Diary of Astronomical Phenomena 2003 January d h 2 19 Mercury stationary 3 07 NEW MOON 4 05 Earth at perihelion 4 11 Mercury 4.6°N of Moon 4 21 DouglaS scrub public viewing 10 21 HeightS School public viewing 11 00 FIRST QUARTER 11 12 MooN at apogee 11 12 VenuS greatest elong W(47°) 11 20 Mercury inferior conjunction 15 04 AldebaraN 5.7°S of Moon 16 06 SaturN 2.7°S of Moon 18 13 Pollux 3.0°N of Moon 18 21 FULL MOON 20 03 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 21 05 Regulu°S 4.6°S of Moon 24 09 MooN at perigee 25 00 Spica 5.5°S of Moon 25 19 LAST QUARTER 28 02 Mar°S 0.5°N of Moon 28 08 Antare°S 4.3°S of Moon 29 05 Venu°S 4.3°N of Moon 30 21 Mercury 4.8°N of Moon 31 0 Neptune, conjunctioN with Sun February d h 1 20 MarS 4.9°N of Antares 1 21 NEW MOON 1 21 DouglaS Scrub public viewing 2 20 Jupiter at opposition 3 02 UranuS 4.2°N of Moon 4 13 Mercury greatest elong W(25) 5 20 ASSA General meeting 7 21 HeightS School public viewing 8 09 MooN at apogee 9 21 FIRST QUARTER 11 13 AldebaraN 5.9°S of Moon 12 13 SaturN 2.6°S of Moon 14 23 Pollux 2.9°N of Moon 16 06 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 17 10 FULL MOON 17 14 Regulu°S 4.5°S of Moon 18 08 UranuS at conjunction 20 03 MooN at perigee 21 07 Spica 5.3°S of Moon 21 17 Mercury 1.5°S of Neptune 24 04 LAST QUARTER 24 12 Antare°S 4.1°S of Moon 25 5 Mar°S 1.9°N of Moon 28 00 Venu°S 5.1°N of Moon March d h 1 21 Dougla°S Scrub Public viewing 2 04 Mercury 2.9°N of Moon 3 13 NEW MOON 5 07 Mercury 1.4°S of Uranus 5 20 ASSA General meeting 7 21 Height°S School public viewing 8 03 Moo°N at apogee 11 17 FIRST QUARTER 11 22 SaturN 2.8°S of Moon 13 05 Venu°S 0.2°N of Neptune 14 08 Pollux 2.7°N of Moon 15 12 Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon 17 00 ReguluS 4.5°S of Moon 18 21 FULL MOON 20 06 Moon at perigee 20 15 Spica 5.2°S of Moon 21 11 Equinox 22 10 Mercury superior conjunction 23 19 AntareS 3.9°S of Moon 25 13 LAST QUARTER 26 05 MarS 2.9°N of Moon 28 23 VenuS 0.0 of Uranus 30 01 VenuS 4.4°N of Moon April d h 2 05 NEW MOON 2 20 ASSA General meeting 3 08 Mercury 3.6°N of Moon 4 12 MooN at apogee 4 15 Jupiter stationary 5 20 Douglas Scrub viewing 8 07 SaturN 3.0°S of Moon 10 9 FIRST QUARTER 10 16 Pollux 2.6°N of Moon 11 19 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 11 20 HeightS School public viewing 13 9 ReguluS 4.7°S of Moon 16 23 Mercury greatest elong E(20°) 17 01 Spica 5.1°S of Moon 17 05 FULL MOON 17 14 MooN at perigee 20 02 AntareS 3.7°S of Moon 23 18 Mar°S 3.3°N of Moon 23 22 LAST QUARTER 29 05 VenuS 2.4°N of Moon May d h 1 15 MooN at apogee 1 22 NEW MOON 2 15 Mercury 2.5°N of Moon 5 18 SaturN 3.2°S of Moon 7 17 Mercury inferior conjunction Transit acrosS suN visible from SA 7 20 ASSA General meeting 7 23 Pollux 2.4°N of Moon 9 06 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 9 19 HeightS School public viewing 9 21 FIRST QUARTER 10 18 ReguluS 4.8°S of Moon 14 12 Spica 5.1°S of Moon 15 00 MarS 2.0°S of Neptune 16 00 MooN at perigee 16 13 FULL MOO°N Eclipse Not visible from SA 17 13 AntareS 3.7°S of Moon 20 00 Mercury stationary 22 07 MarS 2.9°N of Moon 23 12 LAST QUARTER 27 14 Mercury 2.2°S of Venus 28 23 MooN at apogee 29 10 Mercury 2.3°S of Moon 29 13 Venu°S 0.2°S of Moo°N Occn Not visible iN SA 31 14 NEW MOON Eclipse Not visible iN SA 31 19 DouglaS Scrub public viewing June d h 2 07 SaturN 3.5°S of Moon 3 16 Mercury greatest elong W(24°) 4 04 Pollux 2.5°N of Moon 4 20 ASSA general meeting 5 18 Jupiter 4.2°S of Moon 6 20 HeightS School public viewing 7 00 ReguluS 4.8°S of Moon 8 24 UranuS stationary 8 06 FIRST QUARTER 10 06 Pluto at opposition 10 21 Spica 5.0°S of Moon 13 07 MooN at perigee 13 23 AntareS 3.6°S of Moon 14 21 FULL MOON 18 15 VenuS 4.7°N of Aldebaran 19 13 Mercury 4.0°N of Aldebaran 19 17 MarS 1.5°N of Moon 21 11 Mercury 0.4°S of Venus 22 00 LAST QUARTER 22 06 Solstice 24 06 MarS 3.1°S of Uranus 24 23 SaturN at conjunction 25 23 MooN at apogee 28 20 DouglaS scrub public viewing 29 07 VenuS 2.4°S of Moon 29 21 Mercury 2.2°S of Moon 29 20 SaturN 3.7°S of Moon 30 04 NEW MOON July d h 1 10 Pollux 2.5°N of Moon 1 11 Mercury 1.5°N of Saturn 2 20 ASSA General meeting 3 08 Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon 4 05 ReguluS 4.7°S of Moon 4 20 HeightS School public viewing 5 20 Earth at aphelion 5 20 Mercury superior conjunction 7 12 FIRST QUARTER 8 04 Spica 4.9°S of Moon 8 18 VenuS 0.8°N of Saturn 10 16 Mercury 5.0°S of Pollux 11 07 MooN at perigee 11 09 AntareS 3.5°S of Moon 14 05 FULL MOON 17 18 MarS 0.3°S of Moo°N Occn Not visible iN SA 21 17 LAST QUARTER 23 06 MooN at apogee 26 14 Mercury 0.3°N of Jupiter 26 20 DouglaS Scrub public viewing 27 10 SaturN 4.0°S of Moon 28 17 Pollux 2.5°N of Moon 29 05 VenuS 3.6°S of Moon 29 16 NEW MOON 30 23 Mercury 0.2°N of Regulus 31 02 Jupiter 4.2°S of Moon 31 11 Regulu°S 4.6°S of Moon 31 13 Mercury 4.5°S of Moon August d h 4 9 Spica 4.8°S of Moon 4 23 Neptune at opposition 5 17 FIRST QUARTER 6 20 ASSA General meeting 7 01 MooN at perigee 8 00 AntareS 3.4°S of Moon 8 20 HeightS School public viewing 12 14 FULL MOON 13 18 UranuS 4.2°N of Moon 14 02 MarS 1.8°S of Moon 15 05 Mercury greatest elong E(27°) 19 04 VenuS superior conjunction 19 23 MooN at apogee 20 11 LAST QUARTER 21 20 VenuS 0.5°N of Jupiter 22 19 VenuS 0.9°N of Regulus 22 20 Jupiter at conjunction 23 20 DouglaS Scrub public viewing 23 24 SaturN 4.3°S of Moon 25 02 Pollux 2.4°N of Moon 26 05 Jupiter 0.4°N of Regulus 27 19 MarS nearest to Earth 27 20 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 27 20 ReguluS 4.5°S of Moon 28 03 NEW MOON 28 07 Venu°S 3.5°S of Moon 28 09 Mercury stationary 29 03 MarS at opposition 31 15 Spica 4.6°S of Moon September d h 1 03 MooN at perigee 3 20 AntareS 3.2°S of Moon 3 20 ASSA general meeting 3 22 FIRST QUARTER 5 20 HeightS School public viewing 8 14 Mercury 5.4°S of Venus 10 06 MarS 1.2°S of MooN Occn Not visible iN SA 11 02 FULL MOON 11 12 Mercury inferior conjunction 16 18 MooN at apogee 19 05 LAST QUARTER 19 21 Mercury stationary 20 14 SaturN 4.7°S of Moon 21 11 Pollux 2.2°N of Moon 23 20 Equinox 24 06 ReguluS 4.6°S of Moon 24 16 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 25 06 Mercury 4.2°S of Moon 26 13 NEW MOON 27 07 VenuS 2.1°S of Moon 27 13 Mercury greatest elong W(18°) 27 20 DouglaS Scrub public viewing 28 00 Spica 4.4°S of Moon 28 17 MooN at perigee October d h 1 03 AntareS 3.0°S of MooN *** 1 20 ASSA General meeting 3 04 FIRST QUARTER 3 20 Height°S School public viewing 5 07 VenuS 2.9°N of Spica 7 01 MarS 1.0°N of MooN Occn Not visible iN SA 10 17 FULL MOON 14 12 MooN at apogee 17 24 SaturN 4.9°S of Moon 18 19 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 18 22 LAST QUARTER 21 06 Mercury 3.1°N of Spica 21 15 ReguluS 4.7°S of Moon 22 12 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 25 10 Spica 4.4°S of Moon 25 20 Mercury superior conjunction 25 20 DouglaS Scrub public viewing 25 23 Mercury 1.1°S of Moon 25 23 NEW MOON 26 23 MooN at perigee 27 06 VenuS 0.0°N of Moo°N Occn Not visible from SA 28 11 AntareS 2.9°S of Moon November d h 1 15 FIRST QUARTER 3 22 MarS 2.8°N of Moon 5 20 ASSA General meeting 9 11 FULL MOON Eclipse Not visible iN SA 11 01 MooN at apogee 11 06 Venu 3.9°N of Antares 14 06 SaturN 4.9°S of Moon 15 03 Pollux 2.0°N of Moon 17 15 LAST QUARTER 18 01 ReguluS 4.7°S of MooN 19 05 Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon 19 06 Mercury 2.7°N of Antares 21 22 Spica 4.3°S of Moon 24 10 NEW MOON Eclipse Partial eclipse iN Australia 24 11 Moo°N at perigee 24 23 Antare°S 2.9°S of Moon 25 13 Mercury 0.2°N of MooN Occn Visible from SA 26 05 VenuS 1.9°N of Moon 28 21 HeightS School public viewing 29 21 DouglaS Scrub public viewing December d h 1 04 FIRST QUARTER 2 06 MarS 3.6°N of Moon 3 20 ASSA Annual meeting 5 21 HeightS School public viewing 7 23 MooN at apogee 9 07 FULL MOON 9 14 Mercury greatest elong E(21) 11 09 SaturN 4.7°S of Moon 12 09 Pollux 2.1°N of Moon 12 16 Pluto at conjunction 15 07 ReguluS 4.7°S of Moon 16 17 Jupiter 3.4°S of Moon 17 04 LAST QUARTER 17 21 Mercury stationary 19 07 Spica 4.2°S of Moon 22 10 AntareS 2.8°S of Moo°N 22 17 Solstice 22 22 Moo°N at perigee 23 20 NEW MOON 24 08 Mercury 5.2°N of Moon 26 04 VenuS 3.1°N of Moon 27 12 Mercury inferior conjunction 30 20 MarS 3.4°N of Moon 30 21 FIRST QUARTER 31 04 VenugS 1.8°S of Neptune 31 24 SaturN at opposition