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Mar 6 Mercury reaches
greatest elongation,
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27° west of the Sun
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Mar 20 Spring begins at the
equinox, 9:37 UT
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May 26 A barely total lunar eclipse
is visible from the Paciﬁc
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Ocean and Rim regions, with
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maximum at 11:19 UT
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Jun 10 An annular eclipse of the Sun
takes place in a path from Ontario,
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Canada, across the Arctic and into
northeastern Russia
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50° north
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Jul 5 Mercury is 22° west of the Sun
Oct 25 Mercury reaches greatest elongation,
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18° west of the Sun
Nov 8 The Moon occults Venus at midday for
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northeastern Asia and in early afternoon
for most of Japan (except the southern21
most part)
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Nov 19 A partial eclipse of the Moon is visible
from North America and the Paciﬁc
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Ocean, becoming very nearly total
around 9:03 UT
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Jan 11 Jupiter has Mercury
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Saturn 2.3° to lower
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right, but they are quite
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low in bright twilight (sweep
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for them with binoculars)
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elongation, 19° east of the Sun
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May 16 Mercury is 22° east of the Sun
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May 28 Mercury is 0.5° left of Venus,
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but low - use binoculars
23
Jun 21 Longest day, 16h 22m at latitude
50° north
Rise
30
Jun 25 Latest sunset
Jul 5 Earth is 152,100,527 km from the Sun
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(aphelion) at 22:27 UT
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Jul 13 Mars is 0.5° below Venus, but they are
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low (use binoculars)
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47° east of the Sun
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