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In the Sky this Month

  December 1999

dd hh dd hh
  2 22 Pluto in conj. with Sun 17 08 Mercury 5.5 N of Antares
  3 05 Mercury greatest elong.  W(20) 18 06 Jupiter 4.1 N of Moon
  3 21 Venus 3.1 S of Moon 19 09 Saturn 2.9 N of Moon
  6 02 Mercury 2.9 S of Moon 19 14 Mercury 10.6 S of Pluto
  7 23 NEW MOON 21 05 Jupiter stationary
  8 14 Moon at apogee 21 09 Aldebaran 1.3 S of Moon Occn
11 22 Neptune 0.1 N of Moon Occn. 22 08 Solstice
12 19 Mars 0.6 S of Moon Occn. 22 11 Moon at perigee
12 21 Uranus 0.2 N of Moon Occn. 22 18 FULL MOON
14 05 Mars 0.7 S of Uranus 29 14 LAST QUARTER
16 01 FIRST QUARTER  

January 2000

dd hh dd hh
3 04 Venus 2.7 S of Moon 14 13 FIRST QUARTER
4 01 Earth at Perihelion 14 15 Jupiter 4.4 N of Moon
4 12 Moon at apogee 15 16 Saturn 3.1 N of Moon
6 06 Mercury 3.7 S of Moon 16 00 Mercury in superior conjn.
6 18 NEW MOON 19 21 Moon at perigee
7 10 Venus 6.6 N of Antares 20 22 Mercury 2.4 S of Neptune
8 05 Neptune 0.1 N of Moon Occn. 21 04 FULL MOON Eclipse
9 05 Uranus 0.4 N of Moon Occn. 24 18 Neptune in conj. with Sun
10 18 Mars 1.9 N of Moon 28 05 Mercury 1.3 S of Uranus
10 19 Venus 9.3 S of Pluto 28 08 LAST QUARTER
13 01 Saturn stationary  

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