Occultation Data - Astro Events - Astronomical Alignments</a> <pre> ASTRONOMICAL DATA - PHENOMENA - SKY EVENTS For occultation data please go <a href="http://de.geocities.com/the_astronomical_pocket_diary/apd2001-20xx-occultations.html">here</a> for the time being. <hr> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=2230139; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=20; var sc_security="58c407a2"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c21.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=2230139&java=0&security=58c407a2&invisible=1" alt="web tracker" border="0"></a> </noscript>  <font size="-2" color="white"> <a href="http://www.y23.com/apd/">The Astronomical Pocket Diary</a> Planets are occulted (covered) by the Moon. The Moon moves 1/29th through the sky per day. And a few times per year moves over a bright Planet. This is very nice to watch. The dashed line means that the event will happen during daylight. Software used: Occult Programme by D. Herald, P.O. Box 254, Woden, A.C.T. 2606, Australia 23Apr1998 (graph above!): Jupiter and Venus form a smiley ;-) in St Helena. It even winked in one place. 2001: 9 Jan STAR Wasat (Delta Geminorum) 20MarSaturn JAPAN ALEUTIANS Asia 23may saturn 23may Tasmania 19jun Titan Saturn 21jun Jupiterand4 OZ New Zealand 17Jul SaturnSthAmerica 17jul Venus Hawaii 18Jul Jupiterand4 moonsindonesia 19Jul MercuryhighNorth 14Aug Saturn-Asia-Afrika 15Aug Jupiter-JapanUSA 10SepSaturn-USA 12Sep Jupiter Arctic 7octSaturn--NthAsia 23oct Mars South America South Africa 3NovSaturn--Europa NthAsia 1Dez SaturnUSA Europe 14Dec Venus Asia 28dec Saturn Pacific USA 2002: 24jan2002 Saturn-Africa-Asia VERY COOL 26Jan2002 Jupiter-Artic 21Feb2002 Saturn-USA East Coast USA !!! 23Feb2002 Jupiter-EUROPE--Artic 20Mar2002 Saturn--NE-Russia-Japan-Alaska.gif 22Mar2002 Jupiter-artic 16Apr2002 Saturn-EUROPE!!--AlaskaCanada 14may2002 Mars--Atlantic-East of Brasil 14may2002 Venus Easter Island 10.-11. Juneannular solar eclipse, visible from S.E. & extreme N.E.Asia, Philippine Is., N.Pacific Ocean, N.America except N.&E. 23h46gmt mag0.992 4. Decembertotal eclipse of the Sun, visible from S. of Africa, Madagascar, Australia except N. and E. 7h33 mag 1.021 30dec2002 Mars-artic 2003: 20030127 -- Sunrise Mars over Polynesia 20030529 -- Venus at Sunrise over East Africa 20030531 -- Annular Solar Eclipse -- Eurasia 20030717 -- Mars over Central America 20030909 -- Mars. far North East Asia 20031006 -- Mars New Zealand and Arctic 20031025 -- Mercury- Daylight event over Europe 20031026 -- Venus at Sunset over Brasil 20031123 -- Total Eclipse Antarctica 20031125 -- Mercury at Sunset over Tahiti 2004: 20040226 -- My Godess! Mars over Easter Island 20040325 -- Mars over Greenland at Sunset 20040419 -- Partial Solar Eclipse South Africa, South Atlantic Ocean 20040521 -- Wow... Venus at Sunset in Asia 20041013 -- Probably nobdy will see this one.. Arctic Mars Occultation 20041014 -- Hmmm ... Mercury at Sunset in South East Afrika 20041014 -- Partial Solar Eclipse Japan and NE Russia 20041109 -- Jupiter over northern Alaska 20041110 -- Ya Maan ... brilliant in India 20041111 -- Mars over East Africa 20041114 -- Mercury Antarctica 20041207 -- Jupiter brilliant over USA (on a clear winter's morning) 2005: 20050104-- Jupiter over Africa!!! 20050131-- Jupiter South Pacific (Tahiti?) 20050227-- Jupiter - South Australia 20050326-- Jupiter - extreme SW Australia and Diego Garcia 20050408 --8April -- Annular/Total Solar Eclipse New Zealand, South Pacific, Panama, Colombia 20050409-- Venus (Daylight, Antarctic) 20050422-- Jupiter Arctic to Madagascar 20050519-- Jupiter Brasil and Sth Africa Capetown 20050531-- Mars - Fireland Arctic 20050616-- Jupiter Sth Pacific New Zealand 20050713-- Jupiter Antarctic 20050808-- Venus Alaska 20050810-- Jupiter (Antarctic Daylight) 20050907-- Jupiter Antarctic (Africa Daylight) 20051003 -- Annular Solar Eclipse -- Africa 20051004-- Jupiter (Antarctic Daylight) 20051212-- Mars Daylight Sachalin 2006: 20060327-- Uranus Daylight Antarctic 20060329 -- Total Solar Eclipse -- Africa and NearEast 20060423-- Venus South Pacific 20060424-- Uranus Antarctic 20060521-- Uranus Antarctic 20060617-- Uranus Antarctic New Zealand 20060714-- Uranus Capetown South Indian Ocean 20060727-- Mars Libya 20060811-- Uranus South America 20060825-- Mars Capetown Daylight, Antarctic 20060907-- Uranus Australia, New Caledonia, PNG 20060921-- Venus Daylight Fireland 20060922 -- Annular Solar Eclipse -- Atlantic Ocean 20061005-- Uranus Argentina Falklands Africa 20061101-- Uranus New Zealand - Polynesia 20061128-- Uranus Madagascar - Indian Ocean - India - SE Asia 20061210-- Saturn Greenland Iceland 20061225-- Uranus - Azores 2007: 20070106 Saturn Arctic 20070106 Titan Arctic 20070120 Venus SaoTome 20070122 Uranus daylight Indonesia Beringsea 20070202 Saturn Asia 20070202 Titan Asia 20070218 Uranus Spain 20070302 Saturn E Europe 20070302 Titan E Europe 20070318 Uranus Africa 20070319 -- Partial Solar Eclipse Asia 20070329 Saturn Nth Atlantic 20070329 Titan Nth Atlantic 20070414 Mars Yemen 20070414 Uranus Guam 20070425 Saturn Alaska 20070425 Titan Alaska 20070512 Uranus NorthAtlantic 20070522 Saturn Egypt 20070522 Titan Egypt 20070610 Venus HornAfr Somalia Pakistan 20070619 Saturn Micronesia 20070716 Saturn Peru 20070716 Titan Peru 20070812 Mercury daylight USA 20070813 Saturn and Titan daylight Brasil_sthAfr 20070910 Saturn n Titan Ind Ocean 20070911 -- Partial Solar Eclipse South America 20071019 Titan Micronesia 20071021 Neptune Georgia I SthAtlantic 20071117 Neptune Australia 20071214 Neptune Sth Africa 20071224 Mars Canada Scandinavia 2008: 20080207 -- Annular Solar Eclipse Sth Australia, Antarctica 20080109 Mercury SW Africa 20080111 Neptune E Pacific 20080119 Mars North Pole 20080207 Neptune India 20080305 Mercury Easter Island 20080305 Neptune Australia 20080305 Venus Fiji 20080402 Neptune Sth America 20080412 Mars NE Canada 20080429 Neptune Australia 20080510 Mars SE Asia 20080527 Neptune Africa 20080623 Neptune USA 20080720 Neptune Japan 20080816 Neptune Asia 20080913 Neptune E USA Caribb 20081010 Neptune Japan 20081106 Neptune Scotland 20081201 Venus Balkans 20081229 Callisto East Timor 20081229 Europa East Timor 20081229 Ganymede East Timor 20081229 Io East Timor 20081229 Jupiter East Timor 20081229 Jupiter n Moons East Timor 20081229 Jupiter n Moons ENLARGE East Timor 2009: 20090126 -- Annular Solar Eclipse Sth Africa Indian Ocean Sumatra 20090126 Jupiter 4 Moons dayight Indonesia 20090222 Mercury off Japan 20090223 Jupiter n Moons aceh Malaysia 20090227 Venus offChile 20090422 Venus off baja California 20090722 -- Total Solar Eclipse China Micronesia 20090913 Mars Siberia 20091012 Mars off Sth Africa 20091119 Mercury daylight perth 2010: 20100115 -- Annular Solar Eclipse Africa India Bangladesh 20100516 Venus SE Asia 20100711 -- Total Solar Eclipse -- South Pacific 20100911 Venus Diego Garcia 20101105 Venus daylight dusk Liberia 20101206 Mars dusk USA 2011: 20110104 -- Partial Solar Eclipse -- Europa Like it? own The Astronomical Pocket Diary! 1 Main Page www.y23.com/apd Eclipses and Occultations of bright Planets by the Moon 2001 to 20xx with Maps! 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Astronomical Events Diary of Phenomena for 2009 from The Astronomical Pocket Diary Copyright Norbert Haley 2008 y23.com/apd PLEASE EMAIL ME by clicking here If you are happy with the data, please donate via PayPal: Please. ----------------------------------- January 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 20 Saturn stationary (retro) 2 17 Moon 4.6degN of Uranus 4 11 First Quarter 4 14 Mercury furthest east from Sun 19deg 4 15 Sun closest to Earth 7 18 Pleiades 0.9degS of Moon -- Occultation 8 12 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 10 11 Moon closest to Earth 11 3 27 Full Moon 11 6 Mercury stationary (retro) 11 8 Pollux 5degN of Moon 13 20 Regulus 2.6degN of Moon 14 21 Venus furthest east from Sun 47deg 15 11 Moon 6degS of Saturn 17 21 Spica 3.3degN of Moon 18 2 46 Last Quarter 20 15 Mercury in inferior conjunction 21 13 Antares 0.04degS of Moon 21 22 Mercury closest to Earth 23 0 Moon furthest from Earth 23 3 Jupiter furthest from Earth 23 10 Moon 9degS of Pluto 23 15 Venus 1.4degN of Uranus 24 5 Jupiter in conjunction 25 2 Moon 0.8degS of Mars 25 7 Moon 5.0degS of Mercury 26 4 Moon 0.01degN of Jupiter 26 7 55 New Moon -- Annular Solar Eclipse visible: Sth Africa, SE Asia, Australia central: Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Borneo 26 18 Mercury 4.4degN of Mars 27 18 Moon 1.7degN of Neptune 30 0 Moon 4.7degN of Uranus 30 11 Moon 2.8degN of Venus ----------------------------------- February 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 1 Mercury stationary (fwd) 2 23 First Quarter 4 2 Pleiades 0.9degS of Moon -- Occultation 4 21 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 7 19 Pollux 5degN of Moon 7 20 Moon closest to Earth 9 14 49 Full Moon - penumbral eclipse 10 7 Regulus 2.6degN of Moon 11 20 Moon 6degS of Saturn 12 12 Neptune in conjunction 13 2 Neptune furthest from Earth 13 20 Mercury furthest west from Sun 26deg 14 5 Spica 3.2degN of Moon 16 21 37 Last Quarter 17 9 Mars 0.58degS of Jupiter 17 20 Antares 0.05degS of Moon 19 17 Moon furthest from Earth 19 18 Moon 9degS of Pluto 22 22 Moon 1.0degN of Mercury Occultation 23 1 Moon 0.7degN of Jupiter Occultation 23 7 Moon 1.6degN of Mars 24 3 Mercury 0.63degS of Jupiter 24 3 Moon 1.8degN of Neptune 25 1 35 New Moon 26 9 Moon 4.7degN of Uranus 27 23 Moon 1.3degS of Venus ----------------------------------- March 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 20 Mercury 0.61degS of Mars 3 8 Pleiades 0.8degS of Moon -- Occultation 4 3 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 4 7 First Quarter 5 0 Venus stationary (retro) 5 0 Mercury 1.7degS of Neptune 7 3 Pollux 5degN of Moon 7 15 Moon closest to Earth 8 4 Mars 0.8degS of Neptune 8 17 Saturn closest to Earth 8 19 Saturn at opposition 9 17 Regulus 2.6degN of Moon 11 2 Moon 6degS of Saturn 11 2 38 Full Moon 13 1 Uranus in conjunction 13 15 Spica 3.2degN of Moon 14 1 Uranus furthest from Earth 17 4 Antares 0.22degS of Moon 18 17 47 Last Quarter 19 3 Moon 9degS of Pluto 19 13 Moon furthest from Earth 20 11 44 Equinox 22 21 Moon 1.4degN of Jupiter 23 13 Moon 2.1degN of Neptune 24 14 Moon 4.1degN of Mars 25 20 Moon 4.8degN of Uranus 25 23 Mercury furthest from Earth 26 12 Moon 6degN of Mercury 26 16 Moon 4.4degS of Venus 26 16 6 New Moon 27 12 Venus closest to Earth 27 19 Venus in inferior conjunction 30 14 Pleiades 0.62degS of Moon -- Occultation 31 3 Mercury in superior conjunction 31 8 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon ----------------------------------- April 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 2 Moon closest to Earth 2 14 First Quarter 3 9 Pollux 6degN of Moon 4 16 Pluto stationary (retro) 6 0 Regulus 2.7degN of Moon 7 7 Moon 6degS of Saturn 9 14 56 Full Moon 10 0 Spica 3.0degN of Moon 13 13 Antares 0.42degS of Moon 15 3 Mars 0.48degS of Uranus 15 7 Venus stationary (fwd) 15 11 Moon 8degS of Pluto 16 9 Moon furthest from Earth 16 14 Venus closest approach to Uranus 2deg 17 13 36 Last Quarter 18 16 Venus 6degN of Mars 19 16 Moon 2.2degN of Jupiter 19 23 Moon 2.3degN of Neptune 22 8 Moon 5degN of Uranus 22 14 Moon 1degN of Venus 22 18 Moon 6degN of Mars 25 3 23 New Moon 26 5 Mercury furthest east from Sun 20deg 26 16 Moon 1.9degN of Mercury 26 21 Pleiades 0.43degS of Moon -- Occultation 27 15 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 28 6 Moon closest to Earth 30 14 Pleiades 1.4degN of Mercury 30 15 Pollux 6degN of Moon ----------------------------------- May 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 20 First Quarter 3 6 Regulus 2.9degN of Moon 4 11 Moon 6degS of Saturn 7 7 Spica 3.1degN of Moon 7 15 Mercury stationary (retro) 9 4 1 Full Moon 10 21 Antares 0.55degS of Moon 12 18 Moon 8degS of Pluto 14 3 Moon furthest from Earth 17 7 26 Last Quarter 17 7 Moon 2.9degN of Jupiter 17 9 Moon 2.7degN of Neptune 17 19 Saturn stationary (fwd) 18 9 Mercury in inferior conjunction 19 19 Moon 5degN of Uranus 19 19 Mercury closest to Earth 21 8 Moon 7degN of Venus 21 19 Moon 6degN of Mars 24 0 Moon 7degN of Mercury 24 12 11 New Moon 25 12 Jupiter 0.41degS of Neptune 26 4 Moon closest to Earth 27 22 Pollux 6degN of Moon 29 11 Neptune stationary (retro) 30 12 Regulus 3.2degN of Moon 30 15 Mercury stationary (fwd) 31 3 First Quarter 31 16 Moon 6degS of Saturn ----------------------------------- June 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 3 13 Spica 3.2degN of Moon 5 22 Venus furthest west from Sun 46deg 7 3 Antares 0.58degS of Moon 7 18 12 Full Moon 9 0 Moon 8degS of Pluto 10 1 Mercury closest approach to Mars 20deg 10 16 Moon furthest from Earth 12 9 Pleiades 8degN of Mercury 13 16 Moon 2.8degN of Neptune 13 16 Mercury furthest west from Sun 23deg 13 17 Moon 3.4degN of Jupiter 14 5 Mercury closest approach to Venus 22deg 15 20 Jupiter stationary (retro) 15 22 15 Last Quarter 16 5 Moon 6degN of Uranus 19 14 Venus 2.0degS of Mars 19 17 Moon 8degN of Venus 19 17 Moon 6degN of Mars 20 17 Pleiades 0.45degS of Moon -- Occultation 21 5 46 Solstice 21 8 Moon 7degN of Mercury 21 11 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 21 18 Pluto closest to Earth 22 14 Aldebaran 3.3degS of Mercury 22 19 35 New Moon 23 7 Pluto at opposition 23 11 Moon closest to Earth 24 8 Pollux 6degN of Moon 26 19 Regulus 3.3degN of Moon 28 1 Moon 6degS of Saturn 29 11 First Quarter 30 19 Spica 3.3degN of Moon ----------------------------------- July 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 15 Uranus stationary (retro) 4 2 Sun furthest from Earth 4 2 Pleiades 7degN of Venus 4 9 Antares 0.52degS of Moon 6 5 Moon 8degS of Pluto 7 9 21 Full Moon - penumbral eclipse 7 21 Moon furthest from Earth 10 20 Pleiades 4.7degN of Mars 10 21 Moon 2.9degN of Neptune 10 22 Moon 3.6degN of Jupiter 13 12 Moon 6degN of Uranus 13 19 Jupiter 0.61degS of Neptune 14 2 Mercury in superior conjunction 14 17 Aldebaran 3.1degS of Venus 15 9 53 Last Quarter 16 12 Mercury furthest from Earth 18 3 Pleiades 0.54degS of Moon -- Occultation 18 11 Moon 4.9degN of Mars 18 21 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 19 5 Moon 6degN of Venus 21 20 Moon closest to Earth 22 2 35 New Moon -- TOTAL ECLIPSE visible: Asia - Pacific central: China, Marshall Is. 22 20 Moon 2.8degS of Mercury 24 5 Regulus 3.3degN of Moon 25 14 Moon 7degS of Saturn 27 11 Aldebaran 5degS of Mars 28 2 Spica 3.4degN of Moon 28 22 First Quarter 31 15 Antares 0.50degS of Moon ----------------------------------- August 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 10 Moon 8degS of Pluto 2 19 Regulus 0.66degS of Mercury 4 1 Moon furthest from Earth 6 0 55 Full Moon - penumbral eclispe 6 22 Moon 3.4degN of Jupiter 7 2 Moon 2.9degN of Neptune 9 17 Moon 6degN of Uranus 10 0 Saturn's rings side-on to Sun 13 18 55 Last Quarter 14 10 Pleiades 0.47degS of Moon -- Occultation 14 17 Jupiter at opposition 15 3 Jupiter closest to Earth 15 5 Aldebaran 10degS of Moon 16 3 Moon 3.2degN of Mars 17 7 Neptune closest to Earth 17 20 Neptune at opposition 17 20 Moon 1.8degN of Venus 18 5 Pollux 6degN of Moon 18 21 Mercury 3.4degS of Saturn 19 5 Moon closest to Earth 20 10 1 New Moon 22 3 Pollux 7degN of Venus 22 5 Moon 7degS of Saturn 22 11 Moon 2.8degS of Mercury 24 10 Spica 3.3degN of Moon 24 16 Mercury furthest east from Sun 27deg 27 11 First Quarter 27 22 Antares 0.61degS of Moon 29 16 Moon 8degS of Pluto 31 11 Moon furthest from Earth ----------------------------------- September 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 21 Moon 3.0degN of Jupiter 3 7 Moon 2.8degN of Neptune 4 13 45 Saturn's rings side-on to Earth 4 16 3 Full Moon 5 21 Moon 6degN of Uranus 6 20 Mercury stationary (retro) 10 16 Pleiades 0.33degS of Moon -- Occultation 11 12 Aldebaran 9degS of Moon 11 16 Pluto stationary (fwd) 12 2 16 Last Quarter 13 16 Moon 1.1degN of Mars 14 13 Pollux 6degN of Moon 16 8 Moon closest to Earth 16 13 Uranus closest to Earth 16 18 Moon 3.3degS of Venus 17 1 Regulus 3.3degN of Moon 17 9 Uranus at opposition 17 18 Saturn in conjunction 17 21 Saturn furthest from Earth 18 0 Mercury closest to Earth 18 18 44 New Moon 19 0 Moon 1.1degS of Mercury 20 9 Mercury in inferior conjunction 20 9 Regulus 0.48degS of Venus 20 20 Spica 3.2degN of Moon 22 21 19 Equinox 24 6 Antares 0.8degS of Moon 25 23 Moon 8degS of Pluto 26 4 First Quarter 28 3 Moon furthest from Earth 28 18 Mercury stationary (fwd) 30 0 Moon 3.0degN of Jupiter 30 13 Moon 2.8degN of Neptune ----------------------------------- October 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 3 2 Moon 6degN of Uranus 4 6 10 Full Moon 5 22 Pollux 6degN of Mars 6 1 Mercury furthest west from Sun 18deg 7 21 Mercury closest approach to Venus 5deg 7 22 Pleiades 0.14degS of Moon -- Occultation 8 9 Mercury 0.31degS of Saturn 8 17 Aldebaran 9degS of Moon 11 8 56 Last Quarter 11 19 Pollux 7degN of Moon 12 1 Moon 1.1degS of Mars 13 9 Jupiter stationary (fwd) 13 12 Moon closest to Earth 13 15 Venus 0.56degS of Saturn 14 9 Regulus 3.5degN of Moon 16 12 Moon 7degS of Saturn 16 18 Moon 7degS of Venus 17 11 Moon 7degS of Mercury 18 5 33 New Moon 21 15 Antares 1.0degS of Moon 23 8 Moon 7degS of Pluto 24 0 Spica 3.8degS of Mercury 25 23 Moon furthest from Earth 26 0 First Quarter 27 8 Moon 3.2degN of Jupiter 27 21 Moon 3.1degN of Neptune 30 9 Moon 6degN of Uranus ----------------------------------- November 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 1 Spica 3.8degS of Venus 2 19 14 Full Moon 4 5 Pleiades 0.01degN of Moon -- Occultation 4 19 Neptune stationary (fwd) 4 23 Aldebaran 9degS of Moon 5 7 Mercury in superior conjunction 7 7 Moon closest to Earth 8 1 Pollux 7degN of Moon 9 6 Moon 3.5degS of Mars 9 15 56 Last Quarter 10 10 Mercury furthest from Earth 10 15 Regulus 3.8degN of Moon 13 1 Moon 7degS of Saturn 14 13 Spica 3.2degN of Moon 15 19 Moon 6degS of Venus 16 19 14 New Moon 17 10 Moon 2.8degS of Mercury 17 23 Antares 1.1degS of Moon 19 18 Moon 7degS of Pluto 22 2 Antares 3.1degS of Mercury 22 20 Moon furthest from Earth 23 22 Moon 3.6degN of Jupiter 24 5 Moon 3.3degN of Neptune 24 21 First Quarter 26 17 Moon 6degN of Uranus ----------------------------------- December 2009 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 14 Pleiades 0.02degN of Moon -- Occultation 2 5 Uranus stationary (fwd) 2 7 30 Full Moon 2 9 Aldebaran 9degS of Moon 4 14 Moon closest to Earth 5 8 Pollux 7degN of Moon 7 2 Moon 5degS of Mars 7 21 Regulus 3.9degN of Moon 9 0 13 Last Quarter 10 10 Moon 8degS of Saturn 11 19 Spica 3.3degN of Moon 15 7 Antares 1.1degS of Moon 15 22 Moon 3.1degS of Venus 16 12 2 New Moon 17 3 Moon 7degS of Pluto 18 8 Moon 1.4degN of Mercury 18 17 Mercury furthest east from Sun 20deg 20 4 Jupiter 0.56degS of Neptune 20 15 Moon furthest from Earth 21 14 Moon 3.6degN of Neptune 21 15 Moon 4.2degN of Jupiter 21 15 Regulus closest approach to Mars 9deg 21 15 Mars stationary (retro) 21 17 47 Solstice 24 2 Moon 6degN of Uranus 24 17 Pluto in conjunction 24 17 First Quarter 26 8 Pluto furthest from Earth 26 9 Mercury stationary (retro) 29 1 Pleiades 0.01degS of Moon -- Occultation 29 20 Aldebaran 9degS of Moon 31 19 13 Full Moon - partial eclipse (max 7% @ 19h23gmt) END OF LISTING ... if you * find mistakes (%@#&*! [blush]) * use the data (you MUST BUY an Astronomical Pocket Diary) * need astronomical calculations, e.g. (shadow length) * want to praise or criticise World-maps of planetary occultations here Data is taken from The Astronomical Pocket Diary ISBN 0473025396. CUSTOM PRINTED and CALCULATED for Y O U R location, for only 10Euro Yes, we have French, German and other language editions!! Email norb {at} y23.com If you use this data you must buy a copy of the Pocket Diary and quote www.y23.com/apd in your publication. (c) N.Haley 2008. to go back to the index page, click here