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Astronomical Events 2019 (edited somewhat) from: http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/astrocal/astrocal2019gmt.html January Note: Time column is UT, subtract 5 hours for local EST, 4 hours for DST Jan 1 to 4, Crescent Moon near Venus, Jupiter, Mercury in dawn sky -very photogenic! 01 Tue 21:50 Venus 1.3 S of Moon 02 Wed 05:00 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun (not easily visible) 03 Thu 05:00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU (147 million km) 03 07:37 Jupiter 3.1 S of Moon 04 Fri 02:00 Quadrantid Meteor Shower (120/hour! moon only 3%) 05 Sat 18:42 Saturn (magn. 0.5) occulted by 7 hour crescent Moon! Daytime event, and the Sun is only 3 away. Very tough observation. 06 Sun 01:28 New Moon rises locally at 8:23 am EST (not visible) 06 01:41 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.715, visible Japan, Pacific Ocean (not locally) 06 05:00 Venus at Greatest Elongation West of Sun: 47.0 W 09 Wed 04:29 Moon at apogee : 406 116 km 12 19:47 Mars 5.3 N of Moon 14 Mon 06:45 FQ Moon rises locally at 12:20 pm EST 17 Thu 18:20 Aldebaran 1.6 S of Moon 21 Mon 05:12 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.195 (Total from 11:41pm Jan 20 to 12:43 am Jan 21 -best lunar eclipse in years! 21 05:16 Full Moon rises locally at 6:03 pm EST 21 15:32 Beehive 0.6 N of Moon 21 19:58 Moon at perigee : 357 345 km (another supermoon eclipse ) 23 Wed 01:41 Regulus 2.5 S of Moon 27 Sun 21:10 LQ Moon rises locally at 12:18 am EST 30 Wed 03:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction (not easily visible) Jan 30 to Feb 2 waning crescent near Jupiter, then Venus, then Saturn 30 23:54 Jupiter 2.8 S of Moon 31 Thu 17:36 Venus 0.1 S of Moon: Occultation visible in parts of S.America, S. Pacific. A miss locally by only 0.7 just before local moonset. February 02 Sat 07:18 Saturn 0.6 S of Moon: Occultation visible in E. Hemisphere. Occurs below our horizon. Closest separation is 2.7 at 6 am moonrise Feb 2. 04 Mon 21:04 New Moon rises locally at 7:42 am EST 05 Tue 09:26 Moon at apogee : 406 556 km 12 Tue 22:26 FQ Moon rises locally at 11:18 am EST 13 Wed 04:00 Mars and Neptune less than 1 apart (evening of Feb 12) 14 Thu 03:29 Aldebaran 1.7 S of Moon 18 Mon 03:05 Beehive 0.6 N of Moon 18 14:00 Venus and Saturn less than 1 apart (morning of Feb 18) 19 Tue 09:06 Moon at perigee : 356 762 km 19 13:08 Regulus 2.5 S of Moon 19 15:53 Full Moon rises locally at 6:09 pm EST (the biggest supermoon of 2019) 26 Tue 11:28 LQ Moon rises locally at 1:26 am EST 27 Wed 01:00 Mercury at Greatest Elongation East of Sun: 18.1 E 27 14:17 Jupiter 2.3 S of Moon Feb 27 to Mar 3 Waning crescent Moon near Jupiter, then Saturn, then Venus dawn sky

March 01 Fri 18:40 Saturn 0.3 S of Moon: Occultation visible Central Pacific. Closest approach for us is 1:30 pm (daytime) as Moon/Saturn set in west. Occultation occurs below our horizon) 02 21:28 Venus 1.2 N of Moon. Look for Jupiter, Saturn, crescent Moon, Venus in 6 am dawn sky. Nice! 04 Mon 11:25 Moon at apogee : 406 391 km 06 Wed 16:04 New Moon rises locally at 7:14 am EST 07 Thu 01:00 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun (not easily visible) 10 Sun Daylight Saving Time starts (set clocks ahead one hour) 11 Mon 12:09 Mars 5.8 N of Moon 13 Wed 10:13 Aldebaran 1.9 S of Moon 14 Thu 10:27 FQ Moon rises locally at 12:14 am DST 15 Fri 02:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction (not easily visible) 17 Sun 13:01 Beehive 0.5 N of Moon 18 Mon 23:59 Regulus 2.6 S of Moon 19 Tue 19:47 Moon at perigee : 359 381 km 20 Wed 21:58 Vernal Equinox (Sun altitude 45 20 and climbing). 21 Thu 01:43 Full Moon rises locally at 7:15 pm DST 27 Wed 02:28 Jupiter 1.9 S of Moon 28 Thu 04:10 LQ Moon rises locally at 3:13 am DST 29 Fri 05:11 Saturn 0.1 N of Moon: Occultation S.Africa/Indian Ocean. Closest approach for Bruce-Grey is 2.2 at moonrise 3:06 am EST) 31 Sun 03:06 Mars 3.1 S of Pleiades April 01 Mon 00:14 Moon at apogee : 405 577 km 02 Tue 04:18 Venus 2.7 N of Crescent Moon, Mercury and Neptune 0.4 apart at 6:30 am, nice grouping at dawn! 02 23:01 Mercury 3.6 N of Moon 05 Fri 08:50 New Moon rises locally at 7:31 am DST 09 Tue 06:40 Mars 4.7 N of Moon 09 15:43 Aldebaran 2.1 S of Moon 11 Thu 19:00 Mercury at Greatest Elongation West of Sun: 27.7 W 12 Fri 19:06 FQ Moon rises locally at 11:59 am DST 13 Sat 20:12 Beehive 0.2 N of Moon 15 Mon 00:24 Mars 6.4 N of Aldebaran 15 08:22 Regulus 2.7 S of Moon 16 Tue 20:00 Mercury 4.3 of Venus 16 22:02 Moon at perigee : 364 209 km 19 Fri 11:12 Full Moon rises locally at 8:36 pm DST 22 Mon 18:00 Lyrid Meteor Shower (20/h peak 8 pm DST Apr 22, Moon 88%) 23 Tue 00:00 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun (not easily visible) 23 11:36 Jupiter 1.6 S of Moon 25 Thu 14:38 Saturn 0.4 N of Moon: Occultation in S.Pacific Australia to S.America. Closest approach locally is 0.8 before moonset in daylight in W 11:04 am. 26 Fri 22:18 LQ Moon rises locally at 2:41 am DST 28 Sun 18:20 Moon at apogee : 404 577 km

May 02 Thu 11:39 Venus 3.6 N of Moon 03 Fri 06:26 Mercury 2.9 N of Moon 04 Sat 22:45 New Moon rises locally at 6:25 am DST 06 Mon 08:00 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower (60/h, Moon 2% or less!) 06 21:52 Aldebaran 2.3 S of Moon 07 Tue 23:36 Mars 3.2 N of Moon 10 Fri 03:30 Pollux 6.3 N of Moon 11 Sat 01:35 Beehive 0.0 S of Moon (10:35 pm May 10). Moon (39%) occults several 6th and 7th mag. stars in southern part of Beehive Cluster. 12 Sun 01:12 FQ Moon rises locally at 12:07 pm DST 12 14:19 Regulus 3.0 S of Moon 13 Mon 21:53 Moon at perigee : 369 017 km 18 Sat 21:11 Full Moon rises locally at 8:38 pm DST 20 Mon 16:54 Jupiter 1.7 S of Moon 21 Tue 13:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction (not easily visible) 22 Wed 22:25 Saturn 0.5 N of Moon: Occultation in far S. Pacific. Closest approach locally is 5 at 8:54 pm at moonset in west. 26 Sun 13:27 Moon at apogee : 404 134 km 26 16:33 LQ Moon rises locally at 2:23 am DST June 01 Sat 18:15 Venus 3.2 N of Crescent Moon, Pleiades nearby, -nice morning view. 03 Mon 10:02 New Moon rises locally at 6:03 am DST 04 Tue 15:42 Mercury 3.7 N of Moon 05 Wed 15:05 Mars 1.6 N of Moon 06 Thu 09:41 Pollux 6.2 N of Moon 07 Fri 07:19 Beehive 0.2 S of Moon. Moon sets (12:20 am) before any occultations. 07 23:21 Moon at perigee : 368 508 km 08 Sat 19:36 Regulus 3.2 S of Moon 09 Sun 01:51 Venus 5.0 S of Pleiades (close to sunrise) 10 Mon 05:59 FQ Moon rises locally at 1:38 pm DST 10 15:00 Jupiter at Opposition, magnitude -2.6, Saturn 30 to the east 16 Sun 18:50 Jupiter 2.0 S of Moon 16 23:09 Venus 4.6 N of Aldebaran 17 Mon 08:31 Full Moon rises locally at 9:36 pm DST 18 Tue 18:00 Mercury 0.2 S of Mars, sep n 18.5 minutes when Mars sets 10:50 pm 19 Wed 03:58 Saturn 0.4 N of Moon: Occultation S. Atlantic, S. America to S. Africa. Minimum separation 1 locally at moonrise 10:30 am DST. 19 13:04 Mercury 5.2 S of Pollux 21 Fri 08:00 Mars 5.4 S of Pollux 21 15:54 Summer Solstice. Sun at highest elevation 69 51 in N. Hemisphere. 23 Sun 07:50 Moon at apogee : 404 549 km 23 23:00 Mercury at Greatest Elongation East of Sun: 25.2 E 25 Tue 09:46 LQ Moon rises locally at 1:41 am DST 30 Sun 15:06 Aldebaran 2.3 S of Moon

July 02 Tue 19:16 New Moon rises locally at 5:30 am DST 02 19:23 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.046 (vis. Chile, S.Pacific -best solar eclipse of year, nothing visible here) 04 Thu 08:34 Mercury 3.3 S of Moon 04 13:20 Mercury 2.5 S of Beehive 04 15:02 Beehive 0.2 S of Moon 04 23:00 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01676 AU (152 million km) 05 Fri 04:54 Moon at perigee : 363 729 km 05 23:00 Mercury 3.8 of Mars 06 Sat 02:17 Regulus 3.2 S of Moon 07 Sun 07:00 Mercury at Aphelion 09 Tue 10:55 FQ Moon rises locally at 1:53 pm DST 09 16:00 Saturn at Opposition (magn. 0.05, disk = 18 arc-sec, ring tilt = 24.3 ) 13 Sat 07:06 Mars 0.4 S of Beehive 13 19:43 Jupiter 2.3 S of Moon 16 Tue 07:27 Saturn 0.2 N of Moon: Occultation S. Pacific, S. America. (Saturn-Moon separation locally is 1 at 4 am EDT -visible locally) 16 21:31 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.653 (visible Indian Ocean, Mid.East, Africa nothing visible in N. or S. America. 16 21:38 Full Moon rises locally at 10:25 pm DST 21 Sun 00:01 Moon at apogee : 405 480 km 21 13:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction (not easily visible) 25 Thu 01:18 LQ Moon rises locally at 12:30 am DST 28 Sun 00:47 Aldebaran 2.3 S of Moon 29 Mon 10:00 S. Delta-Aquarid Meteors (20/h, Moon 11% waning, rises 3:15 am DST) 31 Wed 12:12 pm DST New Moon (second New Moon in July -rises Aug 1 at 5:27 am DST) August 01 Thu 03:12 New Moon rises locally at 5:17 am DST 02 Fri 07:08 Moon at perigee : 359 398 km 07 Wed 17:31 FQ Moon rises locally at 2:05 pm EDT 09 Fri 22:53 Jupiter 2.5 S of Moon 09 23:00 Mercury at Greatest Elongation West of Sun: 19.0 W 12 Mon 10:05 Saturn 0.0 N of Moon: Occultation Australia, S. Pacific (Saturn-Moon separation locally is 14 minutes at 6 pm in daylight.) 12 14:59 Jupiter 4.3 N of Antares 13 Tue 02:00 Perseid Meteor Shower (110/hr, spoiled by 90% Moon) 14 Wed 06:00 Venus at Superior Conjunction (not easily visible) 15 Thu 12:29 Full Moon rises locally at 8:57 pm EDT 17 Sat 04:24 Mercury 1.2 S of Beehive 17 10:50 Moon at apogee : 406 244 km 23 Fri 14:56 LQ Moon rises locally at 11:51 pm EDT Aug 22 24 Sat 09:24 Aldebaran 2.4 S of Moon 27 Tue 14:30 Pollux 6.1 N of Moon 28 Wed 11:31 Beehive 0.2 S of Moon 30 Fri 10:37 New Moon rises locally at 6:40 am EDT (not visible) 30 15:57 Moon atperigee : 357 177 km

September 02 Mon 10:00 Mars in Conjunction with Sun (not easily visible) 04 Wed 01:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction (not easily visible) 06 Fri 03:10 FQ Moon rises locally at 2:12 pm EDT 06 06:52 Jupiter 2.3 S of Moon 08 Sun 13:53 Saturn 0.0 N of Moon: Occultation visible in S.Africa, S. Pacific, Australia. Locally Moon misses Saturn by 8 min. at 8:34 am EDT (daylight) 10 Tue 06:00 Neptune at Opposition (magn. 7.81) in Aquarius 13 Fri 13:32 Moon at apogee : 406 378 km 14 Sat 04:33 Full Moon rises locally at 8:16 pm EDT ( mini Moon but no one cares) 20 Fri 16:14 Aldebaran 2.6 S of Moon 22 Sun 02:41 LQ Moon rises locally at 11:44 pm EDT 23 Mon 07:50 Autumnal Equinox 23 23:34 Pollux 5.9 N of Moon 24 Tue 21:15 Beehive 0.4 S of Moon (daytime event) 26 Thu 08:30 Regulus 3.3 S of Moon 28 Sat 02:27 Moon at perigee : 357 803 km 28 18:26 New Moon rises locally at 6:49 am EDT (not visible) 29 Sun 04:15 Mercury 1.2 N of Spica October 03 Thu 20:23 Jupiter 1.9 S of Moon 05 Sat 16:47 FQ Moon rises locally at 3:03 pm EDT 05 20:48 Saturn 0.3 N of Moon: Occultation in S. America, S. Atlantic, S. Africa. Closest approach about 1 locally at 1:34 pm (daylight). 10 Thu 18:29 Moon at apogee : 405 902 km 13 Sun 21:08 Full Moon rises locally at 7:06 pm EDT 17 Thu 21:51 Aldebaran 2.9 S of Moon 20 Sun 04:00 Mercury at Greatest Elongation East: 24.6 E 21 Mon 06:21 Pollux 5.7 N of Moon 21 12:39 LQ Moon rises locally at 11:29 pm EDT Oct 20 21 17:00 Orionid Meteor Shower (20/h, LQ Moon Moon 49%) 22 Tue 04:41 Beehive 0.6 S of Moon 23 17:11 Regulus 3.5 S of Moon 26 Sat 10:41 Moon at perigee : 361 316 km 28 Mon 03:38 New Moon rises locally at 6:58 am EDT (not visible) 28 08:00 Uranus at Opposition (magnitude 5.7 in Aries) 18:00 Thin First Crescent Moon (19.5 h old) sets 40 min after Sun. Oct 29 to Nov 1 Thin crescent Moon slips past Venus, Mercury, Jupiter Ceres, Saturn 29 Tue 13:34 Venus 3.9 S of Moon 31 Thu 04:00 Mercury 2.5 of Venus 31 14:22 Jupiter 1.3 S of Moon

November 02 Sat 07:31 Saturn 0.6 N of Moon: Occultation in Antarctica, New Zealand. Closest separation locally is 3.8 at 9:45 moonset. 03 Sun Daylight Saving Time Ends (set clocks back 1 hour) 04 Mon 10:23 FQ Moon rises locally at 2:05 pm EST 05 Tue 18:00 S Taurid Meteor Shower (10/h, Moon 62%) 07 Thu 08:37 Moon at apogee : 405 060 km 09 Sat 19:18 Venus 3.8 N of Antares 09 23:07 Mars 2.6 N of Spica 11 Mon 15:00 Transit of Mercury 7:36 am to 1:04 pm EST (Next one is 13 yr from now) 12 Tue 13:34 Full Moon rises locally at 5:26 pm EST 12 17:00 N Taurid Meteor Shower (15/h. Moon 100%!) 14 Thu 03:52 Aldebaran 3.0 S of Moon 17 Sun 11:41 Pollux 5.4 N of Moon 17 23:00 Leonid Meteor Shower (20/h, Moon 71%) 18 10:11 Beehive 0.9 S of Moon 19 Tue 21:11 LQ Moon rises locally at 11:50 pm EST 19 23:24 Regulus 3.7 S of Moon 23 Sat 07:54 Moon at perigee : 366 721 km 24 Sun 09:02 Mars 4.3 S of Moon 25 Mon 02:50 Mercury 1.9 S of Moon 26 Tue 15:06 New Moon rises locally at 7:21 am EST (not visible) 28 Thu 10:00 Mercury at Greatest Elongation West of Sun: 20.1 W 28 10:49 Jupiter 0.7 S of Moon: Occultation visible in Europe, Middle East. Closest approach is 6 when Moon/Jupiter set in west 6:12 pm EST 28 18:50 Venus 1.9 S of Moon (Jupiter nearby -see above) 29 Fri 21:12 Saturn 0.9 N of Moon: Occultation visible in Antarctica. Closest separation is 1.7 about 6:20 pm EST just before moonset in west. December 04 Wed 06:58 FQ Moon rises locally at 1:30 pm EST 05 Thu 04:09 Moon at apogee : 404 447 km 11 Wed 11:40 Aldebaran 3.0 S of Moon 12 Thu 05:12 Full Moon rises locally at 5:19 pm EST 14 Sat 17:51 Pollux 5.3 N of Moon 14 12:00 Geminid Meteor Shower (120/h, Moon 94%) 15 Sun 15:54 Beehive 1.0 S of Moon 17 Tue 04:41 Regulus 3.8 S of Moon 18 Wed 20:30 Moon at perigee : 370 260 km 19 Thu 04:57 LQ Moon rises locally at 12:08 am EST 22 Sun 04:19 Winter Solstice 22 21:00 Ursid Meteor Shower (10/h, Moon 13%) 23 Mon 01:49 Mars 3.5 S of Moon 26 Thu 05:13 New Moon rises locally at 8:22 am EST (not visible) 26 05:18 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.970, visible Indian Ocean, Philippines 27 Fri 18:00 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun (not easily visible) 29 Sun 01:32 Venus 1.0 N of Moon: Occultation visible in Australia, only. Locally, closest approach is 2.1 at moonset in west at 7:20pm EST

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