Occultations and Eclipses Visible Each Month:
A.D. 2008

(Beginning 2007 June)

A.D. 2008

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A.D. 2008

2008 January

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Jan. 5, 5:00 a.m. EST - Star Antares 0.5 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, part of Antarctica.

* Jan. 10, 8:00 p.m. EST - Neptune 0.4 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern tips of Australia, New Zealand, part of Antarctica.

* Jan. 19, 7:00 p.m. EST - Mars 1.1 degrees south of Moon; occultation: northwestern tip of North America, northern Russia, Arctic.

* Jan. 24, 10:00 a.m. EST - Star Regulus 0.7 degree north of Moon; occultation: Australia, southern Indonesia, part of Antarctica.

2008 February

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Feb. 1, 1:00 p.m. EST - Star Antares 0.6 degree north of Moon; occultation: Australia, New Zealand, part of Antarctica, southern portion of South America.

* Feb. 6, 10:44 p.m. EST - New Moon (lunation 1053)

* Feb. 6, 10:55:05.9 p.m. EST - Annular Solar Eclipse - Antarctica, South Pacific Ocean.

* Feb. 20, 7:00 p.m. EST - Star Regulus 0.7 degree north of Moon; occultation: most of South America, part of Antarctica.

* Feb. 20, 10:26:04.8 p.m. EST - Total Lunar Eclipse - Americas, Western Europe, western Africa

* Feb. 20, 10:30 p.m. EST - Full Moon ( Snow Moon)

* Feb. 28, 9:00 p.m. EST - Star Antares 0.6 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern tips of Australia, portion of Antarctica.

2008 March

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * March 5, 9:00 a.m. EST - Mercury 0.2 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern half of South America and northwestern Africa.

* March 5, 2:00 p.m. EST - Venus 0.2 degree north of Moon; occultation: North America except northern section, east Melanesia, Polynesia.

* March 5, 5:00 p.m. EST - Neptune 0.2 degree north of Moon; occultation: western Mexico, Australia except northern section, New Zealand, Polynesia.

* March 19, 4:00 a.m. EDST - Star Regulus 0.8 degree north of Moon; occultation: New Zealand, eastern Melanesia, Polynesia, portion of Antarctica.

* March 27, 6:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.5 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern part of South America, Polynesia, north island of New Zealand, part of Antarctica.

2008 April

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Wed., April 2, 5:00 a.m. EDST - Neptune 0.0 degree south of Moon; occultation: Central portions of South America and Africa, Middle East.

* Sat. April 12, 2:00 a.m. EDST - Mars 1.2 degrees south of Moon; occultation: northeastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, northern Scandinavia.

* Tue., April 15, 10:00 a.m. EDST - Star Regulus 0.9 degree north of Moon; occultation: Madagascar and part of Antarctica.

* Wed., April 23, 1:00 p.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.3 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern half of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia.

* Tue., April 29, 3:00 p.m. EDST - Neptune 0.3 degree south of Moon; occultation: Hawaii, northern Australasia, Indonesia except Sumatra.

2008 May

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Sat., May 10, 10:00 a.m. EDST - Mars 0.2 degree south of Moon; occultation: Europe not including the northern section, northern Africa, southern Asia.

* Mon., May 12, 3:00 p.m. EDST - Star Regulus 1.2 degrees north of Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, portion of Antarctica.

* Tue., May 20, 7:00 p.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.2 degree north of Moon; occultation: eastern portion of South America, southern portion of Africa.

* Mon., May 26, 11:00 p.m. EDST - Neptune 0.6 degree south of Moon; occultation: southeastern portion of Europe, northern half of Africa, western portion of Asia.

2008 June

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Sat., June 7, 10:00 p.m. EDST - Mars 1.1 degrees north of Moon; occultation: New Zealand.

* Mon., June 9, 12:00 Midnight EDST - This occultation is not visible. - Venus in superior conjunction, occulted by Sun (Venus not visible). This is the opposite phenomenon of the rare Transit of the Planet Venus across the image of the Sun which occurred 2004 June 8; and, this solar occultation occurs halfway between the 2004 and 2012 Venus transit events!

* Tue., June 17, 1:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.2 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, Polynesia.

* Mon., June 23, 5:00 a.m. EDST - Neptune 0.8 degree south of Moon; occultation: North America except Alaska, southern portion of Greenland.

2008 July

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Mon., July 14, 8:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.3 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern half of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia

* Sun., July 20, 9:00 a.m. EDST - Neptune 0.9 degree south of Moon; occultation: Alaska, northwest portion of Canada, Asia, Japan

* Thur., July 31, 1:00 a.m. EDST - Asteroid Ceres 0.9 degree north of Moon; occultation: southwestern portion of Australia, Madagascar

2008 August

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Fri., Aug. 1, 4:04:06 to 8:38:27 a.m. EDST - Total Solar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Sun visible in a narrow band traveling through northern Canada (Nunavut), northern Russia, western Mongolia, and China. Partial solar eclipse visible in northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
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* Sun., Aug. 10, 3:00 p.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.4 degree north of Moon; occultation: central South America, southern tips of Africa and Madagascar.

* Sat., Aug. 16, 2:24:49 to 7:55:25 p.m. EDST - Partial Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon visible in most of Europe and Africa, with all of South America and Australia able to view parts of the eclipse. There is no danger looking directly at a Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon.

* Sat., Aug. 16, 3:00 p.m. EDST - Neptune 0.8 degree south of Moon; occultation: eastern Europe, northeastern Africa, western and central Asia.

2008 September

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Sat., Sept. 6, 11:00 p.m. EDST - Antares 0.3 degree north of Moon; occultation: southwestern portion of South America, Polynesia, eastern portions of Asia and Australia.

* Fri., Sept. 12, 10:00 p.m. EDST - Neptune 0.8 degree south of Moon; occultation: North America except northwestern portion, northern tip of South America, United Kingdom, Iceland.

2008 October

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Sat., Oct. 4, 7:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.1 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern half of Africa, Madagascar, western Asia, western Australia.

* Fri., Oct. 10, 6:00 a.m. EDST - Neptune 0.9 degree south of Moon: occultation: western Alaska, Japan, eastern Asia, Philippines.

* Fri., Oct. 31, 2:00 p.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.1 degree south of Moon; occultation: central portion of South America, western tip of Africa.

2008 November

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Thur., Nov. 6, 2:00 p.m. EST - Neptune 1.1 degrees south of Moon; occultation: northeastern tip of Canada, Iceland, United Kingdom except southeastern portion, southern portion of Scandinavia.

2008 December

Occultations and Eclipses Visible This Month -- * Mon., Dec. 1, 11:00 a.m. EST - Venus 0.8 degree south of Moon; occultation: northeastern tip of Canada, Europe, southern Scandinavia.

* Thur., Dec. 25, 2:00 a.m. EST - Star Antares 0.1 degree south of Moon; occultation: southern half of Africa, Madagascar, southeast Asia.

* Sun., Dec. 28, 11:00 p.m. EST - Mercury 0.7 degree south of Moon; occultation: eastern Asia, Japan, northern Indonesia.

* Mon., Dec. 29, 4:00 a.m. EST - Jupiter 0.6 degree north of Moon; occultation: Australia except eastern portion, most of Antarctica.

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