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Planet Mercury *** Planet Venus *** Planet Earth: Aphelion *** Perihelion *** Perihelion of Earth
Moon of Earth: Apogee *** Perigee *** Moon Phases: Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter
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* June 19, 4:00 a.m. EDST - Saturn 0.4 degree south of Moon; occultation: Japan, central Asia, eastern part of Europe.
* June 19, 8:00 p.m. EDST - Star Regulus 0.4 degree south of Moon; occultation: Eastern Siberia, most of North America except the northeastern section, Carribean Sea, northwestern section of South America.
* June 28, 4:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.5 degree north of Moon; occultation: Southern part of South America, western tip of Antarctica, western Oceania.
* July 16, 7:00 p.m. EDST - Saturn 0.04 degree north of Moon; occultation: Hawaii, western portion of South America.
* July 17, 5:00 a.m. EDST - Star Regulus 0.3 degree south of Moon; occultation: Europe including the United Kingdom, southern and western Asia, Indonesia, southern Philippines, northwestern Australia.
* July 25, 12:00 Noon EDST - Star Antares 0.6 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern tip of Africa, most of Antarctica, southern portion of Australia and Nww Zealand.
* July 30, 9:00 p.m. EDST - Neptune 1.3 degrees north of Moon; occultation: Part of Antarctica, Kerguelen Islands.
* Aug. 28, 6:35 a.m. EDST - Full Moon (Sturgeon Moon) and TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE or ECLIPSE OF THE MOON (part of eclipse visible in early morning in North America, prior to Moon set; Moon sets in Pittsburgh at 6:47 a.m. EDST). SPECIAL NOTE: ALL lunar eclipses or eclipses of the Moon are PERFECTLY SAFE to view with the naked-eye, binoculars, or a telescope; solar eclipses or eclipses of the Sun should NOT be viewed directly or with binoculars or a telescope, as SEVERE eye damage could occur-- SAFE WAY TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE.
* Sept. 10, 12:00 Midnight EDST - Saturn 0.8 degree south of Moon; occultation: Extreme western edge of Australia, portion of Antarctica, southern portion of Indian Ocean.
* Sept. 11, 8:44 a.m. EDST - New Moon; Partial Eclipse of the Sun: observable in South America except northern portion of continent, South Atlantic Ocean, small part of Antarctica just south of South America and South Atlantic Ocean. Eclipses of the Sun should NOT be viewed directly or with binoculars or a telescope, as SEVERE eye damage could occur-- SAFE WAY TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE.
* Sept. 18, 4:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.7 degree south of Moon; occultation: southern Madagascar, southern oceans, Antarctica.
* Oct. 7, 12:00 Noon EDST - Saturn 1.3 degrees north of Moon; occultation: ocean areas south of Polynesia.
* Oct. 15, 11:00 a.m. EDST - Star Antares 0.6 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern half of South America, large part of Antarctica.
* Oct. 20, 11:00 p.m. EDST - Neptune 1.3 degrees north of Moon; occultation: portion of Antarctica including South Georgia Island.
* Nov. 11, 4:00 p.m. EST - Star Antares 0.4 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, southern Pacific Ocean, majority of New Zealand, Polynesia.
* Nov. 17, 6:00 a.m. EST - Neptune 1.0 degree north of Moon; occultation: southern Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica.
* Nov. 30, 3:00 p.m. EST - Star Regulus 0.3 degree north of Moon; occultation: eastern India, Southeast Asia, northeastern portion of Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Melanesia.
* Dec. 14, 1:00 p.m. EST - Neptune 0.7 degree north of Moon; occultation: South Africa, southern tip of South America, part of Antarctica.
* Dec. 15, 4:00 p.m. EST - Asteroid Pallas 1.0 degree south of Moon; occultation: Hawaii, Alaska, northwestern Canada, eastern tip of Siberia.
* Dec. 23, 10:00 p.m. EST - Mars 0.9 degree south of Moon; occultation: Alaska, northwest portion of Canada, Arctic, northeastern portion of United Kingdom, eastern Europe, northern Russia.
* Dec. 28, 12:00 Midnight EST - Star Regulus 0.6 degree north of Moon; occultation: South America except southern portion, South Atlantic Ocean.
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