Events occurring in 2006

Last Quarter Moon
13 December 2006 at approximately 1:32 am

Pluto Conjunction
19 December 2006 at approximately 1:30 am

New Moon
21 December 2006 at approximately 1:02 am

First Quarter Moon
28 December 2006 at approximately 1:48 am


Events occurring in 2007

Full Moon
4 January 2007 at approximately 12:58 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
7 January 2007 at approximately 4:51 pm

Comet C/2006 P1 (information from Robert McNaught on 9 January 2007)
Comet C/2006 P1 has brightened considerably recently and looks like it will become the brightest comet for over 40 years. It will first become visible in these latitudes next weekend (14th) and could then rival or outshine Venus. However it is very close to the sun, so will not be visible for long after sunset. Details can be found at "http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1.htm". The comet is already at mag -1 and is easily visible to the naked eye to observers in northern latitudes.

Last Quater Moon
11 January 2007 at approximately 11:46 pm

New Moon
19 January 2007 at approximately 3:02 pm

First Quarter Moon
26 January 2007 at approximately 10:02 am

Full Moon
2 February 2007 at approximately 4:46 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
8 February 2007 at approximately 3:23 am

Neptune Conjunction
9 February 2007 at approximately 2:43 am

Last Quarter Moon
10 February 2007 at approximately 8:52 pm

Saturn Opposition
11 February 2007 at approximately 5:16 am

New Moon
18 February 2007 at approximately 3:16 am

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
23 February 2007 at approximately 3:41 pm

First Quarter Moon
24 February 2007 at approximately 6:56 pm

Full Moon
4 March 2007 at approximately 10:18 am

Total Lunar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
4 March 2007, start time approximately 7:19 am, end time approximately 1:22 pm

Uranus Conjunction
6 March 2007 at approximately 2:30 am

Jupiter Western Quadrature
10 March 2007 at approximately 1:13 am

Last Quarter Moon
12 March 2007 at approximately 2:54 pm

Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
19 March 2007, start time approximately 11:38 am, end time approximately 3:26 pm

New Moon
19 March 2007 at approximately 1:44 pm

Pluto Western Quadrature
20 March 2007 at approximately 8:52 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
22 March 2007 at approximately 9:50 am

First Quarter Moon
26 March 2007 at approximately 4:16 am

Full Moon
3 April 2007 at approximately 3:16 am

Last Quarter Moon
11 April 2007 at approximately 4:04 am

New Moon
17 April 2007 at approximately 9:38 pm

First Quarter Moon
24 April 2007 at approximately 4:36 pm

Full Moon
2 May 2007 at approximately 8:10pm

Mercury Superior Conjunction
3 May 2007 at approximately 1:59 pm

Saturn Eastern Quadrature
9 May 2007 at approximately 9:48 pm

Last Quarter Moon
10 May 2007 at approximately 2:28 pm

Neptune Western Quadrature
13 May 2007 at approximately 12:39 pm

New Moon
17 May 2007 at approximately 5:28 am

First Quarter Moon
24 May 2007 at approximately 7:04 am

Full Moon
1 June 2007 at approximately 11:04 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
2 June 2007 at approximately 11:54 pm

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
8 June 2007 at approximately 2:51 pm

Last Quarter Moon
8 June 2007 at approximately 9:44 pm

Uranus Western Quadrature
10 June at approximately 6:04 am

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
11 June 2007 at approximately 6:08 am

New Moon
15 June 2007 at approximately 1:14 pm

Pluto Opposition
19 June 2007 at approximately 4:25 pm

First Quarter Moon
22 June 2007 at approximately 11:16 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
29 June 2007 at approximately 4:37 am

Full Moon
30 June 2007 at approximately 11:50 pm

Last Quarter Moon
8 July 2007 at approximately 2:54 am

New Moon
14 July 2007 at approximately 10:06 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
21 July 2007 at approximately 9:42 am

First Quarter Moon
22 July 2007 at approximately 4:30 pm

Full Moon
30 July 2007 at approximately 10:48 am

Last Quarter Moon
6 August at approximately 7:20 am

New Moon
13 August 2007 at approximately 9:04 am

Neptune Opposition
14 August 2007 at approximately 4:00 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
16 August 2007 at approximately 6:04 am

Venus Inferior Conjunction
18 August 2007 at approximately 1:33 pm

First Quarter Moon
21 August 2007 at approximately 9:54 am

Saturn Conjunction
22 August 2007 at approximately 9:17 am

Full Moon
28 August 2007 at approximately 8:36 pm

Total Lunar Eclipse
28 August 2007, start time approximately 5:54 pm, end time approximately 11:20 pm
- at the start of the eclipse, the Moon will be about 3.6 degrees above the Eastern horizon
- at the end of the eclipse, the Moon will be about 63.7 degrees above the horizon

Jupiter Eastern Quadrature
4 September 2007 at approximately 9:45 am

Uranus Opposition
10 September 2007 at approximately 4:21 am

Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
11 September 2007, start time approximately 8:25 pm, end time approximately 12:37 am

New Moon
11 September 2007 at approximately 10:46 pm

Mars Western Quadrature
18 September 2007 at approximately 6:08 am

Pluto Eastern Quadrature
20 September 2007 at approximately 1:41 am

First Quarter Moon
20 September 2007 at approximately 2:48 am

Full Moon
27 September 2007 at approximately 5:46 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
29 September 2007 at approximately 5:24 pm

Last Quarter Moon
3 October 2007 at approximately 8:06 pm

New Moon
11 October at approximately 3:02 pm

First Quarter Moon
19 October 2007 at approximately 6:34 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
24 October 2007 at approximately 9:52 am

Full Moon
26 October 2007 at approximately 2:52 pm

Venus Greatest Western Elongation
27 October 2007 at approximately 2:55 pm

Start of Daylight Savings Time in NSW
29 October 2007

Last Quarter Moon
2 November 2007 at approximately 8:18 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
9 November 2007 at approximately 7:50 am

New Moon
10 November 2007 at approximately 10:04 am

Neptune Eastern Quadrature
12 November 2007 at approximately 12:27 pm

First Quarter Moon
18 November 2007 at approximately 9:32 am

Full Moon
25 November 2007 at approximately 1:30 am

Saturn Western Quadrature
1 December 2007 at approximately 7:02 am

Last Quarter Moon
1 December 2007 at approximately 11:44 pm

Uranus Eastern Quadrature
7 December 2007 at approximately 7:35 pm

New Moon
10 December 2007 at approximately 4:42 am

First Quarter Moon
17 December 2007 at approximately 9:18 pm

Mercury Superior Conjunction
18 December 2007 at approximately 2:12 am

Pluto Conjunction
21 December 2007 at approximately 11:05 am

Jupiter Conjunction
23 December 2007 at approximately 4:49 pm

Last Quarter Moon
31 December 2007 at approximately 6:52 pm


Events occurring in 2008

New Moon
8 January 2008 at approximately 10:38 pm

First Quarter Moon
16 January 2008 at approximately 6:46 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
22 January 2008 at approximately 3:14 pm

Full Moon
23 January 2008 at approximately 12:36 am

Last Quarter Moon
30 January 2008 at approximately 4:04 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
7 February 2008 at approximately 5:22 am

New Moon
7 February 2008 at approximately 2:46 pm

Annular Solar Eclipse
7 February 2008, start time approximately 12:38 pm, end time approximately 5:12 pm

Neptune Conjunction
11 February 2008 at approximately 12:55 pm

First Quarter Moon
14 February 2008 at approximately 2:34 pm

M45 within 1º of Moon
14 February 2008, start time approximately 8:27 pm, end time approximately 2:04 am

Mars within 2º of Moon
16 February 2008, start time approximately 4:45 pm, end time approximately 9:00 pm

Total Lunar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
21 February 2008, start time approximately 11:38 am, end time approximately 5:14 pm

Full Moon
21 February 2008 at approximately 2:30 pm

Saturn Opposition
24 February at approximately 8:27 pm

Last Quarter Moon
29 February 2008 at approximately 1:18 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
3 March 2008 at approximately 4:49 pm

Moon Occults Mercury
6 March 2008, start time approximately 9:12 pm, end time approximately 5:04 am

Moon Occults Venus
6 March 2008, start time approximately 2:12 am, end time approximately 10:04 am

Moon Occults Neptune
6 March 2008, start time approximately 5:12 pm, end time approximately 12:19 pm

New Moon
8 March 2008 at approximately 4:16 am

Uranus Conjunction
9 March 2008 at approximately 7:22 am

M45 within 1º of Moon
13 March 2008, start time approximately 2:04 am, end time approximately 7:41 am

First Quarter Moon
14 March 2008 at approximately 9:46 pm

Mars within 2º of Moon
15 March 2008, start time approximately 12:14 pm, end time approximately 4:13 pm

Pluto Western Quadrature
21 March 2008 at approximately 7:22 pm

Full Moon
22 March 2008 at approximately 5:40 am

Last Quarter Moon
30 March 2008 at approximately 8:48 am

Mars Eastern Quadrature
30 March 2008 at approximately 5:56 pm

Moon Occults Neptune
2 April 2008, start time approximately 4:33 pm, end time approximately 11:46 pm

New Moon
6 April 2008 at approximately 1:56 pm

M45 within 55' of Moon
9 April 2008, start time approximately 8:28 am, end time approximately 2:20 pm

Mars within 1º of Moon
12 April 2008, start time approximately 1:07 pm, end time approximately 6:52 pm

First Quarter Moon
13 April 2008 at approximately 4:32 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
16 April 2008 at approximately 5:16 pm

Full Moon
20 April 2008 at approximately 8:26 pm

Lyrids Meteor Shower
22 April 2008, starts approximately 16 April 2008, ends approximately 25 April 2008
- about 9 days
- look towards the Eastern horizon before sunrise between 3 am and 5:30 am

Last Quarter Moon
29 April 2008 at approximately 12:12 am

Neptune with 16' of Moon
30 April 2008, start time approximately 1:34 am, end time approximately 8:49 am

Mercury within 2º of M45
3 May 2008, start time 2:24 am, end time 1:50 pm

Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
5 May 2008, starts approximately 19 April 2008, ends approximately 28 May 2008
- about 40 days

New Moon
5 May 2008 at approximately 10:20 pm

M45 within 49' of Moon
6 May 2008, start time approximately 6:24 pm, end time approximately 12:09 am

Mars within 3º 30' of Moon
10 May 2008, at approximately 7:00 pm.
- near western horizon

First Quarter Moon
12 May 2008 at approximately 1:48 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
14 May 2008 at approximately 2:16 pm

Neptune Western Quadrature
15 May 2008 at approximately 1:33 am

Full Moon
20 May 2008 at approximately 12:12 pm

Saturn Eastern Quadrature
23 May 2008 at approximately 4:03 am

Neptune with 34' of Moon
27 May 2008, start time approximately 9:01 am, end time approximately 4:23 pm

Last Quarter Moon
28 May 2008 at approximately 12:56 pm

M45 within 49' of Moon
3 June 2008, start time approximately 5:10 am, end time approximately 10:54 am

New Moon
4 June 2008 at approximately 5:24 am

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
8 June 2008 at approximately 1:31 am

Mars within 1º of Moon
8 June 2008, start time approximately 8:19 am, end time approximately 2:34 pm

Venus Superior Conjunction
9 June 2008 at approximately 1:47 pm

First Quarter Moon
11 June 2008 at approximately 1:04 am

Uranus Western Quadrature
13 June 2008 at approximately 3:10 pm

Full Moon
19 June 2008 at approximately 3:30 am

Pluto Opposition
21 June 2008 at approximately 5:14 am

Neptune within 45' of Moon
23 June 2008, start time approximately 2:33 pm, end time approximately 9:40 pm

Last Quarter Moon
26 June 2008 at approximately 10:10 pm

M45 within 54' of Moon
30 June 2008, start time approximately 3:06 pm, end time approximately 8:51 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
2 July 2008 at approximately 12:30 pm

Venus within 2º of Moon
4 July 2008, start time approximately 10:10 pm, end time approximately 2:02 am

Jupiter Opposition
9 July 2008 at approximately 5:20 pm

First Quarter Moon
10 July 2008 at approximately 2:36 pm

Full Moon
18 July 2008 at approximately 6:00 pm

Neptune within 48' of Moon
20 July 2008, start time approximately 7:14 pm, end time approximately 2:13 am

Last Quarter Moon
26 July 2008 at approximately 4:42 am

Southern Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
27 July 2008, starts approximately 12 July 2008, ends approximately 19 August 2008
- about 38 days

M45 within 1º of Moon
28 July 2008, start time approximately 11:02 pm, end time approximately 4:46 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
30 July 2008 at approximately 5:58 am

New Moon
1 August 2008 at approximately 8:14 pm

Total Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
1 August 2008, start time approximately 6:03 pm, end time approximately 10:39 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
2 August 2008, start time approximately 10:34 pm, end time approximately 4:41 am

First Quarter Moon
9 August 2008 at approximately 6:20 am

Perseids Meteor Shower
12 August 2008, starts approximately 17 July 2008, ends approximately 24 August 2008
- about 38 days

Neptune Opposition
15 August 2008 at approximately 5:22 pm

Neptune within 44' of Moon
17 August 2008, start time approximately 12:49 am, end time approximately 7:40 am

Partial Lunar Eclipse
17 August 2008, start time approximately 4:26 am, end time approximately 9:54 am

Full Moon
17 August 2008 at approximately 7:16 am

M45 within 1º of Moon
24 August 2008, start time approximately 4:50 am, end time approximately 10:42 am

Last Quarter Moon
24 August 2008 at approximately 9:50 am

New Moon
31 August 2008 at approximately 6:00 am

Saturn Conjunction
4 September 2008 at approximately 11:51 am

First Quarter Moon
8 September 2008 at approximately 12:04 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
11 September 2008 at approximately 8:37 am

Neptune within 42' of Moon
13 August 2008, start time approximately 7:50 am, end time approximately 2:50 pm

Uranus Opposition
13 August 2008 at approximately 11:58 am

Full Moon
15 September 2008 at approximately 7:14 pm

M45 within 53' of Moon
20 September 2008, start time approximately 10:12 am, end time approximately 4:19 pm

Pluto Eastern Quadrature
21 September 2008 at approximately 1:30 pm

Last Quarter Moon
22 September 2008 at approximately 3:04 pm

New Moon
29 September 2008 at approximately 6:14 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
30 September 2008, start time approximately 5:23 pm, end time approximately 11:30 pm

Orionids Meteor Shower
21 October 2008, starts approximately 2 October 2008, ends approximately 7 November 2008
- about 36 days

Last Quarter Moon
21 October 2008 at approximately 10:56 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
22 October 2008 at approximately 5:43 pm

New Moon
29 October 2008 at approximately 10:15 am

Jupiter within 2º of Moon
4 November 2008, start time approximately 8:24 am, end time approximately 11:01 am

First Quarter Moon
6 October 2008 at approximately 3:03 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
7 November 2008, start time approximately 1:51 am, end time approximately 8:28 am

Full Moon
13 November 2008 at approximately 5:17 pm

Neptune Eastern Quadrature
13 November 2008 at approximately 11:17 pm

M45 within 37' of Moon
14 November 2008, start time approximately 4:11 am, end time approximately 10:11 am

Leonids Meteor Shower
18 November 2008, starts approximately 10 November 2008, end approximately 23 November 2008
- about 13 days

Last Quarter Moon
20 November 2008 at approximately 8:31 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
26 Novemner 2008 at approximately 3:39 am

New Moon
29 November 2008 at approximately 3:55 am

Venus within 47' of Moon
1 December 2008, start time approximately 10:26 pm, end time approximately 6:40 am (the next day)

Jupiter within 1º of Moon
1 December 2008, start time approximately 11:11 pm, end time approximately 5:33 am (the next day)

Neptune within 1º of Moon
4 December 2008, start time approximately 10:00 am, end time approximately 4:00 pm

First Quarter Moon
6 December 2008 at approximately 8:25 am

Mars Conjunction
6 December at approximately 8:29 am

Puppid-Velids Meteor Shower
7 December 2008, starts approximately 1 December 2008, ends approximately 15 December 2008
- about 14 days

Uranus Eastern Quadrature
10 December 2008 at approximately 10:49 pm

M45 within 39' of Moon
11 December 2008, start time approximately 3:36 pm, end time approximately 9:35 pm

Full Moon
13 December 2008 at approximately 3:37 am

Saturn Western Quadrature
13 December 2008 at approximately 1:02 pm

Last Quarter Moon
19 December 2008 at approximately 9:29 pm

Ursids Meteor Shower
22 December 2008, starts approximately 17 December 2008, ends approximately 26 December 2008
- about 9 days

Pluto Conjunction
22 December 2008 at approximately 8:16 pm

New Moon
27 December 2008 at approximately 11:23 pm

Mercury within 38' of Moon
29 December 2008, start time approximately 10:28 am, end time approximately 7:05 pm

Jupiter within 36' of Moon
29 December 2008, start time approximately 4:35 pm, end time approximately 12:20 am (the next day)

Neptune within 2º of Moon
31 December 2008, start time approximately 5:41 pm, end time approximately 10:49 pm

Events occurring in 2009

First Quarter Moon
4 January 2009 at approximately 10:55 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
5 January 2009 at approximately 3:30 am

M45 within 45' of Moon
8 January 2009, start time approximately 12:12 am, end time approximately 8:11 am

Full Moon
11 January 2009 at approximately 2:27 pm

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
13 January 2009 at approximately 5:25 pm

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
16 January 2009 at approximately 11:04 am

Last Quarter Moon
18 January 2009 at approximately 1:45 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
21 January 2009 at approximately 3:01 am

Jupiter Conjunction
24 January 2009 at approximately 4:36 pm

Mars within 41' of Moon
25 January 2009, start timew approximately 9:39 am, end time approximately 5:46 pm

Moon Occults Jupiter
26 January 2009, start time approximately 11:30 am, end time approximately 7:37 pm

New Moon
26 January 2009 at approximately 6:55 pm

Annular Solar Eclipse (only start visible from Coonabarabran and less than 5º above the horizon)
26 January 2009, start time approximately 3:56 pm, end time approximately 10:01 pm

Neptune within 2º of Moon
28 January 2009, start time approximately 1:44 am, end time approximately 6:06 am

First Quarter Moon
3 February 2009 at approximately 10:14 am

M45 within 47' of Moon
4 Fenruary 2009, start time approximately 10:05 am, end time approximately 4:20 pm

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
10 February 2009, start time approximately 11:40 pm, end time approximately 3:36 am (the next day)

Full Moon
10 February 2009 at approximately 1:50 am

Neptune Conjunction
12 February 2009 at approximately 11:33 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
14 February 2009 at approximately 10:29 am

Last Quarter Moon
17 February 2009 at approximately 8:38 am

Mercury within 59' of Moon
23 February 2009, start time approximately 4:31 am, end time approximately 12:08 pm

Jupiter within 41' of Moon
23 February 2009, start time approximately 7:46 am, end time approximately 3:16 pm

Mars within 2º of Moon
23 February 2009, start time approximately 2:53 pm, end time approximately 8:08 pm

Neptune within 2º of Moon
24 February 2009, start time approximately 10:52 am, end time approximately 2:51 pm

New Moon
25 February 2009 at approximately 12:36 pm

Venus within 1º of Moon
28 February 2009, start time approximately 8:00 am, end time approximately 1:59 pm

Mars within 41' of Moon
3 March 2009, start time approximately 3:46 pm, end time approximately 10:16 pm

First Quarter Moon
4 March 2009 at approximately 6:46 pm

Full Moon
11 March 2009 at approximately 1:38 pm

Uranus Conjunction
13 March 2009 at approximately 12:18 pm

Last Quarter Moon
19 March 2009 at approximately 4:48 am

Jupiter within 1º of Moon
23 March 2009, start time approximately 4:26 am, end time approximately 10:11 am

Neptune within 2º of Moon
23 March 2009, start time approximately 9:32 pm, end time approximately 12:10 am (the next day)

Pluto Western Quadrature
24 March 2009 at approximately 5:13 am

New Moon
27 March 2009 at approximately 3:08 am

Venus Inferior Conjunction
28 March 2009 at approximately 6:24 am

M45 within 30' of Moon
30 March 2009, start time approximately 9:20 pm, end time approximately 3:57 am (the next day)

Mercury Superior Conjunction
31 March 2009 at approximately 2:22 pm

First Quarter Moon
3 April 2009 at approximately 1:34 am

Full Moon
10 April 2009 at approximately 12:56 am

Last Quarter Moon
17 April 2009 at approximately 11:36 pm

Venus within 57' of Moon
22 April 2009, start time approximately 8:06 pm, end time approximately 2:36 am (the next day)

New Moon
25 April 2009 at approximately 1:24 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
26 April 2009 at approximately 3:23 pm

Mercury within 2º of Moon
27 April 2009, start time approximately 12:38 am, end time approximately 3:00 am

M45 within 21' of Moon
27 April 2009, start time approximately 3:45 am, end time approximately 10:15 am

Mercury within 1º of M45
1 May 2009, starts approximately 27 April 2009 at 4:22 pm, ends approximately 8 May 2009 at 11:29 pm
- about 12 days

First Quarter Moon
2 May 2009 at approximately 6:44 am

Full Moon
9 May 2009 at approximately 2:02 pm

Neptune Western Quadrature
17 May 2009 at approximately 2:50 pm

Last Quarter Moon
17 May 2009 at approximately 5:26 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
18 May 2009 at approximately 8:04 pm

M45 within 19' of Moon
24 May 2009, start time approximately 1:23 pm, end time approximately 7:45 pm

New Moon
24 May 2009 at approximately 10:12 pm

First Quarter Moon
31 May 2009 at approximately 1:22 pm

Venus Greatest Western Elongation
4 June 2009 at approximately 2:45 pm

Saturn Eastern Quadrature
6 June at approximately 4:50 am

Venus Greatest Western Elongation
7 June 2009 at approximately 8:28 am

Full Moon
8 June 2009 at approximately 4:12 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
14 June 2009 at approximately 5:30 am

Last Quarter Moon
16 June 2009 at approximately 8:14 am

Uranus Western Quadrature
18 June 2009 at approximately 12:40 am

M45 within 22' of Moon
20 June 2009, start time approximately 11:45 pm, end time approximately 6:15 am (the next day)

New Moon
23 June 2009 at approximately 5:36 am

Pluto Opposition
23 June 2009 at approximately 5:18 pm

First Quarter Moon
29 May 2009 at approximately 9:28 pm

Full Moon
7 July 2009 at approximately 7:22 pm

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
7 July 2009, start time approximately 6:41 pm, end time approximately 8:36 pm

Mercury Superior Conjunction
14 July 2009 at approximately 12:09 pm

M45 within 26' of Moon
18 July 2009, start time approximately 9:28 am, end time approximately 3:57 pm

Total Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
22 July 2009, start time approximately 9:58 am, end time approximately 3:12 pm

First Quarter Moon
29 July 2009 at approximately 8:00 am

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
6 August 2009, start time approximately 9:07 am, end time approximately 12:12 pm

Full Moon
6 August 2009 at approximately 10:56 am

Last Quarter Moon
14 August 2009 at approximately 4:56 am

M45 within 23' of Moon
14 August 2009, start time approximately 5:05 pm, end time approximately 11:49 pm

Jupiter Opposition
15 August 2009 at approximately 3:30 am

Neptune Opposition
18 August 2009 at approximately 6:28 am

Venus within 2º of Moon
18 August 2009, start time approximately 5:35 am, end time approximately 9:20 am

New Moon
20 August 2009 at approximately 8:02 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
24 August 2009 at approximately 4:50 pm

First Quarter Moon
27 August 2009 at approximately 9:42 pm

Full Moon
5 September 2009 at approximately 2:04 am

M45 within 24' of Moon
10 September 2009, start time approximately 10:44 pm, end time approximately 05:50 am (the next day)

Mars within 1º of Moon
13 September 2009, start time approximately 11:24 pm, end time approximately 5:16 am (the next day)

Uranus Opposition
17 September 2009 at approximately 7:21 pm

Saturn Conjunction
18 September 2009 at approximately 4:11 am

New Moon
19 September 2009 at approximately 4:46 am

Mercury within 1º of Moon
19 September 2009, start time approximately 7:11 am, end time approximately 12:32 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
20 September 2009 at approximately 8:00 pm

Pluto Eastern Quadrature
24 September 2009 at approximately 12:05 am

First Quarter Moon
26 September 2009 at approximately 2:50 pm

Full Moon
4 October 2009 at approximately 5:10 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
6 October 2009 at approximately 9:53 am

M45 within 2' of Moon
8 October 2009, start time approximately 5:13 am, end time approximately 12:20 pm

Last Quarter Moon
11 October 2009 at approximately 7:56 pm

Mars within 1º of Moon
12 October 2009, start time approximately 8:59 am, end time approximately 2:44 pm

New Moon
18 October 2009 at approximately 4:34 pm

First Quarter Moon
26 October 2009 at approximately 11:42 am

Mars Wesrtern Quadrature
29 October 2009 at approximately 6:31 pm

Full Moon
3 November 2009 at approximately 6:14 am

M45 within 6' of Moon
4 November 2009, start time approximately 12:28 pm, end time approximately 7:20 pm

Mercury Superior Conjunction
5 November 2009 at approximately 6:49 pm

Last Quarter Moon
10 November 2009 at approximately 2:56 am

Jupiter Eastern Quadrature
11 November 2009 at approximately 5:37 am

Neptune Eastern Quadrature
16 November 2009 at approximately 9:53 am

New Moon
17 November 2009 at approximately 6:16 am

Leonids Meteor Shower
18 November 2009, starts approximately 10 November 2009, end approximately 23 November 2009
- about 13 days

First Quarter Moon
25 November 2009 at approximately 8:40 am

M45 within 7' of Moon
1 December 2009, start time approximately 9:58 pm, end time approximately 4:43 am (the next day)

Full Moon
2 December 2009 at approximately 6:32 pm

Puppid-Velids Meteor Shower
7 December 2009, starts approximately 1 December 2009, end approximately 15 December 2009
- about 14 days

Last Quarter Moon
9 December 2009 at approximately 11:14 am

Geminids Meteor Shower
14 December 2009, starts approximately 7 December 2009, end approximately 17 December 2009
- about 10 days

Uranus Eastern Quadrature
15 December 2009 at approximately 2:10 am

New Moon
16 December 2009 at approximately 11:04 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
18 December 2009, start time approximately 3:20 pm, end time approximately 9:50 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
19 December 2009 at approximately 9:09 am

Ursids Meteor Shower
22 December 2009, starts approximately 17 December 2009, ends approximately 26 December 2009
- about 9 days

Pluto Conjunction
25 December 2009 at approximately 4:20 am

First Quarter Moon
25 December 2009 at approximately 4:36 am

Saturn Western Quadrature
26 December 2009 at approximately 10:39 am

M45 within 3' of Moon
29 December 2009, start time approximately 8:51 am, end time approximately 3:35 pm


Events occurring in 2010

Full Moon
1 January 2010 at approximately 6:14 am

Partial Lunar Eclipse (only start visible from Coonabarabran at about 16º above the horizon)
1 January 2010, start time approximately 4:19 am, end time approximately 8:27 am

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
5 January 2010 at approximately 6:09 am

Last Quarter Moon
7 January 2010 at approximately 9:40 pm

Venus Superior Conjunction
12 January 2010 at approximately 7:37 am

Annular Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
15 January 2010, start time approximately 3:05 pm end time approximately 9:08 pm

New Moon
15 January 2010 at approximately 6:14 pm

Venus within 1º of Moon
15 January 2010, start time approximately 4:27 pm, end time approximately 10:56 pm

First Quarter Moon
23 January 2010 at approximately 9:54 pm

M45 within 3' of Moon
25 January 2010, start time approximately 6:40 pm, end time approximately 1:39 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
27 January 2010 at approximately 5:13 pm

Mars Opposition
30 January 2010 at approximately 6:21 am

Full Moon
30 January 2010 at approximately 5:18 pm

Last Quarter Moon
6 February 2010 at approximately 10:50 am

New Moon
14 February 2010 at approximately 1:54 pm

Neptune Conjunction
15 February 2010 at approximately 10:09 am

M45 within 12' of Moon
22 February 2010, start time approximately 2:08 am, end time approximately 9:22 am

First Quarter Moon
22 February 2010 at approximately 11:42 am

Full Moon
1 March 2010 at approximately 3:38 am

Last Quarter Moon
8 March 2010 at approximately 2:42 am

New Moon
16 March 2010 at approximately 8:02 am

Uranus Conjunction
17 March 2010 at approximately 5:43 pm

M45 within 25' of Moon
21 March 2010, start time approximately 7:48 am, end time approximately 3:02 pm

First Quarter Moon
23 March 2010 at approximately 10:00 pm

Pluto Western Quadrature
26 March 2010 at approximately 2:42 pm

Full Moon
30 March 2010 at approximately 1:26 pm

Last Quarter Moon
6 April 2010 at approximately 7:38 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
9 April 2010 at time approximately 6:50 am

New Moon
14 April 2010 at approximately 10:30 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
16 April 2010, start time approximately 5:23 am, end time approximately 10:37 am

M45 within 36' of Moon
17 April 2010, start time approximately 12:33 pm, end time approximately 7:32 pm

First Quarter Moon
22 April 2010 at approximately 4:20 am

Full Moon
28 April 2010 at approximately 10:20 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
29 April 2010 at time approximately 2:40 am

Mars Eastern Quadrature
4 May 2010 at approximately 10:36 pm

Last Quarter Moon
6 May 2010 at approximately 2:16 pm

M45 within 1º of Moon
14 May 2010, start time approximately 7:54 pm, end time approximately 2:31 am (the next day)

Moon Occults Venus
16 May 2010, start time approximately 4:28 pm, end time approximately 12:04 am (the next day)

Neptune Western Quadrature
20 May 2010 at approximately 3:56 am

First Quarter Moon
21 May at approximately 9:44 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
26 May 2010 at approximately 12:36 pm

Full Moon
28 May 2010 at approximately 9:08 am

Last Quarter Moon
5 June 2010 at approximately 8:14 am

M45 within 39' of Moon
11 June 2010, start time approximately 4:46 am, end time approximately 11:23 am

Full Moon
12 June 2010 at approximately 9:16 pm

First Quarter Moon
19 June 2010 at approximately 2:30 pm

Saturn Eastern Quadrature
20 June 2010 at approximately 11:16 pm

Uranus Western Quadrature
22 June at approximately 12:09 am

Jupiter Western Quadrature
23 June 2010 at approximately 11:17 pm

Pluto Opposition
26 June 2010 at approximately 4:27 am

Full Moon
26 June 2010 at approximately 9:30 pm

Partial Lunar Eclipse
26 June 2010, start time approximately 6:59 pm, end time approximately 12:19 am (the next day)

Mercury Superior Conjunction
28 June 2010 at approximately 10:01 pm

Last Quarter Moon
5 July 2010 at approximately 12:36 am

M45 within 38' of Moon
8 July 2010, start time approximately 2:26 pm, end time approximately 9:11 pm

Total Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
12 July 2010, start time approximately 3:10 am, end time approximately 7:58 am

New Moon
12 July 2010 at approximately 5:42 am

First Quarter Moon
18 July 2010 at approximately 8:12 pm

Full Moon
26 July 2010 at approximately 11:38 am

Last Quarter Moon
3 August 2010 at approximately 3:00 pm

M45 within 42' of Moon
4 August 2010, start time approximately 11:21 pm, end time approximately 6:13 am (the next day)

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
7 August 2010 at approximately 8:39 am

First Quarter Moon
17 August 2010 at approximately 4:14 am

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
18 August 2010 at approximately 3:26 pm

Neptune Opposition
20 August 2010 at approximately 7:45 pm

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
21 August 2010 at approximately 9:08 am

Full Moon
25 August 2010 at approximately 3:06 am

M45 within 53' of Moon
1 September 2010, start time approximately 6:51 am, end time approximately 1:34 pm

Last Quarter Moon
2 September 2010 at approximately 3:22 am

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
3 September 2010 at approximately 10:38 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
8 September 2010, start time approximately 5:08 am, end time approximately 9:00 am

New Moon
8 September 2010 at approximately 8:32 pm

Venus within 19' of Moon
11 September 2010, start time approximately 7:31 pm, end time approximately 2:22 am (the next day)

First Quarter Moon
15 September 2010 at approximately 3:50 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
20 September 2010 at approximately 12:57 am

Uranus Opposition
22 September 2010 at approximately 2:33 am

Full Moon
23 September 2010 at approximately 7:18 pm

Pluto Eastern Quadrature
26 September 2010 at approximately 10:07 am

M45 within 1º of Moon
28 September 2010, start time approximately 12:54 pm, end time approximately 7:08 pm

Saturn Conjunction
1 October 2010 at approximately 10:32 am

Last Quarter Moon
1 October 2010 at approximately 1:52 pm

New Moon
8 October 2010 at approximately 5:46 am

First Quarter Moon
15 October 2010 at approximately 8:28 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
17 October 2010 at approximately 11:54 am

Last Quarter Moon
23 October 2010 at approximately 12:38 pm

M45 within 1º of Moon
25 October 2010, start time approximately 7:48 pm, end time approximately 1:32 am (the next day)

Venus Inferior Conjunction
29 October 2010 at approximately 12:06 pm

Last Quarter Moon
30 October 2010 at approximately 11:46 pm

Moon Occults Venus (not visible from Coonabarabran)
5 November 2010, start time approximately 4:12 pm, end time approximately 10:34 pm

New Moon
6 November 2010 at approximately 3:54 pm

Mercury within 2º of Moon
7 November 2010, start time approximately 12:46 pm, end time approximately 5:16 pm

Mars within 2º of Moon
8 November 2010, start time approximately 6:45 am, end time approximately 11:07 am

First Quarter Moon
14 November 2010 at approximately 3:40 am

Neptune Eastern Quadrature
18 November 2010 at approximately 8:42 pm

Full Moon
22 November 2010 at approximately 4:28 am

M45 within 1º of Moon
22 November 2010, start time approximately 2:48 am, end time approximately 8:18 am

Last Quarter Moon
29 November 2010 at approximately 7:38 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
2 December 2010 at approximately 6:44 am

New Moon
6 December 2010 at approximately 4:38 am

Mars within 31' of Moon
7 December 2010, start time approximately 4:58 am, end time approximately 12:27 pm

Mercury within 2º of Moon
7 December 2010, start time approximately 5:48 pm, end time approximately 9:03 pm

First Quarter Moon
14 December 2010 at approximately 1:00 am

Jupiter Eastern Quadrature
17 December 2010 at approximately 8:27 am

Uranus Eastern Quadrature
19 December 2010 at approximately 5:28 am

M45 within 1º of Moon
19 December 2010, start time approximately 11:40 am, end time approximately 5:17 pm

Full Moon
21 December 2010 at approximately 7:14 pm

Total Lunar Eclipse (only end of eclipse visible from Coonabarabran, very low - between horizon and 18º in altitude)
21 December 2010, start time approximately 4:30 pm, end time approximately 10:04 pm

Pluto Conjunction
27 December 2010 at approximately 11:54 am

Last Quarter Moon
28 December 2010 at approximately 3:20 pm

Events occurring in 2011

Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
4 January 2011, start time approximately 5:40 pm, end time approximately 10:02 pm

New Moon
4 January 2011 at approximately 8:04 pm

Venus Greatest Western Elongation
7 January 2011 at approximately 4:35 pm

Saturn Western Quadrature
8 January 2011 at approximately 12:43 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
10 January 2011 at approximately 7:47 am

Venus Greatest Western Elongation
10 January 2011 at approximately 10:34 am

First Quarter Moon
12 January 2011 at approximately 10:32 pm

M45 within 1º of Moon
15 January 2011, start time approximately 9:27 pm, end time approximately 3:03 am (the next day)

Full Moon
20 January 2011 at approximately 8:22 am

Last Quarter Moon
26 January 2011 at approximately 11:58 pm

New Moon
3 February 2011 at approximately 1:32 pm

Mars Conjunction
5 February 2011 at approximately 3:00 am

First Quarter Moon
11 February 2011 at approximately 6:18 pm

M45 within 1º of Moon
12 February 2011, start time approximately 6:35 am, end time approximately 11:42 pm

Neptune Conjunction
17 February 2011 at approximately 8:51 pm

Full Moon
18 February 2011 at approximately 7:36 pm

Last Quarter Moon
25 February 2011 at approximately 10:28 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
25 February 2011 at approximately 7:38 pm

Venus within 2º of Moon
1 March 2011, start time approximately 10:47 am, end time approximately 4:31 pm

New Moon
5 March 2011 at approximately 7:48 am

M45 within 2º of Moon
11 March 2011, start time approximately 2:22 pm, end time approximately 6:14 pm

First Quarter Moon
13 March 2011 at approximately 10:46 am

Full Moon
20 March 2011 at approximately 5:10 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
23 March 2011 at approximately 6:48 am

Last Quarter Moon
26 March 2011 at approximately 11:08 pm

Pluto Western Quadrature
28 March 2011 at approximately 10:56 pm

New Moon
4 April 2011 at approximately 12:33 am

Saturn Opposition
4 April 2011 at approximately 9:32 am

Mercury within 1º of Moon
28 April 2011, start time approximately 5:04 pm, end time approximately 11:11 pm

Jupiter Conjunction
7 April 2011 at approximately 12:28 am

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
10 April 2011 at approximately 5:42 am

First Quarter Moon
11 April 2011 at approximately 10:05 pm

Last Quarter Moon
25 April 2011 at approximately 12:47 pm

New Moon
3 May 2011 at approximately 4:53 pm

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
8 May 2011 at approximately 4:49 am

First Quarter Moon
11 May 2011 at approximately 6:33 am

Full Moon
17 May 2011 at approximately 9:09 pm

Neptune Western Quadrature
22 May 2011 at approximately 5:17 pm

Last Quarter Moon
25 April 2011 at approximately 4:53 am

New Moon
2 June 2011 at approximately 7:05 am

Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
2 June 2011, start time approximately 5:25 am, end time approximately 9:08 am

Mercury Superior Conjunction
13 June 2011 at approximately 9:39 am

Total Lunar Eclipse (Moon sets at about 6 am)
16 June 2011, start time approximately 3:26 am, end time approximately 9:00 am

Full Moon
16 June 2011 at approximately 6:15 am

Last Quarter Moon
23 June 2011 at approximately 9:49 pm

Uranus Western Quadrature
26 June 2011 at approximately 7:59 pm

Mars within 2º of Moon
29 June 2011, start time approximately 2:45 am, end time approximately 6:39 am

Moon Occults Venus (not visible from Coonabarabran)
30 June 2011, start time approximately 1:29 pm, end time approximately 9:37 pm

Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
1 July 2011, start time approximately 5:52 pm, end time approximately 7:25 pm

New Moon
1 July 2011, at approximately 6:56 pm

Saturn Eastern Quadrature
3 July 2011, at approximately 9:59 am

First Quarter Moon
8 July 2011 at approximately 4:30 pm

Full Moon
15 July 2011 at approximately 4:40 pm

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
20 July 2011 at approximately 11:19 am

Last Quarter Moon
23 July 2011 at approximately 3:02 pm

Mars within 28' of Moon
27 July 2011, start time approximately 11:06 pm, end time approximately 6:53 am (the next day)

Southern Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
30 July 2011, starts approximately 12 July 2011, ends approximately 23 August 2011
- about 42 days

New Moon
31 July 2011 at approximately 4:42 am

Mercury within 1º of Moon
1 August 2011, start time approximately 5:59 pm, end time approximately 10:52 pm

Jupiter Western Quadrature
2 August 2011, at approximately 12:25 am

First Quarter Moon
6 August 2011, at approximately 9:08 pm

Full Moon
14 August 2011, at approximately 4:58 am

Venus Superior Conjunction
16 August 2011, at approximately 9:34 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
17 August 2011, at approximately 11:01 am

Last Quarter Moon
22 August 2011, at approximately 7:56 am

Neptune Opposition
23 August 2011, at approximately 9:01 am

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
3 September 2011 at approximately 3:29 pm

First Quarter Moon
5 September 2011, at approximately 3:40 am

Full Moon
12 September 2011, at approximately 7:28 pm

Last Quarter Moon
20 September 2011, at approximately 11:40 pm

Uranus Opposition
26 September 2011, at approximately 9:51 am

New Moon
27 September 2011, at approximately 9:10 pm

Pluto Eastern Quadrature
28 September 2011, at approximately 7:22 pm

Mercury Superior Conjunction
29 September 2011, at approximately 6:06 am

First Quarter Moon
4 October 2011, at approximately 2:16 pm

Full Moon
12 October 2011, at approximately 1:06 pm

Saturn Conjunction
14 October 2011, at approximately 8:01 am

Last Quarter Moon
20 October 2011, at approximately 2:32 pm

New Moon
27 October 2011, at approximately 6:58 am

Moon occults Mercury
28 October 2011, start time approximately 9:42 am, end time approximately 4:42 pm

Venus within 2º of Moon
28 October 2011, start time approximately 2:04 pm, end time approximately 5:19 pm

Jupiter Opposition
29 October 2011, at approximately 12:21 pm

First Quarter Moon
3 November 2011, at approximately 3:38 am

First Quarter Moon
3 November 2011, at approximately 3:38 am

Full Moon
11 November 2011, at approximately 7:16 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
14 November 2011, at approximately 5:29 pm

Leonids Meteor Shower
18 November 2011, starts approximately 6 November 2011, end approximately 30 November 2011
- about 24 days

Last Quarter Moon
19 November 2011, at approximately 2:10 am

Neptune Eastern Quadrature
21 November 2011, at approximately 7:24 am

New Moon
25 November 2011, at approximately 5:12 pm

Partial Solar Eclipse (not visible from Coonabarabran)
25 November 2011, start time approximately 3:23 pm, end time approximately 7:18 pm

Mercury within 2º of Moon
26 October 2011, start time approximately 7:18 pm, end time approximately 10:26 pm

First Quarter Moon
2 December 2011, at approximately 8:52 pm

Mars Western Quadrature
2 December 2011, at approximately 11:45 pm

Mercury Inferior Conjunction
4 December 2011, at approximately 7:51 pm

Puppid-Velids Meteor Shower
7 December 2011, starts approximately 1 December 2011, end approximately 15 December 2011
- about 14 days

Total Lunar Eclipse
10 December 2011, start time approximately 10:35 pm, end time approximately 4:29 am (the next day)

Full Moon
11 December 2011, at approximately 1:38 am

Last Quarter Moon
18 December 2011, at approximately 11:48 am

Uranus Eastern Quadrature
23 December 2011, at approximately 8:55 am

Ursids Meteor Shower
23 December 2011, starts approximately 17 December 2011, end approximately 26 December 2011
- about 9 days

Mercury Greatest Western Elongation
23 December 2011, at approximately 4:12 pm

New Moon
25 December 2011, at approximately 5:08 am

Pluto Conjunction
29 December 2011, at approximately 6:50 pm

Events occurring in 2012

First Quarter Moon
1 January 2012, at approximately 5:15 pm

Last Quarter Moon
16 January 2012, at approximately 8:09 pm

Saturn Western Quadrature
20 January 2012, at approximately 7:58 am

Jupiter Eastern Quadrature
22 January 2012, at approximately 5:20 pm

New Moon
23 January 2012, at approximately 6:41 pm

First Quarter Moon
31 January 2012, at approximately 3:09 pm

Mercury Superior Conjunction
7 February 2012, at approximately 7:51 pm

Full Moon
8 February 2012, at approximately 8:53 am

Last Quarter Moon
15 February 2012, at approximately 4:05 am

Neptune Conjunction
20 February 2012, at approximately 7:31 am

New Moon
22 February 2012, at approximately 9:35 am

First Quarter Moon
1 March 2012, at approximately 12:22 pm

Mars Opposition
4 March 2012, at approximately 6:47 am

Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
5 March 2012, at approximately 2:33 pm

Full Moon
8 March 2012, at approximately 8:40 pm

Mercury within 1º of Moon
22 March 2012, start time approximately 8:22 pm, end time approximately 1:29 am (the next day)

New Moon
23 March 2012, at approximately 1:38 am

Uranus Conjunction
25 March 2012, at approximately 5:08 am

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
25 March 2012, at approximately 4:29 pm

Venus within 2º of Moon
27 March 2012, start time approximately 4:14 am, end time approximately 7:51 am

Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
28 March 2012, at approximately 10:29 am

Pluto Western Quadrature
30 March 2012, at approximately 6:34 am

First Quarter Moon
31 March 2012, at approximately 6:42 am

Venus within 31' of M45
4 April 2012, start time approximately 12:35 am, end time approximately 10:16 am

Full Moon
7 April 2012, at approximately 6:20 am