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In the Sky this Month

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

May 1999

dd hh dd hh
  1 07 Mercury 1.8 S of Jupiter 16 12 Aldebaran 0.8 S of Moon Occn
  1 18 Mars nearest to Earth 18 15 Venus 5.8 N of Moon
  2 03 Moon at apogee 22 03 Uranus stationary
  6 19 Neptune stationary 22 03 Regulus 0.7 S of Moon Occn
  7 17 Neptune 0.0 S of Moon Occn. 22 05 FIRST QUARTER
  8 16 Uranus 0.8 S of Moon Occn 25 18 Mercury in superior conjn
  8 18 LAST QUARTER 26 11 Mars 5.0 S of Moon
13 05 Jupiter 3.6 N of Moon 28 02 Mercury greatest brilliancy
13 16 Mercury 0.7 N of Saturn 28 18 Mercury 6.5 N of Aldebaran
14 10 Saturn 3.0 N of Moon 29 08 Moon at apogee
14 12 Mercury 3.8 N of Moon 30 07 FULL MOON
15 12 NEW MOON 30 21 Pluto at opposition
15 14 Moon at perigee

30 22 Venus 4.2 S of Pollux

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