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 approximately3:37 am

Saturn Western Quadrature
13 December 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