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- The Sun and Moon:1993
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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 14 41 Sept. 23 00 22
- Solstices June 21 09 00 Dec. 21 20 26
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- Perigee Jan. 4 03
- Apogee July 4 22
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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
- 866 Jan. 01 03 38 Jan. 08 12 37 Jan. 15 04 01
- 867 Jan. 22 18 10 Jan. 30 23 20 Feb. 06 23 55 Feb. 13 14 57
- 868 Feb. 21 13 05 Mar. 01 15 46 Mar. 08 09 46 Mar. 15 04 16
- 869 Mar. 23 07 14 Mar. 31 04 10 Apr. 06 18 43 Apr. 13 19 39
- 870 Apr. 21 23 49 Apr. 29 12 40 May 06 03 34 May 13 12 20
- 871 May 21 14 06 May 28 18 21 June 04 13 02 June 12 05 36
- 872 June 20 01 52 June 26 22 43 July 03 23 45 July 11 22 49
- 873 July 19 11 24 July 26 03 25 Aug. 02 12 10 Aug. 10 15 19
- 874 Aug. 17 19 28 Aug. 24 09 57 Sep. 01 02 33 Sep. 09 06 26
- 875 Sep. 16 03 10 Sep. 22 19 32 Sep. 30 18 54 Oct. 08 19 35
- 876 Oct. 15 11 36 Oct. 22 08 52 Oct. 30 12 38 Nov. 07 06 36
- 877 Nov. 13 21 34 Nov. 21 02 03 Nov. 29 06 31 Dec. 06 15 49
- 878 Dec. 13 09 27 Dec. 20 22 26 Dec. 28 23 05
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- Eclipses:
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- Event Date Range of Visibility
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- Partial eclipse of the Sun May 21 N. America except S.E.,
- artic regions, Greenland,
- Iceland, N. Europe, N.
- British Isles, N.W. of
- U.S.S.R.
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- d h m
- Eclipse begins May 21 12 18.8
- Greatest eclipse 21 14 19.3
- Eclipse ends 21 16 19.5
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- Total eclipse of the Moon June 4 Tip of S. America, W.
- coast of N. America,
- Antartica, Australasia,
- S.E. Asia
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- d h m
- Moon enters penumbra June 4 10 10.8
- Moon enters umbra 4 11 11.2
- Moon enters totality 4 12 12.2
- Middle of eclipse 4 13 00.5
- Moon leaves totality 4 13 48.7
- Moon leaves umbra 4 13 49.7
- Moon leaves penumbra 4 15 50.2
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- Partial eclipse of the Sun Nov. 13 Tip of S. America,
- Antartica, New Zealand,
- S. Australia
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- d h m
- Eclipse begins Nov. 13 19 46.4
- Greatest eclipse 13 21 44.9
- Eclipse ends 13 23 43.2
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- Total eclipse of the Moon Nov. 29 Most of Europe, British
- Isles, W. Africa,
- Iceland, Greenland,
- artic region, the
- Americas, N.E. Asia
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- d h m
- Moon enters penumbra Nov. 29 03 27.1
- Moon enters umbra 29 04 40.4
- Moon enters totality 29 06 02.2
- Middle of eclipse 29 06 26.1
- Moon leaves totality 29 06 50.1
- Moon leaves umbra 29 08 11.9
- Moon leaves penumbra 29 09 25.0
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- Lunar Phenomenon:
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- Moon At Perigee:
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- d h d h d h
- Jan. 10 12 May 4 00 Sep. 16 15
- Feb. 7 20 May 31 11 Oct. 15 02
- Mar. 8 09 June 25 17 Nov. 12 12
- Apr. 5 19 July 22 08 Dec. 10 14
- Aug. 19 07
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- Moon At Apogee:
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- d h d h d h
- Jan. 26 10 May 15 22 Sep. 30 21
- Feb. 22 18 June 12 16 Oct. 28 00
- Mar. 21 19 July 10 11 Nov. 24 13
- Apr. 18 05 Aug. 7 04 Dec. 22 08
- Sep. 3 17
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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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- Feb. 25 04 Venus Australia except N.W., E. of Papua
- New Guina, Pacific.
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- Apr. 19 17 Venus Hawaii, Pacific, N. America except
- N.W., S. Greenland, Iceland,
- Ireland.
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- No occultations of bright stars in 1993.
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- Source:The Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval Observatory.
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