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SERPENSCAUDA
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LYRA
VULPECULA
SAGITTA
AQUILA
DELPHINUS
CAPRICORNUS
MICROSCOPIUM
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SCUTUM
TELESCCORONA
AUSTRALIS
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Altair
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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.
1 Mercury is in inferior conjunction, 3h UT
2 Asteroid Herculina is at opposition, 14h UT
4 Earth is at aphelion (152.1 million kilometers from the Sun), 12h UT
5 Full Moon occurs at 4h44m UT; penumbral lunar eclipse
Asteroid Vesta is in conjunction with the Sun, 6h UT
The Moon passes 1.9° south of Jupiter, 22h UT
6 The Moon passes 2° south of Saturn, 9h UT
10 The Moon passes 4° south of Neptune, 7h UT
Venus is at greatest brilliancy (magnitude –4.7), 8h UT
11 The Moon passes 2° south of Mars, 20h UT
12 Venus passes 1.0° north of Aldebaran, 7h UT
The Moon is at apogee (404,199 kilometers from Earth), 19h27m UT
Last Quarter Moon occurs at 23h29m UT
13 Dwarf planet Ceres is stationary, 2h UT
Asteroid Pallas is at opposition, 2h UT
14 Jupiter is at opposition, 8h UT
The Moon passes 4° south of Uranus, 12h UT
15 Pluto is at opposition, 19h UT
17 The Moon passes 3° north of Venus, 7h UT
19 The Moon passes 4° north of Mercury, 4h UT
20 New Moon occurs at 17h33m UT
Saturn is at opposition, 22h UT
22 Mercury is at greatest western elongation (20°), 15h UT
25 The Moon is at perigee (368,361 kilometers from Earth), 5h02m UT
27 First Quarter Moon occurs at 12h33m UT
29 Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ASTRONOMY
: ROEN KELLY