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- The Sun and Moon:1994
-
- [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:
-
- 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]
-
- d h m d h m
- Equinoxes Mar. 20 20 28 Sept. 23 06 19
- Solstices June 21 14 48 Dec. 22 02 23
-
- Perigee Jan. 2 06
- Apogee July 5 19
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-
- Phases of the Moon:
-
- Luna-
- tion New Moon First Quarter
-
- d h m d h m
- 879 Jan. 11 23 10 Jan. 19 20 27
- 880 Feb. 10 14 30 Feb. 18 17 47
- 881 Mar. 12 07 05 Mar. 20 12 14
- 882 Apr. 11 00 17 Apr. 19 02 34
- 883 May 10 17 07 May 18 12 50
- 884 June 09 08 26 June 16 19 56
- 885 July 08 21 37 July 16 01 12
- 886 Aug. 07 08 45 Aug. 14 05 57
- 887 Sep. 05 18 33 Sep. 12 11 34
- 888 Oct. 05 03 55 Oct. 11 19 17
- 889 Nov. 03 13 35 Nov. 10 06 14
- 890 Dec. 02 23 54 Dec. 09 21 06
-
- Luna-
- tion Full Moon Last Quarter
-
- d h m d h m
- 878 Jan. 05 00 00
- 879 Jan. 27 13 23 Feb. 03 08 06
- 880 Feb. 26 01 15 Mar. 04 16 53
- 881 Mar. 27 11 09 Apr. 03 02 55
- 882 Apr. 26 19 45 May 02 14 32
- 883 May 25 03 39 June 01 04 02
- 884 June 23 11 33 June 30 19 31
- 885 July 22 20 16 July 30 12 40
- 886 Aug. 21 06 47 Aug. 29 12 40
- 887 Sep. 19 20 00 Sep. 28 00 23
- 888 Oct. 19 12 18 Oct. 27 16 44
- 889 Nov. 18 06 57 Nov. 26 07 04
- 890 Dec. 18 02 17 Dec. 25 19 06
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- Eclipses:
-
- Event Date Range of Visibility
-
- Annular eclipse May 10 Extreme N.E. Asia, N.
- of the Sun and Central America, W.
- Indies, Arctic regions,
- Greenland, Iceland,
- Europe except the S.E.
- but including British
- Isles, N.W. Africa,
- extreme N.W. of F.S.U.
-
- d h m
- Eclipse begins May 10 14 12.2
- Central eclipse begins 10 15 23.3
- Central eclipse at local noon 10 17 19.8
- Central eclipse ends 10 18 59.5
- Eclipse ends 10 20 10.6
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- Partial eclipse May 25 Africa, Europe except
- of the Moon the N.E. but including
- British Isles, S. tip
- of Iceland, S. tip of
- Greenland, Antarctica,
- the Americas except the
- N.W. and extreme N.
-
- d h m
- Moon enters penumbra May 25 01 17.9
- Moon enters umbra 25 02 37.3
- Middle of eclipse 25 03 30.3
- Moon leaves umbra 25 04 23.3
- Moon leaves penumbra 25 05 42.7
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- Total eclipse Nov. 3 Central and S. America,
- of the Sun part of Antartica, S.
- of Africa, Madagascar.
-
- d h m
- Eclipse begins Nov. 03 11 05.0
- Central eclipse begins 03 12 02.7
- Central eclipse at local noon 03 13 47.1
- Central eclipse ends 03 15 15.4
- Eclipse ends 03 16 13.1
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- Penumbral eclipse Nov. 18 N. America, Greenland,
- of the Moon Iceland, Arctic region,
- C. and S. America,
- Hawaii, W. Africa,
- Europe, extreme W.
- Asia.
-
- d h m
- Moon enters penumbra Nov. 18 04 25.7
- Middle of eclipse 18 06 43.9
- Moon leaves penumbra 18 09 02.1
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- Lunar Phenomenon:
-
- Moon At Perigee:
-
- d h d h d h
- Jan. 06 01 May 24 03 Oct. 06 14
- Jan. 31 04 June 21 07 Nov. 04 00
- Feb. 27 22 July 18 18 Dec. 02 12
- Mar. 28 06 Aug. 12 23 Dec. 30 23
- Apr. 25 17 Sep. 08 14
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- Moon At Apogee:
-
- d h d h d h
- Jan. 19 05 May 09 02 Sep. 24 12
- Feb. 16 02 June 05 13 Oct. 22 02
- Mar. 15 17 July 03 05 Nov. 18 05
- Apr. 12 00 July 30 23 Dec. 15 08
- Aug. 27 18
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-
-
- Occultations of Planets and Bright Stars by the
- Moon:
-
-
- d h Body Range of Visibility
-
- Apr. 12 23 Venus N Greenland, Arctic
- regions, N.E. Asia
- except extreme E.
-
- July 05 05 Mars S. of Africa,
- Madagascar, Indian
- Ocean, S. India, S.E.
- Asia, W. Australia.
-
- Oct. 07 12 Jupiter W. coast of S. America,
- S. Atlantic, most of
- Antarctica, Southern
- Ocean.
-
- Dec. 30 00 Jupiter N.E. Asia except
- extreme N., most of
- Japan.
-
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- No occultations of bright stars in 1994.
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-
- Source:The Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval
- Observatory.
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