| Day |
Phenomenon |
Hour |
| 2 |
Venus is 0° 8' south of
Saturn. |
0100 |
| 3 |
Neptune is 1° 3' north of the
Moon. Occultation of Neptune by the Moon. |
1900 |
| 5 |
Uranus is 1° 9' south of the
Moon. |
2100 |
| 6 |
Pallas, the second-largest asteroid,
appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from direct motion to
retrograde motion. |
1400 |
| 7 |
Earth is at aphelion. |
0000 |
| 7 |
LAST QUARTER |
1700 |
| 9 |
Mars is 6° south of the Moon. |
1500 |
| 9 |
The Moon is at perigee. |
2200 |
| 10 |
Mercury appears to be motionless in
the sky as it moves from its greatest elongation west of the
Sun back toward a position east of the Sun as viewed from
Earth. |
0200 |
| 12 |
Venus is at its greatest illuminated
extent. |
1400 |
| 13 |
Mercury is 9° south of the
Moon. |
0300 |
| 14 |
Vesta, the third-largest asteroid,
appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from
retrograde motion to direct motion. |
1000 |
| 14 |
NEW MOON |
1200 |
| 16 |
Venus is 2° south of Regulus, the
brightest star in the constellation Leo. |
1500 |
| 16 |
Saturn is 0° 04' north of the
Moon. Occultation of Saturn by the Moon. |
2300 |
| 17 |
Regulus, the brightest star in the
constellation Leo, is 0° 3' south of the Moon.
Occultation of Regulus by the Moon. |
0900 |
| 17 |
Venus is 3° south of the
Moon. |
1000 |
| 20 |
Mercury is at its greatest
elongation, at 20° west of the Sun. |
1500 |
| 22 |
FIRST QUARTER |
0600 |
| 22 |
The Moon is at apogee. |
0900 |
| 25 |
Venus appears to be motionless in the
sky as it moves toward its greatest elongation east of the
Sun from a position west of the Sun as viewed from Earth. |
1300 |
| 25 |
Antares, the brightest star in the
constellation Scorpius, is 0° 6' north of the Moon.
Occultation of Antares by the Moon. |
1600 |
| 25 |
Jupiter is 6° north of the
Moon. |
1800 |
| 30 |
FULL MOON |
0100 |
| 31 |
Neptune is 1° 3' north of the
Moon. Occultation of Neptune by the Moon. |
0100 |
