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- The Sun and Moon:1992
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- [Note: All data in the following tables is expressed in the scale
- of universal time (UT); this is also known as Greenwich mean time
- (GMT). To convert UT to the following local mean times, use the
- following formulas:
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- Eastern Standard Time (EST) - subtract 5 hours;
- Central Time (CT) - subtract 6 hours;
- Mountain Time (MT) - subtract 7 hours;
- Pacific Time (PT) - subtract 8 hours.
- Daylight Savings Time (Summer Time), is usually one
- hour in advance of Standard Time.]
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- The Sun: [d=Day; h=Hour; m=Minute]
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- d h m d h m
- Equinoxes Mar. 20 08 48 Sept. 22 18 43
- Solstices June 21 03 14 Dec. 21 14 43
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- Perigee Jan. 3 15
- Apogee July 3 12
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- Phases of the Moon:
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- Luna-
- tion New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
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- d h m d h m d h m d h m
- 854 Jan. 4 23 10 Jan. 13 02 32 Jan. 19 21 28 Jan. 26 15 52
- 855 Feb. 3 19 00 Feb. 11 16 15 Feb. 18 08 04 Feb. 25 07 32
- 856 Mar. 4 13 22 Mar. 12 02 36 Mar. 18 18 18 Mar. 26 02 45
- 857 Apr. 3 05 01 Apr. 10 10 06 Apr. 17 04 42 Apr. 24 21 46
- 858 May 2 17 44 May 9 15 43 May 16 16 03 May 24 15 30
- 859 June 1 03 57 June 7 20 47 June 15 04 50 June 23 08 50
- 860 June 30 12 18 July 7 02 43 July 14 19 06 July 22 22 25
- 861 July 29 19 35 Aug. 5 10 58 Aug. 13 10 27 Aug. 21 10 16
- 862 Aug. 28 02 42 Sep. 3 22 39 Sep. 12 02 17 Sep. 19 19 30
- 863 Sep. 26 10 40 Oct. 3 14 12 Oct. 11 18 03 Oct. 19 04 10
- 864 Oct. 25 20 34 Nov. 2 09 11 Nov. 10 09 20 Nov. 17 11 21
- 865 Nov. 24 09 11 Dec. 2 06 17 Dec. 9 23 41 Dec. 16 19 55
- 866 Dec. 24 00 43
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- Eclipses:
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- Event Date Range of Visibility
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- Annular eclipse of the Sun Jan. 4-5 Oceania, Philippines,
- Japan, extreme coast of
- N.E. Asia, N. Australia,
- W. coast of N. America.
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- d h m
- Eclipse begins Jan. 4 20 03.6
- Central eclipse begins 4 21 16.0
- Central eclipse at local apparent noon 4 23 14.7
- Central eclipse ends 5 00 53.1
- Eclipse ends 5 02 05.6
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- Partial eclipse of the Moon June 15 Antarctica, E. Africa, S.
- tip of Greenland, S.
- America, N. America
- except N.W., Central
- America, E. New Zealand.
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- d h m
- Moon enters penumbra June 15 02 09.1
- Moon enters umbra 15 03 26.6
- Middle of eclipse 15 04 57.0
- Moon leaves umbra 15 06 27.2
- Moon leaves penumbra 15 07 44.9
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- Total eclipse of the Sun June 30 Central S. America, S.W.
- Africa.
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- d h m
- Eclipse begins June 30 09 50.9
- Central eclipse begins 30 11 01.7
- Central eclipse at local apparent noon 30 12 23.4
- Central eclipse ends 30 13 18.9
- Eclipse ends 30 14 29.7
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- Total eclipse of the Moon Dec. 9-10 Asia except extreme E.,
- Europe including the
- British Isles, Africa,
- Iceland, Greenland, S.
- America except S.,
- Central America, N.
- America except W. coast.
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- d h m
- Moon enters penumbra Dec. 9 20 55.4
- Moon enters umbra 9 21 59.4
- Moon enters totality 9 23 06.8
- Middle of eclipse 9 23 44.1
- Moon leaves totality 10 00 21.5
- Moon leaves umbra 10 01 28.8
- Moon leaves penumbra 10 02 32.7
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- Partial eclipse of the Sun Dec. 23-24 E. China, Korea, Japan,
- extreme E. of U.S.S.R.,
- S.W. Alaska.
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- d h m
- Eclipse begins Dec. 23 22 20.7
- Greatest eclipse 24 00 30.7
- Eclipse ends 24 02 40.7
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- Lunar Phenomenon:
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- Moon At Perigee:
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- d h d h d h
- Jan. 19 22 June 4 02 Oct. 23 05
- Feb. 17 11 July 2 01 Nov. 19 00
- Mar. 16 18 July 30 08 Dec. 13 21
- Apr. 13 07 Aug. 27 18
- May 8 12 Sep. 25 03
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- Moon At Apogee:
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- d h d h d h
- Jan. 6 11 May 23 05 Oct. 7 06
- Feb. 2 04 June 19 22 Nov. 3 23
- Feb. 29 01 July 17 11 Dec. 1 20
- Mar. 28 21 Aug. 13 16 Dec. 29 17
- Apr. 25 15 Sep. 9 19
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- Occultations of Planets and Bright Stars by the Moon:
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- d h Body Range of Visibility
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- Jan. 3 10 Mars Extreme S. of S. America, Antarctica.
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- Jan. 31 17 Venus Most of Antarctica.
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- Feb. 1 09 Uranus N. Africa, Europe except extreme N.
- but including British Isles, W. of
- U.S.S.R., N. of Middle East.
- Feb. 1 12 Neptune Central S. America, S. Atlantic
- Ocean, Central Africa.
- Feb. 28 21 Neptune E. Java, E. Borneo, New Guinea, N.
- Australia, Pacific Ocean, S.
- Hawaiian Islands.
- Mar. 27 05 Neptune Central Africa, S.W. Asia.
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- Apr. 23 14 Neptune N.E. Pacific Ocean, N. America
- except extreme N. and E.
- W. Turkey.
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- May 20 21 Neptune Central Asia.
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- June 17 04 Neptune E. of N. America, S. Greenland,
- Iceland, W. Europe including the
- British Isles.
- July 14 09 Neptune Pacific Ocean, E. of N. America.
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- Aug. 10 14 Neptune E. of Asia except extreme S., Japan.
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- Sep. 6 19 Neptune N. Africa, Europe except extreme N.
- but including British Isles, N. of
- Middle East, W. of U.S.S.R.
- Sep. 20 09 Mars S. of S. America, extreme tip of
- Antarctic Peninsula, S.W. Atlantic
- Ocean.
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- Oct. 4 02 Neptune N.W. Canada.
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- Oct. 27 15 Mercury E. coast of N. America, West Indies,
- central Atlantic Ocean, N.E.
- Africa, tip of Itlay, Greece.
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- Oct. 28 15 Venus N. coast of S. America, central
- Atlantic, central Africa, Saudi
- Arabia.
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- No occultations of bright stars in 1992.
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- Source:The Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval Observatory.
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