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----------------------------------- January 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 0 Mercury 0.9deg S of Uranus 1 7 Mars 1.6deg S of Neptune 2 16 Mercury furthest east from Sun 20deg 4 7 Sun closest to Earth 5 11 Moon furthest from Earth 5 20 51 Full Moon 7 23 Mars 0.6deg S of Uranus 9 12 Mercury stationary (retro) 13 0 Mercury 2.8deg N of Mars 13 20 45 Last Quarter 16 2 Neptune in conjunction 18 19 Moon 4.5deg N of Jupiter 18 21 Mercury in inferior conjunction 19 23 Moon closest to Earth 20 12 50 New Moon 21 7 Uranus in conjunction 21 7 Moon 6deg N of Mars 23 8 Moon 4.8deg N of Venus 24 3 Moon 4.7deg N of Saturn 27 11 14 First Quarter 30 5 Mercury stationary (fwd) ----------------------------------- February 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 16 Moon furthest from Earth 3 1 Venus 1.2deg N of Saturn 4 15 58 Full Moon 11 14 Mercury 0.1deg N of Neptune 11 20 Mercury furthest west from Sun 26deg 12 Passage of the Earth through the ring-plane of Saturn from N>S 12 8 37 Last Quarter 15 15 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 16 19 Moon 4.6deg N of Neptune 16 22 Mercury 0.2deg N of Uranus 17 5 Moon 5.5deg N of Uranus 17 5 Moon 5deg N of Mercury 17 9 Moon closest to Earth 18 23 30 New Moon 19 7 Moon 5deg N of Mars 20 19 Moon 4deg N of Saturn 22 4 Moon 0.1deg S of Venus (beautiful!) 26 5 52 First Quarter 29 7 Moon furthest from Earth ----------------------------------- March 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 4 14 Mars in conjunction 5 9 23 Full Moon 7 20 Pluto stationary (retro) 12 17 15 Last Quarter 14 6 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 15 5 Moon 5deg N of Neptune 15 16 Moon 5.7deg N of Uranus 16 6 Moon closest to Earth 17 19 Saturn in conjunction 18 21 Moon 4.6deg N of Mercury 19 10 45 New Moon 20 8 4 Equinox 22 23 Moon 5.4deg S of Venus 27 1 31 First Quarter 28 3 Moon furthest from Earth 28 7 Mercury in superior conjunction 31 21 Venus furthest east from Sun 46deg ----------------------------------- April 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 4 0 7 Full Moon total lunar eclipse 22h24 23h30 0h13 0h55 2h01 W.Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Europe, Iceland, Greenland, S.America, West Indies and E of N. America 10 16 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 10 23 36 Last Quarter 11 3 Moon closest to Earth 11 11 Moon 4.8deg N of Neptune 11 23 Moon 5.7deg N of Uranus 15 22 Venus 10deg N of Aldebaran 16 1 Moon 3.7deg N of Saturn 17 5 Moon 0.5deg N of Mars 17 19 Mars furthest from Earth 17 22 49 New Moon partial solar eclipse (max 88%) over New Zealand & South Pacific Ocean 19 10 Moon 5.4deg S of Mercury 21 14 Moon 8.8deg S of Venus 23 5 Mercury furthest east from Sun 20deg 24 22 Moon furthest from Earth 25 20 40 First Quarter 25 22 Mercury closest approach to Venus 25deg 29 9 Neptune stationary (retro) ----------------------------------- May 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 3 11 48 Full Moon 4 10 Mercury stationary (retro) 4 17 Jupiter stationary (retro) 6 22 Moon closest to Earth 8 0 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 8 17 Moon 4.6deg N of Neptune 9 0 Uranus stationary (retro) 9 5 Moon 5.6deg N of Uranus 10 5 4 Last Quarter 13 12 Moon 3.4deg N of Saturn 15 1 Mercury in inferior conjunction 16 2 Moon 1.8deg S of Mars 16 16 Mercury closest to Earth 17 11 46 New Moon 20 0 Moon 8.5deg S of Venus 20 7 Venus stationary (retro) 22 13 Pluto at opposition 22 16 Moon furthest from Earth 25 14 13 First Quarter 27 7 Mercury stationary (fwd) 31 5 Mercury 3.7deg S of Mars ----------------------------------- June 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 20 47 Full Moon 3 16 Moon closest to Earth 4 5 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 5 0 Moon 4.5deg N of Neptune 5 11 Moon 5.5deg N of Uranus 8 11 5 Last Quarter 9 21 Moon 3deg N of Saturn 10 13 Mercury furthest west from Sun 24deg 10 16 Venus in inferior conjunction 14 0 Moon 0.5deg S of Mercury 14 0 Moon 3.6deg S of Mars 14 13 Mercury 3deg S of Mars 15 9 Moon 3deg S of Venus 16 1 36 New Moon 19 6 Moon furthest from Earth 21 2 24 Solstice 21 11 Mercury 4deg N of Aldebaran 23 11 Mercury 1.6deg N of Venus 24 5 23 First Quarter 27 12 Mars 6deg N of Aldebaran 30 3 Venus 4.2deg S of Mars ----------------------------------- July 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 3 58 Full Moon 1 10 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 1 22 Moon closest to Earth 1 23 Venus stationary (fwd) 2 8 Moon 4.4deg N of Neptune 2 19 Moon 5.4deg N of Uranus 4 11 Jupiter at opposition 5 17 Jupiter closest to Earth 5 19 Sun furthest from Earth 7 5 Moon 3deg N of Saturn 7 18 55 Last Quarter 11 8 Mercury in superior conjunction 12 8 Moon 0.4deg N of Venus 12 23 Moon 5deg S of Mars 15 16 15 New Moon 16 13 Moon furthest from Earth 18 17 Neptune at opposition 20 0 Saturn stationary (retro) 23 17 49 First Quarter 25 6 Uranus at opposition 28 15 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 29 17 Moon 4.4deg N of Neptune 30 4 Moon 5.4deg N of Uranus 30 8 Moon closest to Earth 30 10 35 Full Moon ----------------------------------- August 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 10 Mercury 0.5deg N of Regulus 3 13 Moon 2.8deg N of Saturn 6 5 25 Last Quarter 10 4 Moon 1.2deg S of Venus 10 21 Moon 5.7deg S of Mars 12 16 Moon furthest from Earth 13 17 Pluto stationary (fwd) 14 7 34 New Moon 16 Venus opposition Jupiter 16 18 Moon 0.3deg S of Mercury 20 4 Venus furthest west from Sun 46deg 21 15 Mercury furthest east from Sun 27deg 22 3 36 First Quarter 24 22 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 26 3 Moon 4.5deg N of Neptune 26 13 Moon 5.5deg N of Uranus 27 17 Moon closest to Earth 28 17 52 Full Moon 30 21 Moon 3deg N of Saturn ----------------------------------- September 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 5 Venus 9deg N of Pollux 3 14 Jupiter stationary (fwd) 3 19 Mercury stationary (retro) 4 15 Venus 2.9deg S of Mars 4 19 6 Last Quarter 8 19 Moon 6deg S of Mars 8 23 Moon 3.3deg S of Venus 9 2 Moon furthest from Earth 12 23 7 New Moon 15 1 Mercury closest to Earth 17 12 Mercury in inferior conjunction 20 11 23 First Quarter 21 5 Moon 5.5deg N of Jupiter 22 10 Moon 4.6deg N of Neptune 22 18 1 Equinox 22 20 Moon 5.5deg N of Uranus 24 22 Moon closest to Earth 25 21 Mercury stationary (fwd) 26 18 Saturn at opposition 27 2 51 Full Moon total lunar eclipse 1h12 2h19 2h54 3h29 4h36 over extreme W. Asia, Africa, Europe, Iceland, Greenland, arctic regions, Antarctica, the americas except Alaska 27 4 Moon 3deg N of Saturn ----------------------------------- October 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 3 6 Mercury furthest west from Sun 18deg 3 24 Venus 0.2deg N of Regulus 4 12 4 Last Quarter 6 12 Neptune stationary (fwd) 6 18 Moon furthest from Earth 7 14 Moon 5.5deg S of Mars 9 4 Moon 3.6deg S of Venus 10 3 Uranus stationary (fwd) 11 9 Moon 2.5deg S of Mercury 12 14 14 New Moon partial solar eclipse (max 76%) over extreme NE Canada Greenland, Iceland, Europe, N. Africa 18 16 Moon 5.5deg N of Jupiter 19 16 Moon 4.6deg N of Neptune 19 18 9 First Quarter 20 3 Moon 5.5deg N of Uranus 22 9 Moon closest to Earth 24 10 Moon 3.2deg N of Saturn 26 14 11 Full Moon 28 4 Mars 1.2deg N of Regulus ----------------------------------- November 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 23 Mercury in superior conjunction 3 7 50 Last Quarter 3 14 Moon furthest from Earth 5 8 Moon 4.8deg S of Mars 8 9 Moon 1.4deg S of Venus 11 4 16 New Moon 15 5 Moon 5.4deg N of Jupiter 15 22 Moon 4.4deg N of Neptune 16 5 Moon closest to Earth 16 9 Moon 5.3deg N of Uranus 16 18 Venus 4deg N of Spica 18 1 9 First Quarter 20 15 Moon 3deg N of Saturn 20 17 Mercury 3deg N of Antares 24 23 Pluto in conjunction 25 4 10 Full Moon ----------------------------------- December 1996 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 10 Moon furthest from Earth 3 5 6 Last Quarter 3 21 Moon 3.8deg S of Mars 4 11 Saturn stationary (fwd) 8 13 Moon 2deg N of Venus 10 16 56 New Moon 12 5 Moon 7deg N of Mercury 12 22 Moon 5deg N of Jupiter 13 4 Moon closest to Earth 13 7 Moon 4.3deg N of Neptune 13 17 Moon 5deg N of Uranus 15 19 Mercury furthest east from Sun 21deg 17 9 31 First Quarter 17 20 Moon 2.8deg N of Saturn 21 14 6 Solstice 22 7 Mercury closest approach to Jupiter 4deg 23 14 Mercury stationary (retro) 24 7 Venus 6deg N of Aldebaran 24 20 41 Full Moon 29 5 Moon furthest from Earth END OF LISTING
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"the Astronomical Pocket Diary 1996" ISBN 0473025396
by
Norbert H A L E Y (spell loud and clear!) Poste Restante P.O. Wellesley St. AUCKLAND New Zealandback to the Astronomical Pocket Diary