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Jan 3 Earth is 147,100,176 km
from the Sun (perihelion)
at 9 a.m. EST
Jan 9 Saturn is just ½° to the
lower right of Venus
Feb 7 Mercury is 26° west of
the Sun
Feb 13 Mercury is 4° to the lower
right of Venus (Feb. 12-15)
Jun 6 Mercury is 24° west of the Sun
this morning
Jun 21 Winter begins at the solstice,
8:34 a.m. EST
Jul 1 Latest sunrise
Jul 4 Latest onset of morning twilight
Jul 5 Earth is 152,103,776 km from the
Sun (aphelion) at 2 a.m. EST
Sep 1 Annular solar eclipse for part of
central Africa and Madagascar
Sep 23 Spring begins at the equinox,
12:21 a.m. EST
Sep 29 Mercury is 18° west of the Sun
Dec 3 Earliest sunrise
Dec 8 Earliest morning twilight

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Sep 2 Neptune reaches
opposition
Sep 16 Penumbral lunar
eclipse for Africa,
most shading near
19h UT
Sep 18 Spica is 2.5° left of
Venus tonight and
tomorrow
Oct 15 Uranus' opposition
Oct 29 Saturn is 3.0°
to the right of
Venus tonight and
tomorrow
Dec 11 Mercury is 21° east of
the Sun
Dec 21 Longest day, 14h 05m at
latitude 30° south
Dec 21 Summer begins at the
solstice, 8:44 p.m. EST

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