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                    Diary of Astronomical Phenomena 2008
                                 June
 d  h                                  d  h
 2  0  Venus 5.2N of Aldebaran        13  8  Spica 2.5N of Moon
 3 13  Moon at perigee                16 17  Moon at apogee
 3 16  Venus 4.8S of Moon             17  5  Antares 0.2N of Moon    Occn
 3 19  NEW MOON                       18  9  Moon furthest South (-27.5)
 4 11  Moon furthest North (27.5)     18 17  FULL MOON
 6 11  Pollux 4.3N of Moon            19 13  Mercury stationary
 7 15  Mercury inferior conjunction   20 13  Jupiter 2.4N of Moon
 7 20  Mercury 2.9S of Venus          20 19  Pluto at opposition
 8  1  Mars 0.9N of Moon       Occn   21  0  Solstice
 9  1  Regulus 1.2N of Moon           23  8  Neptune 0.7S of Moon    Occn
 9  4  Venus superior conjunction     25 13  Uranus 3.6S of Moon
 9  7  Saturn 2.8N of Moon            26 12  LAST QUARTER
10 15  FIRST QUARTER                  27  8  Uranus stationary
                                 July
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 14  Mars 0.7N of Regulus           10 18  Mars 0.6S of Saturn 
 1 18  Mercury greatest elong W(22)   14  4  Moon at apogee
 1 21  Moon at perigee                14 11  Antares 0.3N of Moon    Occn
 1 21  Moon furthest North (27.5)     15 15  Moon furthest South (-27.5)
 3  2  NEW MOON                       17 12  Jupiter 2.6N of Moon
 3 13  Venus 1.7S of Moon             18  7  FULL MOON
 3 21  Pollux 4.4N of Moon            20 12  Neptune 0.7S of Moon    Occn
 4  8  Earth at aphelion              22 18  Uranus 3.7S of Moon
 6 11  Regulus 1.4N of Moon           23  7  Mercury 5.6S of Pollux 
 6 16  Mars 2.3N of Moon              25 18  LAST QUARTER
 6 20  Saturn 3.1N of Moon            29  6  Moon furthest North (27.6)
 7  8  Venus 5.6S of Pollux           29 20  Mercury superior conjunction
 9  7  Jupiter at opposition          29 23  Moon at perigee
10  4  FIRST QUARTER                  31  7  Pollux 4.4N of Moon
10 15  Spica 2.7N of Moon             
                                 August
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 10  NEW MOON             Eclipse   13 17  Venus 0.2S of Saturn 
 1 15  Mercury 1.2N of Moon    Occn   15  7  Neptune at opposition
 2 13  Venus 2.1N of Moon             15 20  Mercury 0.6S of Saturn 
 2 20  Regulus 1.5N of Moon           16 18  Neptune 0.7S of Moon    Occn
 3 11  Saturn 3.4N of Moon            16 21  FULL MOON            Eclipse
 4  9  Mars 3.5N of Moon              18 23  Uranus 3.7S of Moon
 6  3  Venus 1.0N of Regulus          21 19  Mercury 1.0S of Venus 
 6 23  Spica 2.7N of Moon             23 23  LAST QUARTER
 8 20  FIRST QUARTER                  25 12  Moon furthest North (27.6)
10 10  Mercury 1.0N of Regulus        26  3  Moon at perigee
10 19  Antares 0.3N of Moon    Occn   27 15  Pollux 4.5N of Moon
10 20  Moon at apogee                 30  6  Regulus 1.5N of Moon
11 22  Moon furthest South (-27.6)    30 20  NEW MOON
13 14  Jupiter 2.7N of Moon           31  2  Saturn 3.7N of Moon
                                 September
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 16  Venus 4.6N of Moon             14 19  Mercury 3.6S of Venus 
 1 20  Mercury 2.5N of Moon           15  5  Uranus 3.6S of Moon
 2  4  Mars 4.5N of Moon              15  9  FULL MOON
 3  8  Spica 2.7N of Moon             19  4  Venus 2.4N of Spica 
 4  1  Saturn at conjunction          20  4  Moon at perigee
 7  3  Antares 0.3N of Moon    Occn   21 18  Moon furthest North (27.5)
 7 14  FIRST QUARTER                  22  5  LAST QUARTER
 7 14  Moon at apogee                 22 15  Equinox
 8  3  Jupiter stationary             23  1  Mercury 4.0S of Mars 
 8  6  Moon furthest South (-27.5)    23 21  Pollux 4.6N of Moon
 8 18  Mercury 2.7S of Mars           24  2  Mercury stationary
 9  6  Pluto stationary               25  4  Mars 2.3N of Spica 
 9 20  Jupiter 2.7N of Moon           26 13  Regulus 1.6N of Moon
11  3  Mercury greatest elong E(27)   27 16  Saturn 4.1N of Moon
12  2  Venus 0.3N of Mars             29  8  NEW MOON
13  1  Neptune 0.7S of Moon    Occn   30 10  Mercury 1.1N of Moon    Occn
13  2  Uranus at opposition           30 16  Spica 2.6N of Moon
                                 October
 d  h                                  d  h
 1  0  Mars 5.0N of Moon              19  0  Moon furthest North (27.3)
 1 22  Venus 4.8N of Moon             21  3  Pollux 4.7N of Moon
 4 11  Antares 0.1N of Moon    Occn   21 11  LAST QUARTER
 5  9  Moon at apogee                 22 17  Mercury greatest elong W(18)
 5 14  Moon furthest South (-27.4)    23 19  Regulus 1.8N of Moon
 6 20  Mercury inferior conjunction   25  4  Saturn 4.5N of Moon
 7  7  Jupiter 2.4N of Moon           26 22  Venus 3.1N of Antares 
 7  9  FIRST QUARTER                  28  0  Spica 2.6N of Moon
10  9  Neptune 0.8S of Moon    Occn   28 23  NEW MOON
12 12  Uranus 3.6S of Moon            29 22  Mars 4.9N of Moon
14 20  FULL MOON                      31 18  Antares 0.1S of Moon    Occn
15  5  Mercury stationary             31 20  Mercury 4.0N of Spica 
17  6  Moon at perigee                
                                 November
 d  h                                  d  h
 1  7  Venus 2.6N of Moon             21 14  Saturn 5.0N of Moon
 1 21  Moon furthest South (-27.2)    24  6  Spica 2.8N of Moon
 2  4  Moon at apogee                 25 17  Mercury superior conjunction
 2  7  Neptune stationary             27 16  NEW MOON
 3 22  Jupiter 2.0N of Moon           27 19  Mercury 3.7N of Moon
 6  4  FIRST QUARTER                  27 21  Mars 4.1N of Moon
 6 18  Neptune 1.0S of Moon    Occn   28  0  Uranus stationary
 8 21  Uranus 3.7S of Moon            28  1  Antares 0.1S of Moon    Occn
13  6  FULL MOON                      29  3  Mercury 0.5S of Mars 
14 10  Moon at perigee                29  3  Moon furthest South (-27.0)
15  8  Moon furthest North (27.1)     29 13  Mercury 3.6N of Antares 
17 10  Pollux 4.9N of Moon            29 16  Moon at apogee
19 21  LAST QUARTER                   30  1  Mars 4.2N of Antares 
20  1  Regulus 1.9N of Moon           
                                 December
 d  h                                  d  h
 1  8  Venus 2.0S of Jupiter          21 11  Spica 2.9N of Moon
 1 15  Jupiter 1.3N of Moon           21 12  Solstice
 1 15  Venus 0.7S of Moon      Occn   22  9  Pluto at conjunction
 4  2  Neptune 1.3S of Moon           25  7  Antares 0.1S of Moon    Occn
 5 21  FIRST QUARTER                  26  8  Moon furthest South (-27.0)
 5 22  Mars at conjunction            26 17  Moon at apogee
 6  6  Uranus 3.9S of Moon            26 23  Mars 2.7N of Moon
12 16  FULL MOON                      27 12  NEW MOON
12 19  Moon furthest North (27.0)     27 12  Venus 1.4S of Neptune 
12 22  Moon at perigee                29  3  Mercury 0.6S of Moon    Occn
14 19  Pollux 5.1N of Moon            29  9  Jupiter 0.7N of Moon    Occn
17  8  Regulus 2.1N of Moon           31  9  Neptune 1.5S of Moon
18 22  Saturn 5.4N of Moon            31 13  Mercury 1.2S of Jupiter 
19 10  LAST QUARTER                   31 18  Venus 3.0S of Moon
                    Diary of Astronomical Phenomena 2009
                                 January
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 19  Saturn stationary              18 16  Mercury 3.2N of Jupiter 
 2 13  Uranus 4.1S of Moon            20 15  Mercury inferior conjunction
 4  5  Mercury greatest elong E(19)   21 13  Antares 0.1S of Moon    Occn
 4 11  FIRST QUARTER                  22 13  Moon furthest South (-27.0)
 4 12  Earth at perihelion            23  0  Moon at apogee
 9  5  Moon furthest North (27.0)     23  1  Venus 1.2N of Uranus 
10 10  Moon at perigee                24  5  Jupiter at conjunction
11  3  FULL MOON                      25  2  Mars 0.7N of Moon       Occn
11  5  Mercury stationary             25  9  Mercury 4.8N of Moon
11  7  Pollux 5.2N of Moon            26  4  Jupiter 0.0N of Moon    Occn
13 18  Regulus 2.2N of Moon           26  7  NEW MOON             Eclipse
14 20  Venus greatest elong E(47)     27 10  Mercury 4.3N of Mars 
15  7  Saturn 5.6N of Moon            27 17  Neptune 1.6S of Moon
17 18  Spica 3.0N of Moon             29 21  Uranus 4.2S of Moon
18  2  LAST QUARTER                   30  9  Venus 2.5S of Moon
                                 February
 d  h                                  d  h
 1  5  Mercury stationary             17 16  Mars 0.6S of Jupiter 
 2 23  FIRST QUARTER                  17 20  Antares 0.1S of Moon    Occn
 5 14  Moon furthest North (27.0)     18 20  Moon furthest South (-27.0)
 7 17  Pollux 5.3N of Moon            19 17  Moon at apogee
 7 19  Moon at perigee                22 21  Mercury 1.0S of Moon    Occn
 9 14  FULL MOON            Eclipse   23  0  Jupiter 0.7S of Moon    Occn
10  5  Regulus 2.3N of Moon           23  6  Mars 1.6S of Moon
11 15  Saturn 5.6N of Moon            24  2  Neptune 1.7S of Moon
12 12  Neptune at conjunction         24  5  Mercury 0.6S of Jupiter 
14  1  Mercury greatest elong W(26)   25  1  NEW MOON
14  3  Spica 3.0N of Moon             26  6  Uranus 4.2S of Moon
16 21  LAST QUARTER                   27 23  Venus 1.2N of Moon      Occn
                                 March
 d  h                                  d  h
 2  2  Mercury 0.6S of Mars           18  5  Moon furthest South (-26.9)
 4  7  FIRST QUARTER                  18 17  LAST QUARTER
 4 21  Moon furthest North (26.9)     19 13  Moon at apogee
 4 23  Venus stationary               20 11  Equinox
 5  9  Mercury 1.6S of Neptune        22  4  Mercury 1.3S of Uranus 
 7  2  Pollux 5.4N of Moon            22 20  Jupiter 1.4S of Moon
 7 14  Moon at perigee                23 12  Neptune 1.9S of Moon
 8 12  Mars 0.8S of Neptune           24 11  Mars 3.7S of Moon
 8 19  Saturn at opposition           25 16  Uranus 4.4S of Moon
 9 15  Regulus 2.4N of Moon           26  6  Mercury 5.7S of Moon
10 22  Saturn 5.6N of Moon            26 16  NEW MOON
11  2  FULL MOON                      26 19  Venus 3.8N of Moon
13  1  Uranus at conjunction          27 19  Venus inferior conjunction
13 13  Spica 2.9N of Moon             28  2  Venus greatest elong W(9)
17  4  Antares 0.2S of Moon    Occn   31  2  Mercury superior conjunction
                                 April
 d  h                                  d  h
 1  2  Moon furthest North (26.8)     17 13  LAST QUARTER
 2  2  Moon at perigee                19 14  Jupiter 2.1S of Moon
 2 14  FIRST QUARTER                  19 22  Neptune 2.2S of Moon
 3  8  Pollux 5.5N of Moon            22  1  Venus 4.4N of Mars 
 4 16  Pluto stationary               22  4  Uranus 4.6S of Moon
 5 22  Regulus 2.5N of Moon           22 13  Venus 0.9S of Moon      Occn
 7  3  Saturn 5.5N of Moon            22 14  Mars 5.3S of Moon
 9 15  FULL MOON                      25  3  NEW MOON
 9 22  Spica 2.8N of Moon             26  6  Mercury greatest elong E(20)
13 13  Antares 0.4S of Moon    Occn   26 15  Mercury 1.9S of Moon
14 13  Moon furthest South (-26.7)    28  6  Moon at perigee
15  8  Venus stationary               28  9  Moon furthest North (26.6)
15  9  Mars 0.4S of Uranus            30 13  Pollux 5.7N of Moon
16  9  Moon at apogee                 
                                 May
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 20  FIRST QUARTER                  18 10  Mercury inferior conjunction
 3  4  Regulus 2.7N of Moon           19 15  Uranus 4.8S of Moon
 4  7  Saturn 5.5N of Moon            21 15  Mars 6.0S of Moon
 7  5  Spica 2.9N of Moon             24 12  NEW MOON
 7 18  Mercury stationary             25 17  Moon furthest North (26.5)
 9  4  FULL MOON                      26  3  Moon at perigee
10 21  Antares 0.6S of Moon    Occn   27 20  Pollux 5.9N of Moon
11 20  Moon furthest South (-26.5)    27 21  Jupiter 0.4S of Neptune 
14  2  Moon at apogee                 29 11  Neptune stationary
17  5  Jupiter 2.7S of Moon           30 10  Regulus 2.8N of Moon
17  7  LAST QUARTER                   30 15  Mercury stationary
17  7  Neptune 2.4S of Moon           31  3  FIRST QUARTER
17 18  Saturn stationary              31 12  Saturn 5.6N of Moon
                                 June
 d  h                                  d  h
 3 11  Spica 3.0N of Moon             21  5  Solstice
 5 22  Venus greatest elong W(46)     21 12  Venus 2.0S of Mars 
 7  3  Antares 0.6S of Moon    Occn   22  2  Moon furthest North (26.4)
 7 18  FULL MOON                      22  6  Mercury 3.2N of Aldebaran 
 8  2  Moon furthest South (-26.4)    22 19  NEW MOON
10 15  Moon at apogee                 23  7  Pluto at opposition
13 13  Mercury greatest elong W(23)   23 10  Moon at perigee
13 14  Neptune 2.6S of Moon           24  6  Pollux 6.0N of Moon
13 15  Jupiter 3.1S of Moon           26 17  Regulus 3.0N of Moon
15 19  Jupiter stationary             27 21  Saturn 5.8N of Moon
15 22  LAST QUARTER                   29 11  FIRST QUARTER
16  1  Uranus 5.1S of Moon            30 17  Spica 3.2N of Moon
19 13  Mars 5.8S of Moon              
                                 July
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 15  Uranus stationary              15  9  LAST QUARTER
 4  4  Earth at aphelion              18  9  Mars 4.8S of Moon
 4  9  Antares 0.6S of Moon    Occn   19  4  Venus 5.9S of Moon
 5  7  Moon furthest South (-26.4)    19 12  Moon furthest North (26.4)
 7  9  FULL MOON            Eclipse   21 20  Moon at perigee
 7 21  Moon at apogee                 22  2  NEW MOON             Eclipse
10  7  Jupiter 0.6S of Neptune        22 18  Mercury 2.6N of Moon
10 19  Jupiter 3.2S of Moon           24  3  Regulus 3.0N of Moon
10 19  Neptune 2.6S of Moon           25 10  Saturn 5.9N of Moon
13  8  Uranus 5.1S of Moon            26  9  Mars 5.1N of Aldebaran 
14  2  Mercury superior conjunction   27 23  Spica 3.2N of Moon
14  8  Venus 3.1N of Aldebaran        28 22  FIRST QUARTER
14 19  Mercury 5.2S of Pollux         31 15  Antares 0.5S of Moon    Occn
                                 August
 d  h                                  d  h
 1 13  Moon furthest South (-26.4)    17 20  Neptune at opposition
 2 23  Mercury 0.6N of Regulus        17 21  Venus 1.6S of Moon
 4  1  Moon at apogee                 19  4  Moon at perigee
 6  0  FULL MOON            Eclipse   20 10  NEW MOON
 6 19  Jupiter 3.1S of Moon           20 14  Regulus 3.0N of Moon
 7  0  Neptune 2.6S of Moon           22  9  Mercury 2.5N of Moon
 9 12  Uranus 5.1S of Moon            24  8  Spica 3.1N of Moon
13 18  LAST QUARTER                   24 12  Mercury greatest elong E(27)
14 17  Jupiter at opposition          27 11  FIRST QUARTER
15 21  Moon furthest North (26.4)     27 22  Antares 0.6S of Moon    Occn
16  2  Mars 3.1S of Moon              28 20  Moon furthest South (-26.4)
17 16  Mercury 3.0S of Saturn         31 10  Moon at apogee
                                 September
 d  h                                  d  h
 2 19  Jupiter 2.9S of Moon           18 18  NEW MOON
 3  5  Neptune 2.6S of Moon           18 23  Mercury 1.1N of Moon    Occn
 4 16  FULL MOON                      20 10  Mercury inferior conjunction
 5 16  Uranus 5.0S of Moon            20 12  Venus 0.5N of Regulus 
 6 17  Mercury stationary             20 18  Spica 3.0N of Moon
11 16  Pluto stationary               22 10  Mercury 4.4S of Saturn 
12  2  LAST QUARTER                   22 21  Equinox
12  4  Moon furthest North (26.3)     24  6  Antares 0.8S of Moon    Occn
13 16  Mars 1.0S of Moon       Occn   25  3  Moon furthest South (-26.2)
16  7  Moon at perigee                26  4  FIRST QUARTER
16 16  Venus 3.1N of Moon             28  3  Moon at apogee
16 23  Regulus 3.1N of Moon           28 18  Mercury stationary
17  9  Uranus at opposition           29 22  Jupiter 2.8S of Moon
17 18  Saturn at conjunction          30 11  Neptune 2.7S of Moon
                                 October
 d  h                                  d  h
 2 22  Uranus 5.0S of Moon            14  7  Regulus 3.3N of Moon
 3 23  Mars 5.9S of Pollux            18  3  Spica 2.9N of Moon
 4  6  FULL MOON                      18  5  NEW MOON
 6  3  Mercury greatest elong W(18)   21 15  Antares 1.0S of Moon    Occn
 8  5  Mercury 0.3S of Saturn         22 12  Moon furthest South (-26.0)
 9  9  Moon furthest North (26.1)     24 20  Mercury 3.5N of Spica 
11  8  LAST QUARTER                   25 22  Moon at apogee
12  1  Mars 1.1N of Moon       Occn   26  0  FIRST QUARTER
13  8  Jupiter stationary             27  6  Jupiter 3.0S of Moon
13 10  Venus 0.5S of Saturn           27 19  Neptune 2.9S of Moon
13 12  Moon at perigee                30  4  Uranus 5.1S of Moon
                                 November
 d  h                                  d  h
 2 19  FULL MOON                      16 19  NEW MOON
 3  4  Venus 3.5N of Spica            17  9  Mercury 2.8N of Moon
 4 19  Neptune stationary             18  0  Antares 1.1S of Moon    Occn
 5  8  Mercury superior conjunction   18 20  Moon furthest South (-25.8)
 5 15  Moon furthest North (25.9)     22 10  Mercury 3.0N of Antares 
 7  7  Moon at perigee                22 19  Moon at apogee
 9  4  Mars 3.2N of Moon              23 19  Jupiter 3.3S of Moon
 9 15  LAST QUARTER                   24  3  Neptune 3.1S of Moon
10 13  Regulus 3.5N of Moon           24 21  FIRST QUARTER
14 11  Spica 3.0N of Moon             26 13  Uranus 5.2S of Moon
                                 December
 d  h                                  d  h
 2  4  Uranus stationary              18  9  Mercury greatest elong E(20)
 2  7  FULL MOON                      20 14  Moon at apogee
 2 23  Moon furthest North (25.8)     21  8  Jupiter 0.5S of Neptune 
 4 14  Moon at perigee                21 12  Jupiter 3.8S of Moon
 6 23  Mars 5.0N of Moon              21 12  Neptune 3.2S of Moon
 7 19  Regulus 3.6N of Moon           21 15  Mars stationary
 9  0  LAST QUARTER                   21 17  Solstice
 9 19  Venus 5.0N of Antares          23 21  Uranus 5.4S of Moon
11 17  Spica 3.1N of Moon             24 17  FIRST QUARTER
15  7  Antares 1.2S of Moon    Occn   24 17  Pluto at conjunction
15 22  Venus 3.1N of Moon             26  6  Mercury stationary
16  2  Moon furthest South (-25.7)    28  6  Venus 5.4S of Pluto 
16 12  NEW MOON                       30 10  Moon furthest North (25.7)
18  7  Mercury 1.3S of Moon           31 19  FULL MOON            Eclipse
 

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