Diary of Astronomical Phenomena :- 2010 January 2010 d h d h 1 22 Moon at perigee 17 01 Moon at apogee 3 12 Mars 6.8 N of Moon 17 23 Neptune 3.8 S of Moon 3 16 Earth at Perihelion 18 10 Jupiter 4.8 S of Moon 4 20 Mercury in inferior conjn. 19 19 Mercury greatest brilliancy 5 09 Mercury 3.4 N of Venus 20 11 Uranus 6.1 S of Moon 6 19 Saturn 8.1 N of Moon 23 11 FIRST QUARTER 7 11 LAST QUARTER 27 15 Mercury greatest elong. W(24) 11 21 Venus in superior conjn. 27 19 Mars nearest to Earth 13 17 Mercury 4.4 N of Moon 29 20 Mars at opposition 14 17 Saturn stationary 30 06 FULL MOON 15 07 NEW MOON Eclipse 30 08 Mars 6.7 N of Moon 15 10 Venus 1.6 S of Moon 30 08 Moon at perigee 15 22 Mercury stationary February 2010 d h d h 3 02 Saturn 8.2 N of Moon 15 05 Jupiter 5.1 S of Moon 6 00 LAST QUARTER 16 19 Uranus 6.0 S of Moon 7 19 Antares 1.2 S of Moon Occn. 16 21 Venus 0.6 S of Jupiter 7 23 Venus 1.1 S of Neptune 22 01 FIRST QUARTER 12 06 Mercury 2.4 S of Moon 26 04 Mars 5.5 N of Moon 12 23 Moon at apogee 27 05 Mercury 1.8 S of Neptune 14 02 NEW MOON 27 19 Moon at perigee 14 07 Neptune 3.8 S of Moon 28 11 Jupiter in conj. with Sun 14 23 Neptune in conj. with Sun 28 16 FULL MOON 15 01 Venus 5.5 S of Moon March 2010 d h d h 2 10 Saturn 8.1 N of Moon 16 05 Mercury 6.6 S of Moon 3 23 Venus 0.7 S of Uranus 17 07 Uranus in conj. with Sun 7 16 LAST QUARTER 17 11 Venus 6.5 S of Moon 7 19 Mercury 1.2 S of Jupiter 20 18 Equinox 11 09 Mars stationary 22 01 Saturn at opposition 12 08 Moon at apogee 23 11 FIRST QUARTER 13 15 Neptune 3.9 S of Moon 25 13 Mars 4.8 N of Moon 14 12 Mercury in superior conjn. 28 02 Moon at perigee 15 01 Jupiter 5.5 S of Moon 29 08 Mercury greatest brilliancy 15 18 Mercury 0.8 S of Uranus 29 17 Saturn 8.1 N of Moon 15 20 NEW MOON 30 02 FULL MOON 16 04 Uranus 5.9 S of Moon April 2010 d h d h 6 09 LAST QUARTER 16 12 Venus 4.0 S of Moon 6 23 Pluto stationary 18 12 Mercury stationary 8 21 Mercury greatest elong. E(19) 21 18 FIRST QUARTER 9 02 Moon at apogee 22 09 Mars 4.9 N of Moon 10 00 Neptune 4.1 S of Moon 24 20 Moon at perigee 11 21 Jupiter 6.0 S of Moon 25 23 Saturn 8.1 N of Moon 12 14 Uranus 6.0 S of Moon 28 12 FULL MOON 14 12 NEW MOON 28 16 Mercury in inferior conjn. 15 22 Mercury 1.6 S of Moon May 2010 d h d h 4 03 Venus 6.5 N of Aldebaran 16 10 Venus 0.1 N of Moon Occn. 6 04 LAST QUARTER 20 05 Moon at perigee 6 21 Moon at apogee 20 11 Mars 5.3 N of Moon 7 09 Neptune 4.5 S of Moon 20 23 FIRST QUARTER 9 17 Jupiter 6.5 S of Moon 23 04 Saturn 8.2 N of Moon 10 01 Uranus 6.2 S of Moon 26 05 Mercury greatest elong. W(25) 11 00 Mercury stationary 27 23 FULL MOON 12 17 Mercury 7.7 S of Moon 31 15 Saturn stationary 14 01 NEW MOON 31 20 Neptune stationary June 2010 d h d h 3 15 Moon at apogee 15 14 Moon at perigee 3 18 Neptune 4.7 S of Moon 16 02 Mercury 4.7 N of Aldebaran 4 22 LAST QUARTER 17 18 Mars 5.9 N of Moon 6 11 Jupiter 6.9 S of Moon 19 05 FIRST QUARTER 6 11 Uranus 6.4 S of Moon 19 10 Saturn 8.2 N of Moon 6 14 Mars 0.0 N of Regulus 21 12 Solstice 6 20 Jupiter 0.5 S of Uranus 25 02 Mercury greatest brilliancy 9 11 Venus 4.9 S of Pollux 25 21 Pluto at opposition 11 03 Mercury 5.2 S of Moon 26 12 FULL MOON Eclipse 12 11 NEW MOON 28 12 Mercury in superior conjn. 15 07 Venus 3.9 N of Moon July 2010 d h d h 1 01 Neptune 4.8 S of Moon 15 01 Venus 5.9 N of Moon 1 07 Moon at apogee 16 05 Mars 6.2 N of Moon 3 20 Uranus 6.6 S of Moon 16 19 Saturn 8.1 N of Moon 4 01 Jupiter 7.2 S of Moon 18 10 FIRST QUARTER 4 15 LAST QUARTER 24 03 Jupiter stationary 5 07 Earth at Aphelion 26 02 FULL MOON 5 22 Uranus stationary 28 02 Mercury 0.4 S of Regulus 6 20 Mercury 5.0 S of Pollux 28 07 Neptune 4.7 S of Moon 10 03 Venus 1.1 N of Regulus 28 22 Moon at apogee 11 20 NEW MOON Eclipse 31 03 Uranus 6.5 S of Moon 13 00 Mercury 4.0 N of Moon 31 09 Jupiter 7.2 S of Moon 13 12 Moon at perigee August 2010 d h d h 1 20 Mars 2.0 S of Saturn 16 19 FIRST QUARTER 3 06 LAST QUARTER 19 23 Venus greatest elong. E(46) 6 20 Mercury greatest elong. E(27) 20 02 Mercury stationary 10 02 Venus 3.2 S of Saturn 20 10 Neptune at opposition 10 03 NEW MOON 24 01 Venus 2.5 S of Mars 10 19 Moon at perigee 24 12 Neptune 4.6 S of Moon 12 02 Mercury 2.3 N of Moon 24 17 FULL MOON 13 07 Saturn 7.9 N of Moon 25 07 Moon at apogee 13 12 Venus 4.4 N of Moon 27 07 Uranus 6.3 S of Moon 13 18 Mars 5.9 N of Moon 27 12 Jupiter 7.2 S of Moon September 2010 d h d h 1 18 LAST QUARTER 20 02 Mercury greatest elong. W(15) 1 19 Venus 1.2 S of Spica 20 16 Neptune 4.6 S of Moon 3 13 Mercury in inferior conjn. 21 11 Moon at apogee 4 14 Mars 2.3 N of Spica 21 11 Jupiter at opposition 7 22 Mercury 1.7 N of Moon 21 17 Uranus at opposition 8 05 Moon at perigee 22 20 Jupiter 0.9 S of Uranus 8 11 NEW MOON 23 03 Equinox 9 23 Saturn 7.8 N of Moon 23 10 FULL MOON 11 09 Mars 4.9 N of Moon 23 11 Jupiter 7.1 S of Moon 11 14 Venus 0.2 N of Moon Occn. 23 11 Uranus 6.2 S of Moon 12 01 Mercury stationary 23 13 Venus greatest brilliancy 13 21 Pluto stationary 24 08 Mercury greatest brilliancy 15 06 FIRST QUARTER 28 23 Venus 6.5 S of Mars October 2010 d h d h 1 01 Saturn in conj. with Sun 16 15 Mercury 3.3 N of Spica 1 04 LAST QUARTER 17 02 Mercury in superior conjn. 6 14 Moon at perigee 17 22 Neptune 4.8 S of Moon 7 12 Mercury 7.2 N of Moon 18 20 Moon at apogee 7 15 Saturn 7.7 N of Moon 20 11 Jupiter 7.1 S of Moon 7 18 Venus stationary 20 16 Uranus 6.3 S of Moon 7 19 NEW MOON 23 02 FULL MOON 8 15 Mercury 0.7 S of Saturn 24 10 Mercury 7.2 N of Venus 9 16 Venus 3.6 S of Moon 29 01 Venus in inferior conjn. 10 03 Mars 3.4 N of Moon 30 13 LAST QUARTER 14 22 FIRST QUARTER November 2010 d h d h 3 18 Moon at perigee 15 11 Mercury 2.6 N of Antares 4 06 Saturn 7.7 N of Moon 15 12 Moon at apogee 5 09 Venus 0.1 S of Moon Occn. 16 15 Venus stationary 6 06 NEW MOON 16 16 Jupiter 7.2 S of Moon 7 05 Neptune stationary 16 22 Uranus 6.5 S of Moon 7 05 Mercury 1.5 N of Moon 19 06 Jupiter stationary 7 23 Mars 1.6 N of Moon 21 03 Mercury 1.7 S of Mars 10 03 Mars 4.0 N of Antares 21 18 FULL MOON 13 17 FIRST QUARTER 28 21 LAST QUARTER 14 06 Neptune 5.0 S of Moon 30 21 Moon at perigee December 2010 d h d h 1 00 Mercury greatest elong. E(21) 13 17 Mercury 4.6 S of Pluto 1 18 Saturn 7.9 N of Moon 13 20 Mercury 1.0 N of Mars 2 21 Venus 6.3 N of Moon 14 01 Mars 5.6 S of Pluto 5 00 Venus greatest brilliancy 14 02 Jupiter 7.2 S of Moon 5 18 NEW MOON 14 06 Uranus 6.6 S of Moon 5 21 Mercury greatest brilliancy 20 01 Mercury in inferior conjn. 6 08 Uranus stationary 21 08 FULL MOON Eclipse 6 18 Mercury 6.3 S of Pluto 22 00 Solstice 6 22 Mars 0.7 S of Moon Occn. 25 11 Moon at perigee 7 09 Mercury 2.0 S of Moon 27 03 Pluto in conj. with Sun 10 06 Mercury stationary 28 04 LAST QUARTER 11 15 Neptune 5.2 S of Moon 29 03 Saturn 8.1 N of Moon 13 09 Moon at apogee 30 12 Mercury stationary 13 14 FIRST QUARTER 31 17 Venus 6.8 N of Moon