
The Moon passes 1.4° south of Jupiter, 10 P.M. EDT
29 The Moon passes 1.2° south of Pluto, 7 A.M. EDT
The Moon passes 2° south of Saturn, 1 P.M. EDT
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