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Diary of Astronomical Phenomena 2012 January d h d h 1 6 FIRST QUARTER 17 20 Moon at perigee 2 20 Moon at apogee 19 12 Antares 4.3S of Moon 2 23 Jupiter 4.8S of Moon 20 2 Moon furthest South (-22.4) 4 22 Earth at perihelion 21 12 Pluto 1.7N of Moon 6 6 Aldebaran 5.8S of Moon 22 12 Mercury 4.7S of Moon 6 21 Moon furthest North (22.5) 23 7 NEW MOON 9 7 FULL MOON 24 23 Mars stationary 12 9 Regulus 5.5N of Moon 25 8 Neptune 5.5S of Moon 13 12 Mercury 4.6S of Pluto 27 21 Uranus 5.5S of Moon 13 15 Venus 1.1S of Neptune 30 11 Jupiter 4.4S of Moon 16 6 Spica 1.8N of Moon 30 17 Moon at apogee 16 9 LAST QUARTER 31 4 FIRST QUARTER February d h d h 2 15 Aldebaran 5.7S of Moon 16 8 Moon furthest South (-22.3) 3 6 Moon furthest North (22.4) 17 20 Pluto 1.5N of Moon 7 8 Mercury superior conjunction 19 20 Neptune at conjunction 7 21 FULL MOON 21 18 Neptune 5.5S of Moon 8 12 Saturn stationary 21 22 NEW MOON 8 17 Regulus 5.4N of Moon 23 0 Mercury 5.6S of Moon 10 2 Venus 0.3N of Uranus 24 8 Uranus 5.3S of Moon 11 19 Moon at perigee 25 19 Venus 3.1S of Moon 12 12 Spica 1.7N of Moon 27 3 Jupiter 3.8S of Moon 14 6 Mercury 1.2S of Neptune 27 14 Moon at apogee 14 17 LAST QUARTER 29 23 Aldebaran 5.5S of Moon 15 18 Antares 4.5S of Moon March d h d h 1 1 FIRST QUARTER 16 3 Pluto 1.3N of Moon 1 15 Moon furthest North (22.2) 18 13 Mercury 4.2N of Uranus 3 20 Mars at opposition 20 3 Neptune 5.6S of Moon 5 5 Mercury greatest elong E(18) 20 5 Equinox 5 15 Mercury 2.5N of Uranus 21 19 Mercury inferior conjunction 5 17 Mars nearest to Earth 22 11 Mercury 1.5S of Moon 7 3 Regulus 5.4N of Moon 22 14 NEW MOON 8 9 FULL MOON 22 18 Uranus 5.2S of Moon 10 9 Moon at perigee 24 18 Uranus at conjunction 10 19 Spica 1.5N of Moon 25 22 Jupiter 3.1S of Moon 11 3 Saturn 6.0N of Moon 26 5 Moon at apogee 11 22 Mercury stationary 26 19 Venus 1.8N of Moon 13 23 Antares 4.7S of Moon 27 6 Venus greatest elong E(46) 14 6 Venus 3.0N of Jupiter 28 6 Aldebaran 5.2S of Moon 14 13 Moon furthest South (-22.1) 28 23 Moon furthest North (22.0) 15 1 LAST QUARTER 30 19 FIRST QUARTER April d h d h 3 6 Mercury stationary 16 10 Neptune 5.7S of Moon 3 13 Regulus 5.5N of Moon 18 19 Mercury greatest elong W(27) 6 19 FULL MOON 19 3 Uranus 5.1S of Moon 7 5 Spica 1.4N of Moon 21 7 NEW MOON 7 10 Saturn 6.0N of Moon 22 13 Moon at apogee 7 16 Moon at perigee 22 17 Jupiter 2.4S of Moon 10 7 Antares 4.8S of Moon 22 19 Mercury 2.0S of Uranus 10 14 Pluto stationary 24 13 Aldebaran 5.1S of Moon 10 21 Moon furthest South (-21.9) 25 3 Venus 5.6N of Moon 12 9 Pluto 1.1N of Moon Occn 25 5 Moon furthest North (21.8) 13 10 LAST QUARTER 29 9 FIRST QUARTER 15 12 Mars stationary 30 23 Regulus 5.7N of Moon 15 18 Saturn at opposition May d h d h 4 16 Spica 1.3N of Moon 19 16 Moon at apogee 6 3 FULL MOON 20 4 Mercury 2.0S of Moon 6 3 Moon at perigee 20 12 Jupiter 1.7S of Moon 7 17 Antares 5.0S of Moon 20 23 NEW MOON Eclipse 8 6 Moon furthest South (-21.8) 21 19 Aldebaran 5.0S of Moon 9 17 Pluto 1.0N of Moon Occn 22 5 Mercury 0.4N of Jupiter 12 21 LAST QUARTER 22 11 Moon furthest North (21.8) 13 13 Jupiter at conjunction 22 21 Venus 4.6N of Moon 13 17 Neptune 5.8S of Moon 27 11 Mercury superior conjunction 15 16 Venus stationary 28 6 Regulus 5.7N of Moon 16 9 Saturn 4.8N of Spica 28 20 FIRST QUARTER 16 12 Uranus 5.1S of Moon June d h d h 1 2 Spica 1.3N of Moon 18 0 Venus 2.0S of Moon 1 20 Mercury 0.2N of Venus 18 1 Aldebaran 5.0S of Moon 3 12 Moon at perigee 18 18 Moon furthest North (21.7) 4 4 Antares 5.0S of Moon 19 15 NEW MOON 4 11 FULL MOON Eclipse 20 23 Solstice 4 17 Moon furthest South (-21.7) 21 2 Mercury 5.1S of Pollux 5 4 Neptune stationary 21 16 Mercury 5.5N of Moon 6 1 Venus inferior conjunction 24 11 Regulus 5.6N of Moon 6 2 Pluto 1.0N of Moon Occn 26 9 Saturn stationary 10 1 Neptune 5.9S of Moon 26 10 Mars 5.3N of Moon 11 10 LAST QUARTER 27 3 FIRST QUARTER 12 20 Uranus 5.1S of Moon 27 4 Venus stationary 16 2 Moon at apogee 28 8 Saturn 6.0N of Moon 16 10 Venus 3.3N of Aldebaran 28 10 Spica 1.3N of Moon 17 7 Jupiter 1.1S of Moon Occn 29 15 Pluto at opposition July d h d h 1 1 Mercury greatest elong E(26) 15 14 Venus 3.8S of Moon 1 14 Antares 5.1S of Moon 16 1 Moon furthest North (21.6) 1 17 Moon at perigee 19 4 NEW MOON 2 4 Moon furthest South (-21.7) 20 7 Mercury 0.5N of Moon Occn 3 12 Pluto 1.0N of Moon Occn 21 17 Regulus 5.5N of Moon 3 18 FULL MOON 24 19 Mars 4.0N of Moon 5 2 Earth at aphelion 25 15 Saturn 5.7N of Moon 7 9 Neptune 5.7S of Moon 25 16 Spica 1.1N of Moon Occn 9 7 Venus 0.9N of Aldebaran 26 8 FIRST QUARTER 10 4 Uranus 5.0S of Moon 28 20 Mercury inferior conjunction 11 1 LAST QUARTER 28 21 Antares 5.2S of Moon 13 16 Uranus stationary 29 8 Moon at perigee 13 17 Moon at apogee 29 12 Moon furthest South (-21.5) 14 5 Mercury stationary 30 5 Jupiter 4.7N of Aldebaran 15 2 Jupiter 0.5S of Moon Occn 30 20 Pluto 0.9N of Moon Occn 15 8 Aldebaran 4.9S of Moon August d h d h 2 3 FULL MOON 16 13 Mercury greatest elong W(19) 3 18 Neptune 5.6S of Moon 17 15 NEW MOON 3 19 Saturn 4.5N of Spica 18 0 Regulus 5.5N of Moon 6 12 Uranus 4.8S of Moon 21 21 Spica 1.0N of Moon Occn 7 15 Mercury stationary 21 23 Saturn 5.3N of Moon 9 18 LAST QUARTER 22 6 Mars 2.2N of Moon 10 10 Moon at apogee 23 19 Moon at perigee 11 16 Aldebaran 4.7S of Moon 24 12 Neptune at opposition 11 20 Jupiter 0.1N of Moon Occn 24 13 FIRST QUARTER 12 9 Moon furthest North (21.5) 25 3 Antares 5.4S of Moon 13 19 Venus 0.5S of Moon Occn 25 18 Moon furthest South (-21.4) 14 3 Mars 1.8N of Spica 27 2 Pluto 0.7N of Moon Occn 15 10 Mars 2.7S of Saturn 31 1 Neptune 5.6S of Moon 15 11 Venus greatest elong W(46) 31 14 FULL MOON 16 3 Mercury 3.4N of Moon September d h d h 1 2 Mercury 1.2N of Regulus 18 4 Spica 0.8N of Moon Occn 2 20 Uranus 4.7S of Moon 18 11 Saturn 4.8N of Moon 7 5 Moon at apogee 19 3 Moon at perigee 8 0 Aldebaran 4.5S of Moon 19 20 Mars 0.2N of Moon Occn 8 11 Jupiter 0.6N of Moon Occn 21 9 Antares 5.6S of Moon 8 13 LAST QUARTER 21 23 Moon furthest South (-21.2) 8 17 Moon furthest North (21.3) 22 14 Equinox 10 13 Mercury superior conjunction 22 19 FIRST QUARTER 12 15 Venus 3.6N of Moon 23 7 Pluto 0.4N of Moon Occn 14 9 Regulus 5.5N of Moon 27 7 Neptune 5.7S of Moon 16 2 NEW MOON 29 7 Uranus at opposition 16 11 Mercury 5.5N of Moon 30 1 Uranus 4.7S of Moon 17 20 Pluto stationary 30 3 FULL MOON October d h d h 1 12 Mercury 1.6N of Spica 17 1 Moon at perigee 3 7 Venus 0.1S of Regulus 17 2 Mercury 1.2S of Moon Occn 4 13 Jupiter stationary 18 13 Mars 1.9S of Moon 4 23 Moon at apogee 18 16 Antares 5.7S of Moon 5 8 Aldebaran 4.3S of Moon 19 6 Moon furthest South (-21.1) 5 10 Mercury 3.2S of Saturn 20 13 Pluto 0.2N of Moon Occn 5 21 Jupiter 0.9N of Moon Occn 21 0 Mars 3.6N of Antares 6 1 Moon furthest North (21.1) 22 3 FIRST QUARTER 8 7 LAST QUARTER 24 11 Neptune 5.8S of Moon 11 19 Regulus 5.6N of Moon 25 8 Saturn at conjunction 12 14 Venus 5.9N of Moon 26 15 Mercury greatest elong E(24) 15 11 NEW MOON 27 6 Uranus 4.8S of Moon 15 14 Spica 0.7N of Moon Occn 29 19 FULL MOON 16 2 Saturn 4.5N of Moon November d h d h 1 14 Aldebaran 4.3S of Moon 16 9 Mars 3.9S of Moon 1 15 Moon at apogee 16 23 Pluto 0.0N of Moon Occn 2 1 Jupiter 0.8N of Moon Occn 17 4 Venus 3.8N of Spica 2 8 Moon furthest North (21.0) 17 16 Mercury inferior conjunction 7 0 LAST QUARTER 20 14 FIRST QUARTER 7 0 Mercury stationary 20 17 Neptune 5.9S of Moon 8 4 Regulus 5.7N of Moon 23 10 Uranus 4.8S of Moon 11 10 Neptune stationary 26 23 Mercury stationary 11 14 Venus 5.0N of Moon 27 1 Venus 0.5S of Saturn 12 1 Spica 0.7N of Moon Occn 27 20 Mars 4.5S of Pluto 12 18 Saturn 4.1N of Moon 28 14 FULL MOON Eclipse 13 22 NEW MOON Eclipse 28 19 Moon at apogee 14 10 Mercury 0.9S of Moon Occn 28 21 Aldebaran 4.2S of Moon 14 10 Moon at perigee 29 1 Jupiter 0.6N of Moon Occn 15 2 Antares 5.8S of Moon 29 15 Moon furthest North (21.0) 15 16 Moon furthest South (-21.0) December d h d h 3 1 Jupiter at opposition 14 11 Pluto 0.1S of Moon Occn 5 6 Mercury greatest elong W(21) 15 8 Mars 5.4S of Moon 5 11 Regulus 5.7N of Moon 18 2 Neptune 5.8S of Moon 6 15 LAST QUARTER 18 5 Mercury 5.4N of Antares 9 11 Spica 0.6N of Moon Occn 20 5 FIRST QUARTER 10 10 Saturn 3.8N of Moon 20 16 Uranus 4.7S of Moon 11 13 Venus 1.5N of Moon 21 11 Solstice 12 0 Mercury 1.1N of Moon Occn 24 3 Venus 5.6N of Antares 12 14 Antares 5.9S of Moon 25 21 Moon at apogee 12 22 Jupiter 4.7N of Aldebaran 26 0 Jupiter 0.5N of Moon Occn 12 23 Moon at perigee 26 3 Aldebaran 4.1S of Moon 13 4 Moon furthest South (-20.9) 26 22 Moon furthest North (20.9) 13 8 NEW MOON 28 10 FULL MOON 13 20 Uranus stationary 30 13 Pluto at conjunction |
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