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In the Sky this Month

September 1999

dd hh dd hh
  1 07 Saturn 3.0 N of Moon 17 21 FIRST QUARTER
  2 20 Moon at perigee 18 03 Mars 13.3 S of Pluto
  2 23 Aldebaran 0.9 S of Moon Occn 20 23 Neptune 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
  2 23 LAST QUARTER 21 21 Uranus 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
  7 17 Venus 8.1 S of Moon 23 11 Equinox
  8 15 Regulus 1.1 S of Moon Occn. 25 11 FULL MOON
  8 16 Mercury in superior conjn. 26 21 Venus greatest brilliancy
  9 21 Venus stationary 27 13 Jupiter 3.8 N of Moon
  9 22 NEW MOON 28 12 Saturn 2.7 N of Moon
10 00 Mercury 1.6 S of Moon 28 18 Moon at perigee
16 10 Mars 6.7 S of Moon 30 04 Aldebaran 0.0 S of Moon Occn
16 19 Moon at apogee 30 17 Mercury 1.7 N of Spica
17 06 Mars 2.8 N of Antares

October 1999

dd hh dd hh
  2 05 LAST QUARTER 19 05 Uranus 0.5 S of Moon Occn.
  5 18 Venus 4.5 S of Moon 23 07 Uranus stationary
  5 22 Regulus 1.3 S of Moon Occn. 23 19 Jupiter at opposition
  8 20 Venus 3.1 S of Regulus 24 14 Mercury greatest elong. E(24)
  9 12 NEW MOON 24 18 Jupiter 3.6 N of Moon
11 03 Mercury 7.1 S of Moon 24 22 FULL MOON
13 18 Neptune stationary 25 19 Saturn 2.5 N of Moon
14 15 Moon at apogee 26 16 Moon at perigee
15 13 Mars 5.2 S of Moon 27 12 Aldebaran 1.1 S of Moon Occn
17 15 FIRST QUARTER 31 04 Venus greatest elong. W(46)
18 07 Neptune 0.6 S of Moon Occn. 31 13 LAST QUARTER

 

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