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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.
4 Mercury is in superior conjunction, 6 P.M. EDT
5 Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks
The Moon is at perigee (223,478 miles from Earth), 11:03 P.M. EDT
7 Full Moon occurs at 6:45 A.M. EDT
11 Saturn is stationary, 5 A.M. EDT
Asteroid Pallas is stationary, 7 A.M. EDT
12 The Moon passes 2° south of Jupiter, 6 A.M. EDT
The Moon passes 3° south of Saturn, 2 P.M. EDT
13 Venus is stationary, 6 A.M. EDT
14 Last Quarter Moon occurs at 10:03 A.M. EDT
Jupiter is stationary, 2 P.M. EDT
The Moon passes 3° south of Mars, 10 P.M. EDT
16 The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune, 11 A.M. EDT
17 Mercury passes 7° north of Aldebaran, 5 A.M. EDT
18 The Moon is at apogee (252,018 miles from Earth), 3:45 A.M. EDT
20 The Moon passes 4° south of Uranus, noon EDT
22 Mercury passes 0.9° south of Venus, 4 A.M. EDT
New Moon occurs at 1:39 P.M. EDT
23 The Moon passes 4° south of Venus, 11 P.M. EDT
24 The Moon passes 3° south of Mercury, 7 A.M. EDT
The Moon passes 0.6° north of asteroid Vesta, 11 A.M. EDT
27 Asteroid Juno is stationary, 10 A.M. EDT
29 First Quarter Moon occurs at 11:30 P.M. EDT
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