CALENDAR OF EVENTS

1 Last Quarter Moon occurs at 7:27 A.M. EDT

3 The Moon passes 0.8° south of Saturn, 7 P.M. EDT

Pluto is stationary, 11 P.M. EDT

4 The Moon passes 0.3° south of Neptune, 3 P.M. EDT

The Moon passes 0.2° north of Mars, 10 P.M. EDT

5 Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks

The Moon is at perigee (225,659 miles from Earth), 6:04 P.M. EDT

6 The Moon passes 4° north of Mercury, 4 A.M. EDT

7 New Moon occurs at 11:22 P.M. EDT

8 Mars is at perihelion (128.4 million miles from the Sun), 7 A.M. EDT 9 Mercury is at greatest western elongation (26°), 6 P.M. EDT 13 Uranus is in conjunction with the Sun, 5 A.M. EDT

15 First Quarter Moon occurs at 7:48 A.M. EDT

16 The Moon passes 1.1° north of asteroid Juno, 9 A.M. EDT

Dwarf planet Ceres is stationary, 7 P.M. EDT

17 The Moon is at apogee (251,432 miles from Earth), 2:59 P.M. EDT

18 Jupiter is in conjunction with the Sun, 3 P.M. EDT

19 Asteroid Pallas is at opposition, 11 A.M. EDT

23 Full Moon occurs at 9:53 A.M. EDT

The Moon passes 0.4° north of Antares, 11 P.M. EDT

27 The Moon passes 0.9° south of dwarf planet Ceres, 1 A.M. EDT

30 Last Quarter Moon occurs at 1:13 P.M. EDT

31 The Moon passes 0.4° south of Saturn, 4 A.M. EDT

The Moon passes 0.02° south of Neptune, 11 P.M. EDT