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* Sat., Jan. 5, 8:28 p.m. EST / Jan. 6, 1:28 UTC - Primary Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1188.
* Sat., Jan. 5, 8:41:27 p.m. EST / Jan. 6, 1:41:27 UTC - Time of greatest eclipse for Partial Solar Eclipse / Partial Eclipse of the Sun, visible in northeastern section of Asia (including Japan and portions of Russia and China) and the North Pacific Ocean, and a small part of the eclipse may be visible in extreme western Alaska -
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SOLAR ECLIPSE / ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: TIPS FOR SAFE VIEWING
* Mon., Jan. 21, 12:12:16.0 a.m. EST / 5:12:16.0 UTC - Time of greatest eclipse for Total Lunar Eclipse / Total Eclipse of the Moon, visible throughout the Western Hemisphere as well as portions of the eclipse visible in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East -
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ALWAYS SAFE TO LOOK AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE / ECLIPSE OF THE MOON WITH THE NAKED-EYE (ONE-POWER), BINOCULARS, OR A TELESCOPE.
* Mon., Jan. 21, 12:16 a.m. EST / 5:16 UTC - Primary Moon Phase: Full Moon
(Wolf Moon).
As this Full Moon is near the monthly Lunar Perigee, some consider this a so-called "Super-Moon."
* Mon., Jan. 21, 3:00 p.m. EST / 20:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 222,042 statute miles / 357,342 kilometers.
Large Tides Along Ocean Coast-Lines Predicted, due to Primary Moon Phase of Full Moon (and Total Lunar Eclipse / Total Eclipse of the Moon) only hours before Lunar Perigee.
* Thur., Jan. 31, 1:00 p.m. EST / 18:00 UTC - Venus 0.1 degree south of the Moon; occultation: eastern portion of Micronesia, Polynesia but not including Hawaii, Galapagos Islands, southern portion of Central America, northwestern portion of South America.
* Sat., Feb. 2, 3:00 p.m. EST / 20:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.6 degree south of the Moon; occultation: central and western sections of North America (however, not visible in Alaska except visible in Aleutian Islands), Hawaii, northern portion of Micronesia.
* Wed., Feb. 6, 3:00 a.m. EST / 8:00 UTC - Asteroid / Minor Planet 4 Vesta 1.1 degrees south of the Moon; occultation: portions of western Russia.
* Sat., March 2, 3:00 p.m. EST / 20:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.6 degree south of the Moon; occultation: northeastern portion of Africa, southwestern portion of Europe, Middle East, India, most of southern and eastern portions of Asia, most of China, most of Mongolia.
* Fri., March 29, 1:00 a.m. EDT / 5:00 UTC - Saturn 0.05 degree north of the Moon; occultation: eastern limb of Brazil, southern portion of Africa, Madagascar, southern tip of India, Sri Lanka.
* Fri., March 29, 8:00 a.m. EDT / 12:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.3 degree south of the Moon; occultation: southern and western portions of Mexico, Central America, northern half of South America, Madeira (Portugal), Cape Verde Islands, western limb of Africa .
* Thur., April 25, 4:00 p.m. EDT / 20:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.1 degree south of the Moon; occultation: Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Melanesia, southeastern portion of Micronesia, northwestern portion of Polynesia.
* Sun., May 19, 2:00 p.m. EDT / 18:00 UTC - Asteroid & Dwarf Planet Ceres 1.2 degrees north of the Moon; occultation: portions of Antarctica.
* Wed., May 22, 6:00 p.m. EDT / 22:00 UTC - Saturn 0.5 degree north of the Moon; occultation: southern tip of Africa, eastern portions of Antarctica, Kerguelen Islands, most of Australia, southern portion of New Zealand.
* Thur., May 23, 12:00 Midnight EDT / 4:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.1 degree north of the Moon; occultation: central portion of South America, southern and eastern portions of Africa.
* Thur., May 30, 6:00 p.m. EDT / 22:00 UTC - Asteroid 4 Vesta 0.6 degree south of the Moon; occultation: portions of Indonesia, eastern portion of Africa, northwestern portion of Micronesia, Aleutian Islands of Alaska, northwestern portion of North America.
* Wed., June 19, 12:00 Midnight EDT / 4:00 UTC - Saturn 0.4 degree north of the Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, Easter Island, Antarctica Peninsula, southern portion of Africa.
* Wed., June 19, 7:00 a.m. EDT / 11:00 UTC - Pluto 0.1 degree north of the Moon; occultation: northeastern portion of Australia, Melanesia, southern portions of Micronesia & Polynesia, western portion of South America, Central America.
* Tue., July 2, 3:22:53.0 p.m. EDT / 19:22:53.0 UTC - Time of Greatest Eclipse for Total Eclipse of the Sun, visible in Chile and Argentina, as well as the Southern Pacific Ocean:
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SOLAR ECLIPSE / ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: TIPS FOR SAFE VIEWING
* Thur., July 4, 2:00 a.m. EDT / 6:00 UTC - Mars 0.1 degree south of the Moon; occultation: eastern tip of Africa, most of Arabia, most of Asia, Micronesia.
* Tue., July 16, 3:00 a.m. EDT / 7:00 UTC - Saturn 0.2 degree north of the Moon; occultation: Melanesia, South Polynesia, Easter Island, central portion of South America (as appears in the sky, Moon passes closest to Saturn at July 15, 10:14 p.m. EDT / July 16, 2:14 UTC)..
* Tue., July 16, 1:00 p.m. EDT / 17:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.04 degree south of the Moon; occulation: eastern portion of Africa, Madagascar, southern portion of Indonesia, northern and western portions of Australia, western portion of Micronesia.
* Tue., July 16, 5:30:43.5 p.m. EDT / 21:30:43.5 UTC - Time of Greatest Eclipse for Partial Lunar Eclipse visible from Australia, Africa, South America, most of Europe and Asia:
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A Lunar Eclipse / Eclipse of the Moon is the only type of eclipse that is completely safe to watch directly with the naked-eyes, binoculars, and telescopes.
* Tue., July 16, 5:38 p.m. EDT / 21:38 UTC - Primary Moon Phase: Full Moon - Buck Moon.
* Mon., Aug. 12, 6:00 p.m. EDT / 22:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.1 degree south of the Moon; occultation: northeastern portion of South America, Ascension Island (British Territory), eastern and central portions of Africa, southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula.
* Sun., Sept. 8, 11:00 p.m. EDT / Sept. 9, 3:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.1 degree south of the Moon; occultation: Polynesia (not including Hawaii), Easter Island, Galapagos Islands, northern section of South America.
* Sun., Oct. 6, 5:00 a.m. EDT / 9:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.1 degree north of the Moon; occultation: Australia, Melanesia, southeastern portion of Micronesia, western portion of Polynesia.
* Sat., Nov. 2, 2:00 p.m. EDT / 18:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.4 degree north of the Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, South Georgia (United Kingdom territory in the South Atlantic Ocean), southern portion of Africa, Madagascar.
* Mon., Nov. 11, 10:00 a.m. EST / 15:00 UTC - Mercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun (Mercury not visible, even with a telescope, except during the somewhat rare Transit of Mercury across the image of the Sun which takes place during this particular inferior conjunction--NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT AND PROPER TRAINING TO DO SO SAFELY!)
* Mon., Nov. 11, 7:35:27 a.m. to 1:04:14 p.m. EST / 12:35:27 to 18;04;14 UTC - Transit of Mercury across the disk of the Sun with live, on-line coverage ---
NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT AND PROPER TRAINING TO DO SO SAFELY!
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Image of Transit of Mercury: 2016 May 9
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* Thur., Nov. 28, 6:00 a.m. EST / 11:00 UTC - Jupiter 0.7 degree south of the Moon; occultation: majority of Europe, northern portion of Africa, Middle East, western portion of Asia.
* Fri., Nov. 29, 4:00 p.m. EST / 21:00 UTC - Saturn 0.9 degree north of the Moon; occultation: southern portion of New Zealand, Antarctica, South Georgia (U.K.).
* Fri., Nov. 29, 11:00 p.m. EST / Nov. 30, 4:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.5 degree north of the Moon; occultation: Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands, Kerguelen Islands (Antarctic), portions of Antarctica, southeastern portion of Polynesia.
* Thur., Dec. 26, 12:17:41 a.m. EST / 5:17:41 UTC - Time of greatest eclipse during Annular Solar Eclipse, visible in Saudi Arabia, southern portion of India, and portions of Indonesia; Partial Solar Eclipse visible in Europe, parts of Asia, and the northern and western sections of Australia:
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SPECIAL NOTE: DURING ANNULAR AND PARTIAL ECLIPSES OF THE SUN / SOLAR ECLIPSES, AT NO TIME IS IT SAFE TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN WITHOUT THE PROPER EQUIPMENT AND PROPER TRAINING TO DO SO SAFELY!
SOLAR ECLIPSE / ECLIPSE OF THE SUN: TIPS FOR SAFE VIEWING
* Fri., Dec. 27, 10:00 a.m. EST / 15:00 UTC - Dwarf Planet Pluto 0.6 degree north of the Moon; occultation: southern portion of South America, South Georgia Island, portions of Antarctica, Kerguelen Islands, southern tip of Africa, southern portion if Madagascar.
* Sat., Dec. 28, 9:00 p.m. EST / Dec. 29, 2:00 UTC - Venus 1.0 degree north of the Moon; occultation: Antarctica, southern tip of South America.
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