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* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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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