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October 2009 – Triple conjunction
The end of October of March sees a dance of the planets Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the eastern pre-dawn sky, however the planets will be very low in the sky and difficult to view. The diagram at left shows them on the 8th of October. Other dates of interest are:
- 8 October: Mercury nearest to Saturn (0.3º away)
- 13 October: Venus nearest to Saturn (0.5º away)
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June 26th 2010 – Partial Lunar eclipse
Visible from all of Australia and NZ. The Moon will pass through the southern part of the Earth’s shadow; at maximum eclipse (9.39pm AEST) over half the Moon’s diameter will be covered. |
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July 2010 – Four planets after sunset
July sees a dance of the planets Mars, Venus and Saturn in the western sky. By the end of the month, they are joined by Mercury. The diagram at left shows them together on the 31st, when Mars is closest to Saturn.
- 28th July: Mercury passes Regulus.
- 31st July: Mars is closest to Saturn.
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August 2010 – Triple conjunction with moon
The four planets are still visible mid August, and are joined by the Moon on the 13th. Planetary conjunctions:
- 8 August: Venus closest to Saturn
- 8 August: Venus closest to Mars.
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September 2010 – Venus, Mars and Spica
Saturn and Mercury have slipped away, but Venus and Mars can still be seen, with Moon and Spica joining in on the 11th. Planetary conjunctions:
- 1 September: Venus closest to Spica.
- 5 September: Mars closest to Spica.
- 29 September: Venus closest to Mars (but 6º south).
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December 21st – Total Lunar Eclipse
Much of New Zealand and the Queensland coast will see the Moon rise totally eclipsed. Much of the rest of central and SE Australia will see the Moon rise partially eclipsed. Times of events:
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Phase |
AEST |
AEDST |
NZDST |
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Starts |
16:32 |
5.32pm |
7.32pm |
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Totality starts |
17:40 |
6.40pm |
8.40pm |
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Maximum |
18:18 |
7.18pm |
9.18pm |
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Totality ends |
18:53 |
7.53pm |
9.53pm |
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Ends |
20:01 |
9.01pm |
11.01pm |
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