Date CST Event (h:m) Jan 4 07 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 405707 km 5 08 Earth closest to Sun 8 02:13 FULL MOON 12 22 Jupiter 3.4°S of Moon 15 15:15 LAST QUARTER 18 07 Mercury best in morning sky 20 06 Earth-Moon distance least: 362768 km 21 01 Mercury 4.7°N of Moon 22 07:38 NEW MOON 25 03 Venus 3.6°N of Moon 28 14 Mars 2.6°N of Moon 29 16:33 FIRST QUARTER 30 21:30 Heights Obs public viewing Feb 1 01 Moon at Apogee: 404807 km 3 15 Saturn 4.5°S of Moon 4 20 ASSA monthly meeting 6 19:20 FULL MOON 9 01 Jupiter 3.2°S of Moon 14 00:08 LAST QUARTER 16 19 Earth-Moon distance least: 368320 km 20 19:51 NEW MOON 24 07 Venus 3.0°N of Moon 26 13 Mars 0.9°N of Moon: Occn. 27 21:00 Heights Observatory public viewing 28 13:57 FIRST QUARTER 28 21:00 Stockport public Star party 28 22 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 404259 km Mar 3 20 ASSA monthly meeting 4 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 4 16 Jupiter at Opposition 7 03 Jupiter 3.2°S of Moon 7 09:47 FULL MOON 12 15 Earth-Moon distance least: 369511 km 14 07:30 LAST QUARTER 20 17:20 Autumnal Equinox 21 09:15 NEW MOON 25 08 Venus 2.2°N of Moon 26 11 Mars 0.8°S of Moon: Occn. 26 20:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 27 17 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 404520 km 28 09:23 FIRST QUARTER 29 20 Mercury best in evening sky 29 22 Venus best in evening sky Apr 3 05 Jupiter 3.5°S of Moon 5 20:35 FULL MOON 7 20 ASSA monthly meeting 8 12 Earth-Moon distance least: 364548 km 12 13:17 LAST QUARTER 17 11 Mercury between Sun and Earth 19 22:54 NEW MOON 19 23:09 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.741 Not visible in SA 23 20 Venus 1.5°N of Moon 24 07 Mars 2.2°S of Moon 24 10 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 405403 km 27 03:09 FIRST QUARTER 30 12 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 30 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing May 5 04:18 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.296 Eclipse starts 04:18 Totality starts 05:22 Totality ends 06:38 Moonsets partially eclipsed 07:02 5 06:06 FULL MOON 5 20 ASSA monthly meeting 6 14 Earth-Moon distance least: 359812 km 11 20:37 LAST QUARTER 15 07 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.0°W 17 09 Mercury 2.6°S of Moon 19 14:24 NEW MOON 21 22 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 406262 km 21 22 Venus 0.3°S of Moon 23 04 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 27 17:32 FIRST QUARTER 27 22 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 28 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 29 19:30 Stockport Obs. public Star party? Jun 2 20 ASSA monthly meeting 3 13:51 FULL MOON 3 23 Earth-Moon distance least: 357249 km 8 16 Venus transits the Sun Starts at 14:39 Venus and Sun set at 17:11 with transit in progress 10 05:37 LAST QUARTER 18 02 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 406575 km 18 05:59 NEW MOON 19 07 Mercury other side of Sun to Earth 20 19 Mars 3.8°S of Moon 21 10:28 Winter Solstice 24 08 Jupiter 3.4°S of Moon 25 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 26 04:41 FIRST QUARTER Jul 2 09 Earth-Moon distance least: 357450 km 2 20:40 FULL MOON 5 16 Earth-Sun distance at maximum 7 20 ASSA monthly meeting 9 03 Saturn-Sun Conjunction 9 17:09 LAST QUARTER 15 07 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 406192 km 17 20:55 NEW MOON 21 23 Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon 23 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 25 13:08 FIRST QUARTER 27 19 Mercury best seen in Evening sky 30 16 Earth-Moon distance least: 360326 km Aug 1 04:36 FULL MOON 4 20 ASSA Montly meeting 6 06 Neptune at Opposition 8 7:36 LAST QUARTER 11 20 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 405291 km 16 20:54 NEW MOON 18 04 Venus best seen in morning sky 18 05 Jupiter 2.6°S of Moon 20 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 21 19:30 Stoclport Obs. public star party 23 19:40 FIRST QUARTER 24 17 Mercury between Sun and Earth 27 16 Earth-Moon distance least: 365106 km 28 13 Uranus at Opposition 30 11:53 FULL MOON Sep 1 20 ASSA montly meeting 7 00:43 LAST QUARTER 8 13 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 404464 km 9 24 Mercury best seen in morning sky 14 23:59 NEW MOON 15 22 Mars-Sun Conjunction 22 01:21 FIRST QUARTER 22 10 Jupiter-Sun Conjunction 23 02:01 Spring Equinox 23 07 Earth-Moon distance least: 369600 km 24 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 28 22:39 FULL MOON Oct 6 04 Mercury opposite side of Sun to Earth 6 08 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 404328 km 6 19:42 LAST QUARTER 6 20 ASSA Montly meeting 11 05 Venus 3.9°S of Moon 14 12:18 NEW MOON 14 12:27 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.925 Not visible in Australia 18 01 Earth-Moon distance least: 367758 km 21 07:26 FIRST QUARTER 22 19:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 28 12:35 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.308 Not visible in Australia 28 12:38 FULL MOON Nov 1 13 Venus-Sun distance least 3 05 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 404999 km 3 20 ASSA montly meeting 5 16:23 LAST QUARTER 10 03 Jupiter 1.0°S of Moon 10 13 Venus 0.2°N of Moon: Occn. 13 00:57 NEW MOON 14 14 Mercury 0.9°N of Moon: 14 24 Earth-Moon distance least: 362313 km 19 16:19 FIRST QUARTER 19 20:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 20 20:30 Stockport Obs. public Star party 21 12 Mercury best seen in Evening sky 27 06:38 FULL MOON 30 22 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 405953 km Dec 1 20 ASSA monthly meeting & AGM 5 11:21 LAST QUARTER 7 22 Jupiter 0.4°S of Moon: Occn. 10 11 Mars 2.1°N of Moon 10 16 Venus 3.5°N of Moon 10 19 Mercury between Sun and Earth 12 11:59 NEW MOON 13 09 Earth-Moon distance least: 357986 km 17 21:30 Heights Obs. public viewing 19 03:11 FIRST QUARTER 21 23:13 Summer Solstice 27 01:37 FULL MOON 28 06 Earth-Moon distance greatest: 406488 km 30 07 Mercury best seen in morning sky