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In the Sky this Month

March 1999

dd hh dd hh
  1 09 Regulus 0.3 S of Moon Occn. 18 10 Mars stationary
  2 07 FULL MOON 18 11 Jupiter 2.7 N of Moon
  3 07 Mercury greatest elong. E(18) 19 19 Mercury in inferior conjn.
  7 02 Mars 3.2 S of Moon 20 00 Moon at perigee
  8 04 Moon at apogee 20 01 Venus 5.2 N of Moon
  9 22 Mercury stationary 20 03 Saturn 2.8 N of Moon
10 09 LAST QUARTER 20 21 Venus 2.6 N of Saturn
13 23 Neptune 1.5 S of Moon 21 02 Equinox
14 19 Uranus 1.4 S of Moon 22 18 Aldebaran 0.5 S of Moon Occn
14 23 Pluto stationary 24 10 FIRST QUARTER
17 18 NEW MOON 28 16 Regulus 0.3 S of Moon Occn.
17 20 Mercury 7.0 N of Moon 31 23 FULL MOON

April 1999

dd hh dd hh
  1 06 Jupiter in conj. with Sun 16 20 Mercury greatest elong. W(27)
  1 08 Mercury stationary 17 05 Moon at perigee
  3 08 Mars 3.3 S of Moon 18 20 Venus 6.7 N of Moon
  4 19 Moon at apogee 19 02 Aldebaran 0.7 S of Moon Occn
  9 03 LAST QUARTER 21 20 Venus 7.5 N of Aldebaran
10 09 Neptune 1.3 S of Moon 22 19 FIRST QUARTER
11 07 Uranus 1.1 S of Moon Occn 24 18 Mars at opposition
14 03 Mercury 1.1 N of Moon Occn 24 21 Regulus 0.4 S of Moon Occn.
15 08 Jupiter 3.2 N of Moon 27 11 Saturn in conj. with Sun
16 04 NEW MOON 29 21 Mars 3.9 S of Moon
16 18 Saturn 2.9 N of Moon 30 15 FULL MOON

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