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In the Sky This Month

December 1998

December   3, 1998      17h             FULL MOON
December   9, 1998      09h28m      Regulus occulted by moon
December 12, 1998      10h             Mars 1.8 deg S of Moon
December 14, 1998      23h-03h    Geminids meteor shower
December 19, 1998      01h            NEW MOON
December 22, 1998      04h            Summer Solstice
December 25, 1998      13h            Jupiter 1.2 deg N of Moon
December 28, 1998      20h39m     Occultation of mag 6.5 star
December 31, 1998      01h            Aldebaran 0.6 deg S of Moon

 

January 1999

January      2, 1999    03h         FULL MOON
January      3, 1999    21h         Earth at Perihelion
January      5, 1999    16h         Regulus 0.2 S of Moon Occn.
                                    08h         Venus 1.8 S of Neptune
January      8, 1999    23h         Mars 4.4 N of Spica
January      9, 1999    14h         LAST QUARTER
                                    20h         Mars 2.7 S of Moon
January    11, 1999    11h         Moon at apogee
January    13, 1999     19h        Venus 0.0 S of Uranus
January    16, 1999     17h        Mercury 4.6 S of Moon
January    17, 1999     16h        NEW MOON
January    18, 1999     01h        Neptune 1.7 S of Moon
                                    20h         Uranus 1.8 S of Moon
January    19,1999      08h        Venus 2.2 S of Moon
January    21, 1999     23h        Jupiter 1.8 N of Moon
January    22, 1999     08h        Neptune in conj. with Sun
January    24, 1999     19h        FIRST QUARTER
January    24, 1999     06h        Saturn 2.6 N of Moon
January    26, 1999     22h        Moon at perigee
January    27, 1999     07h        Aldebaran 0.4 S of Moon Occn
                                    07h         Mercury 2.3 S of Neptune
January    31,1999     16h          FULL MOON
                                                  Eclipse


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