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Feb 6 Saturn is 0.7° below Venus
on the 6th, and 0.7° above
26
left of Venus on the 7th
Feb 12 Jupiter is 0.5° left of Venus,
3
but they are so low you may
need binoculars
10
Mar 5 Mercury is 0.5° left of Jupiter
on the 5th, 0.5° below it
17
on the 6th
Mar 7 Mercury is 27° west of the Sun
24
Mar 30 Neptune is 1.5° north of Mercury
31
on the 30th, 1.5° northwest of
it on the 31st
7
Jul 1 Latest sunrise of the year
Jul 4 Latest onset of morning twilight
14
Jul 5 Mercury is 22° west of the Sun
21
Jul 6 Earth is 152,100,527 km from the
Sun (aphelion) at 8:27 a.m. AEST
28
Sep 23 Spring begins at the equinox,
5:21 a.m. AEST
5
Oct 25 Mercury is 18° west of the Sun
Dec 3 Earliest sunrise at latitude 30° south
12
Dec 9 Earliest onset of morning twilight
19
Dec 22 Summer begins at the solstice,
1:59 a.m. AEST

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n
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14
but low - use binoculars
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Jun 7 Earliest end of evening twilight
21
Jun 10 Earliest sunset; annular solar
es
is
eclipse in a path across the
28
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Jun 21 Shortest day, 10h 13m at
ta
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latitude 30° south; winter
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begins at the solstice,
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1:32 p.m. AEST
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ns
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left of Venus
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are 2.2° apart
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are 0.6° apart
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Set
16
opposition tonight
Aug 19 Mercury is just
23
0.2° above Mars
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this evening;
Rise
30
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r
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opposition tonight
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Sep 5 Venus and Spica
are 1.7° apart
13
Set
tonight and
tomorrow
20
Sep 14 Mercury is 27°
east of the Sun;
27
Rise
Neptune is at
opposition tonight
4
Oct 16 Venus and Antares
11
are 1.5° apart
Set
tonight and
18
tomorrow
Oct 29 Venus is 47° east
Alpha
25
of the Sun
Capricornids
Rise
Nov 4 Uranus is at
1
opposition tonight
Nov 19 Partial lunar eclipse
8
for Australia (at
Set
nightfall), the Paciﬁc
15
Ocean, and South
America (near dawn)
22
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Dec 4 Total solar eclipse in a
Rise
is
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path across Antarctica
29
us
Dec 22 Longest day, 14h 05m
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5
at latitude 30° south
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