Diary of Astronomical Phenomena :- 2012 January 2012 d h d h 1 06 FIRST QUARTER 18 00 Moon at perigee 2 21 Moon at apogee 22 13 Mercury 5.0 S of Moon 3 03 Jupiter 5.1 S of Moon 23 07 NEW MOON 4 03 Earth at Perihelion 25 01 Mars stationary 9 07 FULL MOON 25 12 Neptune 6.0 S of Moon 13 07 Venus 1.2 S of Neptune 26 19 Venus 6.8 S of Moon 13 10 Mercury 4.6 S of Pluto 28 02 Uranus 5.9 S of Moon 14 07 Mars 9.1 N of Moon 30 15 Jupiter 4.5 S of Moon 16 09 LAST QUARTER 30 18 Moon at apogee 16 19 Saturn 6.3 N of Moon 31 04 FIRST QUARTER February 2012 d h d h 7 08 Mercury in superior conjn. 19 21 Neptune in conj. with Sun 7 21 FULL MOON 21 22 NEW MOON 8 11 Saturn stationary 21 23 Neptune 5.9 S of Moon 10 06 Venus 0.4 N of Uranus 23 06 Mercury 6.0 S of Moon 10 12 Mars 9.8 N of Moon 24 13 Uranus 5.6 S of Moon 11 18 Moon at perigee 25 22 Venus 3.2 S of Moon 13 01 Saturn 6.3 N of Moon 27 06 Jupiter 3.8 S of Moon 14 01 Mercury 1.3 S of Neptune 27 14 Moon at apogee 14 17 LAST QUARTER 29 04 Mercury greatest brilliancy March 2012 d h d h 1 01 FIRST QUARTER 20 05 Equinox 3 20 Mars at opposition 20 07 Neptune 6.0 S of Moon 5 07 Mercury greatest elong. E(18) 21 19 Mercury in inferior conjn. 5 18 Mars nearest to Earth 22 13 Mercury 1.5 S of Moon 7 00 Mercury 3.1 N of Uranus 22 15 NEW MOON 8 05 Mars 9.8 N of Moon 22 23 Uranus 5.5 S of Moon 8 09 FULL MOON 24 18 Uranus in conj. with Sun 10 10 Moon at perigee 26 00 Jupiter 3.1 S of Moon 11 07 Saturn 6.2 N of Moon 26 05 Moon at apogee 12 00 Mercury stationary 26 18 Venus 2.0 N of Moon 15 01 LAST QUARTER 27 02 Venus greatest elong. E(46) 15 11 Venus 3.3 N of Jupiter 30 19 FIRST QUARTER 15 18 Mercury 4.6 N of Uranus April 2012 d h d h 3 08 Mercury stationary 18 20 Mercury greatest elong. W(27) 4 02 Mars 8.9 N of Moon 19 02 Mercury 7.5 S of Moon 6 19 FULL MOON 19 08 Uranus 5.5 S of Moon 7 13 Saturn 6.2 N of Moon 21 08 NEW MOON 7 17 Moon at perigee 21 23 Mercury 2.2 S of Uranus 10 14 Pluto stationary 22 11 Moon at apogee 13 11 LAST QUARTER 22 18 Jupiter 2.3 S of Moon 15 13 Mars stationary 25 02 Venus 5.8 N of Moon 15 18 Saturn at opposition 29 10 FIRST QUARTER 16 15 Neptune 6.2 S of Moon 29 22 Venus greatest brilliancy 17 02 Venus 10.0 N of Aldebaran May 2012 d h d h 1 13 Mars 7.9 N of Moon 20 06 Mercury 2.1 S of Moon 4 21 Saturn 6.3 N of Moon 20 13 Jupiter 1.7 S of Moon 6 02 Moon at perigee 21 00 NEW MOON Eclipse 6 03 FULL MOON 22 07 Mercury 0.4 N of Jupiter 12 22 LAST QUARTER 22 20 Venus 4.8 N of Moon 13 13 Jupiter in conj. with Sun 27 11 Mercury in superior conjn. 13 21 Neptune 6.4 S of Moon 28 20 FIRST QUARTER 15 17 Venus stationary 29 11 Mars 6.9 N of Moon 16 17 Uranus 5.5 S of Moon 29 13 Mercury greatest brilliancy 19 15 Moon at apogee June 2012 d h d h 1 05 Saturn 6.3 N of Moon 19 15 NEW MOON 1 21 Mercury 0.2 N of Venus 20 23 Solstice 3 12 Moon at perigee 21 18 Mercury 5.7 N of Moon 4 11 FULL MOON Eclipse 21 21 Mercury 5.3 S of Pollux 4 23 Neptune stationary 26 08 Saturn stationary 6 01 Venus in transit 26 15 Mars 5.7 N of Moon 10 05 Neptune 6.4 S of Moon 27 04 FIRST QUARTER 11 11 LAST QUARTER 27 06 Venus stationary 13 01 Uranus 5.6 S of Moon 28 11 Spica 1.2 N of Moon Occn. 15 09 Venus 3.6 N of Aldebaran 28 12 Saturn 6.2 N of Moon 16 03 Moon at apogee 29 18 Pluto at opposition 17 08 Jupiter 1.2 S of Moon Occn. 30 22 Mercury greatest elong. E(25) 18 01 Venus 2.2 S of Moon July 2012 d h d h 1 17 Moon at perigee 15 03 Jupiter 0.6 S of Moon Occn. 3 19 FULL MOON 15 16 Venus 3.9 S of Moon 4 20 Earth at Aphelion 19 04 NEW MOON 7 14 Neptune 6.2 S of Moon 20 07 Mercury 0.6 N of Moon Occn. 9 15 Venus 0.0 N of Aldebaran 24 22 Mars 4.2 N of Moon 10 09 Uranus 5.3 S of Moon 25 17 Spica 1.2 N of Moon Occn. 11 02 LAST QUARTER 25 19 Saturn 5.9 N of Moon 13 03 Venus greatest brilliancy 26 09 FIRST QUARTER 13 13 Uranus stationary 28 20 Mercury in inferior conjn. 13 18 Moon at apogee 29 09 Moon at perigee 14 05 Mercury stationary August 2012 d h d h 2 04 FULL MOON 17 09 Mars 2.9 S of Saturn 3 05 Jupiter 4.8 N of Aldebaran 17 16 NEW MOON 3 22 Neptune 6.1 S of Moon 21 23 Spica 1.1 N of Moon Occn. 6 17 Uranus 5.1 S of Moon 22 04 Saturn 5.5 N of Moon 7 15 Mercury stationary 22 08 Mars 2.3 N of Moon 9 20 LAST QUARTER 23 17 Moon at perigee 10 11 Moon at apogee 24 12 Neptune at opposition 11 21 Jupiter 0.2 N of Moon Occn. 24 14 FIRST QUARTER 13 00 Mars 2.0 N of Spica 25 22 Mercury greatest brilliancy 13 20 Venus 0.6 S of Moon Occn. 31 06 Neptune 6.0 S of Moon 15 12 Venus greatest elong. W(46) 31 15 FULL MOON 16 06 Mercury 3.6 N of Moon 31 21 Mercury 1.3 N of Regulus 16 14 Mercury greatest elong. W(18) September 2012 d h d h 1 21 Venus 8.8 S of Pollux 18 06 Spica 0.8 N of Moon Occn. 3 00 Uranus 4.9 S of Moon 18 15 Saturn 5.0 N of Moon 7 05 Moon at apogee 19 04 Moon at perigee 8 11 Jupiter 0.8 N of Moon Occn. 19 21 Mars 0.2 N of Moon Occn. 8 14 LAST QUARTER 22 15 Equinox 10 13 Mercury in superior conjn. 22 20 FIRST QUARTER 12 18 Venus 3.8 N of Moon 27 11 Neptune 6.2 S of Moon 16 03 NEW MOON 29 07 Uranus at opposition 16 17 Mercury 5.9 N of Moon 30 04 FULL MOON 17 15 Pluto stationary 30 06 Uranus 4.9 S of Moon October 2012 d h d h 1 01 Mercury 1.8 N of Spica 17 03 Mercury 1.4 S of Moon 3 08 Venus 0.2 S of Regulus 17 03 Moon at perigee 4 12 Jupiter stationary 18 14 Mars 2.1 S of Moon 5 00 Moon at apogee 20 06 Mars 3.7 N of Antares 5 21 Jupiter 1.1 N of Moon Occn. 22 04 FIRST QUARTER 6 08 Mercury 3.5 S of Saturn 24 16 Neptune 6.3 S of Moon 8 08 LAST QUARTER 25 09 Saturn in conj. with Sun 12 20 Venus 6.3 N of Moon 26 18 Mercury greatest elong. E(23) 15 13 NEW MOON 27 11 Uranus 5.1 S of Moon 15 16 Spica 0.7 N of Moon Occn. 29 20 FULL MOON 16 05 Saturn 4.6 N of Moon November 2012 d h d h 1 17 Moon at apogee 15 23 Venus 4.2 N of Spica 2 01 Jupiter 1.0 N of Moon Occn. 16 10 Mars 4.1 S of Moon 2 21 Mercury greatest brilliancy 17 16 Mercury in inferior conjn. 6 22 Mercury stationary 20 15 FIRST QUARTER 7 01 LAST QUARTER 20 22 Neptune 6.4 S of Moon 11 05 Neptune stationary 23 15 Uranus 5.2 S of Moon 11 18 Venus 5.2 N of Moon 27 00 Mercury stationary 12 02 Spica 0.7 N of Moon Occn. 27 05 Venus 0.6 S of Saturn 12 21 Saturn 4.2 N of Moon 27 15 Mars 4.7 S of Pluto 13 23 NEW MOON Eclipse 28 15 FULL MOON Eclipse 14 11 Mercury 1.2 S of Moon Occn. 28 21 Moon at apogee 14 12 Moon at perigee 29 01 Jupiter 0.7 N of Moon Occn. December 2012 d h d h 1 15 Mercury greatest brilliancy 15 10 Mars 5.7 S of Moon 3 01 Jupiter at opposition 17 14 Mercury 5.6 N of Antares 5 09 Mercury greatest elong. W(20) 18 06 Neptune 6.3 S of Moon 6 16 LAST QUARTER 20 05 FIRST QUARTER 7 20 Jupiter 4.8 N of Aldebaran 20 21 Uranus 5.2 S of Moon 9 12 Spica 0.6 N of Moon Occn. 21 11 Solstice 10 12 Saturn 3.8 N of Moon 23 11 Venus 5.7 N of Antares 11 14 Venus 1.4 N of Moon 25 21 Moon at apogee 12 01 Mercury 1.1 N of Moon Occn. 26 00 Jupiter 0.4 N of Moon Occn. 12 23 Moon at perigee 28 10 FULL MOON 13 09 NEW MOON 30 17 Pluto in conj. with Sun 13 18 Uranus stationary