Date |
Event |
Start Time |
End Time |
Notes |
2 January |
Uranus within 39' of Moon |
5:07 am |
12:21 pm |
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4 January |
Mars within 31' of Moon |
3:04 am |
10:34 am |
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7 January |
Full Moon |
10:08 am |
|
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7 January |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
11:54 pm |
|
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19 January |
Pluto Conjunction |
1:32 am |
|
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22 January |
New Moon |
7:54 am |
|
|
26 January |
Jupiter within 2° of Moon |
12:27 pm |
4:35 pm |
|
29 January |
First Quarter Moon |
2:20 am |
|
|
29 January |
Uranus within 53' of Moon |
11:01 am |
5:53 pm |
|
30 January |
Mercury Greatest Western Elongation |
4:55 pm |
|
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31 January |
Moon occults Mars |
11:28 am |
7:28 pm |
|
4 February |
Uranus Eastern Quadrature |
1:48 pm |
|
|
6 February |
Full Moon |
5:30 am |
|
|
14 February |
Last Quarter Moon |
3:02 am |
|
|
17 February |
Saturn Conjunction |
3:38 am |
|
|
20 February |
New Moon |
6:08 pm |
|
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22 February |
Venus within 2° of Moon |
7:14 pm |
10:07 pm |
|
23 February |
Jupiter within 1° of Moon |
7:06 am |
12:51 pm |
|
25 February |
Uranus within 1° of Moon |
8:18 pm |
2:10 am |
|
27 February |
First Quarter Moon |
7:06 pm |
|
|
28 February |
Mars within 1° of Moon |
11:44 am |
6:36 pm |
|
7 March |
Full Moon |
11:42 pm |
|
|
15 March |
Last Quarter Moon |
1:08 pm |
|
|
16 March |
Neptune Conjunction |
10:30 am |
|
|
17 March |
Mars Eastern Quadrature |
4:31 am |
|
|
17 March |
Mercury Superior Conjunction |
9:37 pm |
|
|
22 March |
New Moon |
4:24 am |
|
|
22 March |
Mercury within 2° of Moon |
10:31 am |
3:08 pm |
|
23 March |
Jupiter within 28' of Moon |
4:00 am |
10:44 am |
|
24 March |
Moon occults Venus |
5:43 pm |
1:27 am |
|
25 March |
Uranus within 1° of Moon |
8:04 am |
1:12 pm |
|
26 March |
M45 within 2° of Moon |
11:03 am |
1:33 pm |
|
29 March |
First Quarter Moon |
1:32 pm |
|
|
2 April |
** Eastern Daylight Saving Time Ends |
3:00 am |
|
Put clocks back by 1 hour |
6 April |
Full Moon |
2:36 pm |
|
|
10 April |
Venus within 3° of M45 |
3:29 pm |
2:17 am |
Occurs between pm 10 April and am 13 April |
12 April |
Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation |
6:02 am |
|
|
12 April |
Jupiter Conjunction |
7:52 am |
|
|
13 April |
Last Quarter Moon |
7:12 am |
|
|
19 April |
Moon occults Jupiter |
11:56 pm |
6:55 am |
|
20 April |
New Moon |
2:14 pm |
|
|
20 April |
Hybrid Solar Eclipse |
11:34 am |
5:00 pm |
|
21 April |
Pluto Western Quadrature |
2:06 am |
|
|
21 April |
Mercury within 2° of Moon |
4:37 pm |
8:07 pm |
|
21 April |
Uranus within 2° of Moon |
7:45 pm |
12:07 am |
|
22 April |
M45 within 2° of Moon |
7:20 pm |
10:13 pm |
|
23 April |
Venus within 1° of Moon |
7:18 pm |
1:40 am |
|
28 April |
First Quarter Moon |
7:20 am |
|
|
2 May |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
9:27 am |
|
|
6 May |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
1:16 am |
5:31 am |
|
6 May |
Full Moon |
3:34 am |
|
|
10 May |
Uranus Conjunction |
6:00 am |
|
|
13 May |
Last Quarter Moon |
12:28 am |
|
|
15 May |
Neptune within 2° of Moon |
12:28 pm |
1:58 pm |
|
17 May |
Jupiter within 43' of Moon |
7:16 pm |
2:01 am |
|
19 May |
Uranus within 2° of Moon |
7:21 am |
11:05 am |
|
20 May |
New Moon |
1:54 am |
|
|
20 May |
M45 within 2° of Moon |
3:56 am |
6:49 am |
|
28 May |
Saturn Western Quadrature |
8:33 pm |
|
|
29 May |
Mercury Greatest Western Elongation |
3:48 pm |
|
|
3 June |
Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation |
3:51 pm |
|
|
4 June |
Full Moon |
3:42 pm |
|
|
6 June |
Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation |
7:34 am |
|
|
11 June |
Last Quarter Moon |
5:32 am |
|
|
11 June |
Neptune within 2° of Moon |
5:45 pm |
9:00 pm |
|
14 June |
Jupiter within 1° of Moon |
12:47 pm |
6:09 pm |
|
15 June |
Uranus within 2° of Moon |
5:22 pm |
7:52 pm |
|
16 June |
M45 within 2° of Moon |
10:51 am |
1:51 pm |
|
18 June |
New Moon |
2:38 pm |
|
|
19 June |
Neptune Western Quadrature |
1:39 pm |
|
|
26 June |
First Quarter Moon |
5:50 pm |
|
|
1 July |
Mercury Superior Conjunction |
3:11 pm |
|
|
3 July |
Full Moon |
9:40 pm |
|
|
8 July |
Neptune within 2° of Moon |
11:24 pm |
3:46 am |
|
10 July |
Last Quarter Moon |
11:48 am |
|
|
13 July |
M45 within 2° of Moon |
4:00 pm |
8:00 pm |
|
18 July |
New Moon |
4:34 am |
|
|
26 July |
First Quarter Moon |
8:08 am |
|
|
2 August |
Full Moon |
4:32 am |
|
|
5 August |
Neptune within 1° of Moon |
6:38 am |
11:37 am |
|
7 August |
Jupiter Western Quadrature |
9:49 am |
|
|
8 August |
Last Quarter Moon |
8:28 pm |
|
|
9 August |
M45 within 1° of Moon |
9:07 pm |
2:14 am |
|
10 August |
Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation |
8:53 am |
|
|
13 August |
Venus Inferior Conjunction |
9:16 pm |
|
|
16 August |
Uranus Western Quadrature |
12:25 pm |
|
|
16 August |
New Moon |
7:40 pm |
|
|
19 August |
Mars within 2° of Moon |
10:05 am |
12:27 pm |
|
24 August |
First Quarter Moon |
7:58 pm |
|
|
27 August |
Saturn Opposition |
6:09 pm |
|
|
31 August |
Full Moon |
11:36 am |
|
|
1 September |
Neptune within 1° of Moon |
3:49 pm |
8:56 pm |
|
6 September |
M45 within 1° of Moon |
3:48 am |
9:33 am |
|
6 September |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
9:04 pm |
|
|
7 September |
Last Quarter Moon |
8:22 am |
|
|
15 September |
New Moon |
11:42 am |
|
|
17 September |
Mars within 35' of Moon |
1:59 am |
9:58 am |
|
19 September |
Neptune Opposition |
8:57 pm |
|
|
22 September |
Mercury Greatest Western Elongation |
7:43 pm |
|
|
23 September |
First Quarter Moon |
5:32 am |
|
|
29 September |
Neptune within 1° of Moon |
1:37 am |
6:29 am |
|
29 September |
Full Moon |
7:58 pm |
|
|
1 October |
** Eastern Daylight Saving Time Starts |
2:00 am |
|
Put clocks forward by 1 hour |
3 October |
M45 within 1° of Moon |
1:38 pm |
7:30 pm |
|
7 October |
Last Quarter Moon |
12:48 am |
|
|
14 October |
Mercury within 36' of Moon |
3:31 pm |
12:08 am |
|
15 October |
New Moon |
4:56 am |
|
|
15 October |
Annular Solar Eclipse |
2:04 am |
7:56 am |
Not visible from Coonabarabran |
15 October |
Mars within 54' of Moon |
10:52 pm |
5:59 am |
|
20 October |
Mercury Superior Conjunction |
4:24 pm |
|
|
22 October |
Pluto Eastern Quadrature |
12:52 am |
|
|
22 October |
First Quarter Moon |
2:30 pm |
|
|
22 October |
Venus Greatest Western Elongation |
5:10 pm |
|
|
25 October |
Venus Greatest Western Elongation |
10:37 am |
|
|
26 October |
Neptune within 1° of Moon |
11:09 am |
4:01 pm |
|
29 October |
Partial Lunar Eclipse |
5:03 am |
9:25 am |
Starts about 11° above horizon and sets at about 6 am in Coonabarabran |
29 October |
Full Moon |
7:24 am |
|
|
30 October |
M45 within 1° of Moon |
11:40 p m |
5:33 am |
|
3 November |
Jupiter Opposition |
3:44 pm |
|
|
5 November |
Last Quarter Moon |
7:38 pm |
|
|
9 November |
Venus within 53' of Moon |
5:43 pm |
1:28 am |
|
13 November |
New Moon |
8:30 pm |
|
|
14 November |
Mercury within 2° of Moon |
10:29 pm |
3:14 am |
|
18 November |
Mars Conjunction |
4:20 pm |
|
|
20 November |
First Quarter Moon |
9:50 pm |
|
|
22 November |
Neptune within 1° of Moon |
5:19 pm |
10:26 pm |
|
23 November |
Saturn Eastern Quadrature |
8:34 pm |
|
|
27 November |
M45 within 1° of Moon |
9:13 am |
3:05 pm |
|
27 November |
Full Moon |
8:16 pm |
|
|
5 December |
Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation |
5:46 am |
|
|
5 December |
Last Quarter Moon |
4:50 pm |
|
|
13 December |
New Moon |
10:34 am |
|
|
17 December |
Neptune Eastern Quadrature |
2:29 pm |
|
|
19 December |
Neptune within 1° of Moon |
10:30 pm |
4:07 am |
|
20 December |
First Quarter Moon |
5:40 am |
|
|
23 December |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
5:56 am |
|
|
24 December |
M45 within 1° of Moon |
4:42 pm |
10:49 pm |
|
27 December |
Full Moon |
11:33 am |
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