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89 «« The Sun and Moon:1991
[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.]
The Sun: [d=Day; h=Hour; m=Minute]
d h m d h m
Equinoxes Mar. 21 03 02 Sept. 23 12 48
Solstices June 21 21 19 Dec. 22 08 54
Perigee Jan. 3 03
Apogee July 6 15
Phases of the Moon:
Luna-
tion New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
d h m d h m d h m d h m
841 Jan. 7 18 35
842 Jan. 15 23 50 Jan. 23 14 21 Jan. 30 06 10 Feb. 6 13 52
843 Feb. 14 17 32 Feb. 21 22 58 Feb. 28 18 25 Mar. 8 10 32
844 Mar. 16 08 10 Mar. 23 06 03 Mar. 30 07 17 Apr. 7 06 45
845 Apr. 14 19 38 Apr. 21 12 39 Apr. 28 20 58 May 7 00 46
846 May 14 04 36 May 20 19 46 May 28 11 37 June 5 15 30
847 June 12 12 06 June 19 04 19 June 27 02 58 July 5 02 50
848 July 11 19 06 July 18 15 11 July 26 18 24 Aug. 3 11 25
849 Aug. 10 02 28 Aug. 17 05 01 Aug. 25 09 07 Sept. 1 18 16
850 Sept. 8 11 01 Sept. 15 22 01 Sept. 23 22 40 Oct. 1 00 30
851 Oct. 7 21 39 Oct. 15 17 33 Oct. 23 11 08 Oct. 30 07 10
852 Nov. 6 11 11 Nov. 14 14 02 Nov. 21 22 56 Nov. 28 15 21
853 Dec. 6 03 56 Dec. 14 09 32 Dec. 21 10 23 Dec. 28 01 55
Eclipses:
Event Date Range of Visibility
Annular eclipse of the Sun Jan. 15-16 E. of Indonesia, S. of
New Guinea, Australia,
New Zealand, part of
Antarctica, Polynesia.
d h m
Eclipse begins Jan. 15 20 51.0
Central eclipse begins 15 21 59.9
Central eclipse at local apparent noon 15 23 43.5
Central eclipse ends 16 01 45.9
Eclipse ends 16 02 54.7
Penumbral eclipse of the Moon Jan. 30
Moon enters penumbra Jan. 30 03 57.8
Middle of eclipse 30 05 58.6
Moon leaves penumbra 30 07 59.4
Penumbral eclipse of the Moon June 27
Moon enters penumbra June 27 01 46.3
Middle of eclipse 27 03 14.7
Moon leaves penumbra 27 04 43.2
Total eclipse of the Sun July 11 Hawaiian Islands, S.W. of
Canada, U.S.A. except
extreme N.E., Mexico,
Central and S. America
except extreme S.
Eclipse begins July 11 16 28.7
Central eclipse begins 11 17 23.2
Central eclipse at local apparent noon 11 19 06.1
Central eclipse ends 11 20 48.8
Eclipse ends 11 21 43.4
Penumbral eclipse of the Moon July 26
Moon enters penumbra July 26 16 47.5
Middle of eclipse 26 18 07.8
Moon leaves penumbra 26 19 28.3
Partial eclipse of the Moon Dec. 21 Iceland, Greenland,
arctic regions, N.W. of
S. America, Central
America, N. America,
Pacific Ocean, Asia
except S.W., Australasia
except extreme W.,
extreme N. Europe.
Moon enters penumbra Dec. 21 08 25.4
Moon enters umbra 21 10 00.0
Middle of eclipse 21 10 33.0
Moon leaves umbra 21 11 06.1
Moon leaves penumbra 21 12 40.6
Lunar Phenomenon:
Moon At Perigee:
d h d h d h
Jan. 28 09 June 13 00 Oct. 27 16
Feb. 25 01 July 11 10 Nov. 24 02
Mar. 22 05 Aug. 8 18 Dec. 22 09
Apr. 17 17 Sept. 5 19
May 15 17 Oct. 2 18
Moon At Apogee:
d h d h d h
Jan. 12 11 May 31 03 Oct 15 11
Feb. 9 04 June 27 07 Nov. 12 08
Mar. 9 01 July 24 11 Dec. 10 02
Apr. 5 21 Aug. 20 23
May 3 15 Sept. 17 15
Occultations of Planets and Bright Stars by the Moon:
d h Body Range of Visibility
Jan. 12 03 Antares Middle East, S. central Asia, India,
S.E. Asia, China, Philippines.
Feb. 8 11 Antares S.E. of N. America, Cuba, West Indies,
N. tip of S. America, N. Atlantic,
W. Africa.
Feb. 11 04 Uranus S. Pacific, Ross Dependency Antarctica.
Feb. 12 18 Saturn Central Pacific, Hawaii, Mexico, Central
America, S. & E. of N. America,
West Indies, Cuba.
Mar. 7 19 Antares Korea, Japan, N.E. of USSR, N. Pacific,
Aleutian Is., Midway I.
Mar. 10 15 Uranus S. Pacific, Antarctica, Falkland Is.,
S. Atlantic.
Mar. 12 08 Saturn N. Africa, Europe except extreme N.,
British Isles, Turkey, S.W. of USSR.
Mar. 22 17 Mars N. Atlantic, N.E. Canada, Greenland,
Iceland, British Isles, Scandinavia,
N. Europe, USSR except E.
Apr. 4 03 Antares British Isles, central & S. Europe
except extreme S.W., W. of USSR,
W. Turkey.
Apr. 7 00 Uranus Southern Ocean, Antarctica, Australia
except N.W., S. of New Zealand.
Apr. 20 00 Mars S. Pacific, Tahiti, Marquesas, S.W. of
S. America.
May 4 08 Uranus S. Pacific, S. of S. America, Falkland
Is., S. Atlantic.
May 31 13 Uranus Australia except the extreme N. & W.,
New Zealand, Tahiti, Marquesas,
S. Pacific.
May 31 20 Neptune Ross Dependency Antarctica, S. Pacific.
June 27 17 Uranus S. Madagascar, S. Indian Ocean,
Australia, E. New Guinea, New
Caledonia.
June 28 00 Neptune Australian Antarctic Territory.
July 24 21 Uranus S. Atlantic, S. of S. Africa, Madagascar
except extreme N., Indian Ocean.
Aug. 11 08 Mercury Central Europe, Scandinavia, W. &
central USSR, N. India, China,
S.E. Asia, Philippines, N. Borneo.
Aug. 21 02 Uranus S. Pacific, S. of S. America, Falkland
Is., E. coast of S. America,
S. Atlantic.
Sept. 17 09 Uranus Indian Ocean, S. Australia, New Zealand,
New Caledonia, Fiji, S. Pacific.
Sept. 17 17 Neptune Southern Ocean (S. of Australia), coast
of Antarctica.
Oct. 4 15 Venus Pacific, Hawaii, W. coast of Mexico,
central S. America.
Oct. 14 18 Uranus Central and N. of S. America except
extreme N., S. Atlantic, central
Africa.
Oct. 15 02 Neptune Pacific (S. of New Zealand), coast of
Antarctica, S. of S. America,
Falkland Is.
Nov. 8 05 Mercury Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean,
Antarctica, S. tip of New Zealand.
Nov. 11 03 Uranus N. Guinea, extreme N. of Australia,
central Pacific, Hawaii.
Nov. 11 11 Neptune S. of S. Africa, Southern Ocean,
N. Australian Antarctic Territory,
Australia except E. Timor.
Dec. 8 14 Uranus W. & N. Africa, Europe except N.W.,
W. of USSR, Middle East except
S. Saudi Arabia.
Dec. 8 20 Neptune S. Pacific, central & S. of S. America,
except extreme S.
Source:The Nautical Almanac Office, U. S. Naval Observatory.