Vaughn's Homepages - SKY DIARY.

All times given here are local time for Dunedin (lat: 45° 52', long: 170° 30'E) and are corrected for Daylight Savings. Times for events will be roughly applicable for the whole of NZ, give or take 15mins or so.

*Week Starting...*	*Events Occuring...*
9 January 2010	12 January - Venus at superior conjunction 10:05 (local time) 15 January- New Moon 20:11 (local time) Meridian passage 13:34 (local time), altitude 65° Moonrise 05:38, Moonset 21:20 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 404253km Angular size 29'56"
16 January 2010
23 January 2010	23 January- First Quarter of Moon 23:52 (local time) Meridian passage 18:30 (local time), altitude 31° Moonrise 14:15, Moonset 23:44 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 388356km Angular size 30'31" 27 January - Mercury greatest elongation W.(25°) 18:11 (local time) Morning apparition Magnitude -0.04
30 January 2010	30 January - Mars at opposition 08:44 (local time) Visible from current location Mars in constellation Cancer Magnitude -1.28 Full Moon 30 January 19:17 (local time) Meridian passage 01:07 (local time), altitude 23° Moonrise 21:01, Moonset 05:59 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 358522km Angular size 33'41"
6 February 2010	06 February - Last Quarter of Moon 12:48 (local time) Meridian passage 06:24 (local time), altitude 60° Moonrise 23:34, Moonset 13:56 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 383979km Angular size 32'01"
13 February 2010	14 February - New Moon 15:51 (local time) Meridian passage 13:44 (local time), altitude 54° Moonrise 06:42, Moonset 20:35 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 401648km Angular size 29'48"
20 February 2010	22 February - First Quarter of Moon 13:41 (local time) Meridian passage 18:52 (local time), altitude 21° Moonrise 15:31, Moonset 23:16 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 382680km Angular size 31'13"
27 February 2010
6 March 2010	08 March - Last Quarter of Moon 04:41 (local time) Meridian passage 06:52 (local time), altitude 69° Moonrise 23:31, Moonset 15:05 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 389253km Angular size 31'11"
13 March 2010	16 March - New Moon 10:01 (local time) Meridian passage 13:04 (local time), altitude 46° Moonrise 06:40, Moonset 19:18 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 399220km Angular size 29'58"
20 March 2010	21 March - Autumnal Equinox 06:31 (local time) Earth-Sun distance 148991067km Angular size of Sun 32'07" 22 March - Saturn at opposition 13:38 (local time) Visible from current location Saturn in constellation Virgo Magnitude 0.53 23 March - First Quarter of Moon 23:59 (local time) Meridian passage 19:36 (local time), altitude 18° Moonrise 15:23, Moonset 23:52 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 374839km Angular size 32'00"
27 March 2010	30 March - Full Moon 14:25 (local time) Meridian passage 00:56 (local time), altitude 54° Moonrise 18:05, Moonset 06:44 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 367967km Angular size 33'06"
3 April 2010	06 April - Last Quarter of Moon 21:36 (local time) Meridian passage 06:20 (local time), altitude 68° Moonrise 23:15, Moonset 14:21 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 401902km Angular size 30'28" 09 April - Mercury greatest elongation E.(19°) 11:20 (local time) Evening apparition Too low to observe Magnitude 0.13
10 April 2010	15 April - New Moon 00:28 (local time) Meridian passage 12:08 (local time), altitude 32° Moonrise 06:43, Moonset 17:24 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 398279km Angular size 30'33"
17 April 2010	22 April - First Quarter of Moon 06:19 (local time) Meridian passage 18:26 (local time), altitude 23° Moonrise 13:50, Moonset 23:10 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 376508km Angular size 32'21"
24 April 2010	29 April - Full Moon 00:17 (local time) Meridian passage 00:29 (local time), altitude 62° Moonrise 16:59, Moonset 06:57 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 368443km Angular size 32'26" 29 April - Mercury at inferior conjunction 04:42 (local time)
1 May 2010	05 May - Meteor shower Eta Aquarids Parent body Halley's Comet Radiant at maximum RA 22h 20m, Dec -1 deg For night of shower maximum: Meridian passage 08:07 UT, altitude 45° Active dates 24 Apr - 20 May Average zenithal hourly rate at maximum 35 Moon illumination 61% Moonrise 23:10, Moonset 13:21 (local time) 06 May - Last Quarter of Moon 16:14 (local time) Meridian passage 06:34 (local time), altitude 59° Moonrise 00:14, Moonset 13:46 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 406197km Angular size 30'02"
8 May 2010	14 May - New Moon 13:04 (local time) Meridian passage 12:28 (local time), altitude 21° Moonrise 07:57, Moonset 16:55 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 379947km Angular size 31'27"
15 May 2010	21 May - First Quarter of Moon 11:42 (local time) Meridian passage 18:10 (local time), altitude 31° Moonrise 12:56, Moonset 23:35 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 371741km Angular size 32'37"
22 May 2010	26 May - Mercury greatest elongation W.(25°) 14:13 (local time) Morning apparition Magnitude 0.63 28 May - Full Moon 11:06 (local time) Meridian passage 00:08 (local time), altitude 67° Moonrise 16:08, Moonset 07:08 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 386796km Angular size 31'41"
29 May 2010
5 June 2010	05 June - Last Quarter of Moon 10:12 (local time) Meridian passage 05:53 (local time), altitude 51° Moonrise 00:07, Moonset 12:31 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 400540km Angular size 29'56"
12 June 2010	12 June - New Moon 23:13 (local time) Meridian passage 12:10 (local time), altitude 18° Moonrise 07:55, Moonset 16:25 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 377478km Angular size 32'10"
19 June 2010	19 June - First Quarter of Moon 16:28 (local time) Meridian passage 18:36 (local time), altitude 48° Moonrise 12:14, Moonset 00:02 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 367403km Angular size 32'34" 21 June - Winter solstice 23:27 (local time) Earth-Sun distance 152025405km Angular size of Sun 31'29"
26 June 2010	26 June - Eclipse of Moon 23:38 (local time) Eclipse type:Partial Moon enters umbra: 26 Jun 22:17 (local time) Middle of eclipse: 26 Jun 23:37 (local time) Moon leaves umbra: 27 Jun 00:58 (local time) Full Moon 26 June 23:30 (local time) Meridian passage 00:43 (local time), altitude 68° Moonrise 16:35, Moonset 08:01 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 389406km Angular size 30'41" 29 June - Mercury at superior conjunction 00:06 (local time)
3 July 2010	05 July - Last Quarter of Moon 02:35 (local time) Meridian passage 05:50 (local time), altitude 38° Moonrise 01:00, Moonset 11:32 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 397613km Angular size 30'02" 07 July - Earth at aphelion 01:23 (local time) Earth-Sun distance 152096473km Angular size of Sun 31'28"
10 July 2010	12 July - New Moon 07:40 (local time) Meridian passage 11:55 (local time), altitude 20° Moonrise 07:35, Moonset 16:20 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 364050km Angular size 32'50"
17 July 2010	18 July - First Quarter of Moon 22:09 (local time) Meridian passage 18:13 (local time), altitude 58° Moonrise 11:07, Moonset 00:20 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 372124km Angular size 32'21"
24 July 2010	26 July - Full Moon 13:35 (local time) Meridian passage 01:03 (local time), altitude 59° Moonrise 17:37, Moonset 07:53 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 405565km Angular size 30'01"
31 July 2010	03 August - Last Quarter of Moon 16:58 (local time) Meridian passage 05:57 (local time), altitude 26° Moonrise 01:02, Moonset 10:46 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 397916km Angular size 30'29"
7 August 2010	07 August - Mercury greatest elongation E.(27°) 13:02 (local time) Evening apparition Magnitude 0.46 10 August - New Moon 15:08 (local time) Meridian passage 12:33 (local time), altitude 30° Moonrise 07:25, Moonset 17:54 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 355821km Angular size 33'39"
14 August 2010	17 August - First Quarter of Moon 06:13 (local time) Meridian passage 17:52 (local time), altitude 65° Moonrise 10:09, Moonset 00:35 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 384214km Angular size 32'01" 20 August - Venus greatest elongation E.(46°) 15:31 (local time) Evening apparition Magnitude -4.33
21 August 2010	25 August - Full Moon 05:04 (local time) Meridian passage 00:27 (local time), altitude 52° Moonrise 17:36, Moonset 06:46 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 404056km Angular size 29'47"
28 August 2010	02 September - Last Quarter of Moon 05:21 (local time) Meridian passage 05:31 (local time), altitude 20° Moonrise 01:03, Moonset 09:56 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 382932km Angular size 30'48"
4 September 2010	04 September - Mercury at inferior conjunction 00:34 (local time) 08 September - New Moon 22:29 (local time) Meridian passage 12:06 (local time), altitude 39° Moonrise 06:18, Moonset 18:08 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 361252km Angular size 33'50"
11 September 2010	15 September - First Quarter of Moon 17:49 (local time) Meridian passage 18:29 (local time), altitude 68° Moonrise 10:19, Moonset 01:44 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 383556km Angular size 31'09"
18 September 2010	20 September - Mercury greatest elongation W.(18°) 05:11 (local time) Morning apparition Magnitude -0.29 21 September - Jupiter at opposition 23:37 (local time) Visible from current location Jupiter in constellation Pisces Magnitude -2.94 23 September - Spring equinox 15:08 (local time) Earth-Sun distance 150121473km Angular size of Sun 31'53" 23 September - Full Moon 21:17 (local time) Meridian passage 00:27 (local time), altitude 38° Moonrise 18:35, Moonset 05:51 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 402070km Angular size 29'50"
25 September 2010	01 October - Last Quarter of Moon 16:51 (local time) Meridian passage 07:11 (local time), altitude 19° Moonrise 02:52, Moonset 11:34 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 382874km Angular size 31'38"
2 October 2010	08 October - New Moon 07:43 (local time) Meridian passage 12:36 (local time), altitude 49° Moonrise 06:08, Moonset 19:20 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 359524km Angular size 33'41"
9 October 2010	15 October - First Quarter of Moon 10:27 (local time) Meridian passage 19:05 (local time), altitude 66° Moonrise 11:07, Moonset 02:17 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 398519km Angular size 30'47"
16 October 2010	17 October - Mercury at superior conjunction 14:04 (local time)
23 October 2010	23 October - Full Moon 14:35 (local time) Meridian passage 00:51 (local time), altitude 30° Moonrise 20:40, Moonset 06:00 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 403450km Angular size 30'08" 29 October - Venus at inferior conjunction 14:09 (local time)
30 October 2010	31 October - Last Quarter of Moon 01:45 (local time) Meridian passage 06:57 (local time), altitude 24° Moonrise 02:15, Moonset 11:47 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 374089km Angular size 32'02"
6 November 2010	06 November - New Moon 17:51 (local time) Meridian passage 13:05 (local time), altitude 63° Moonrise 05:33, Moonset 20:51 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 365372km Angular size 33'00"
13 November 2010	14 November - First Quarter of Moon 05:38 (local time) Meridian passage 19:18 (local time), altitude 56° Moonrise 12:07, Moonset 01:55 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 405529km Angular size 30'10"
20 November 2010	22 November - Full Moon 06:27 (local time) Meridian passage 00:19 (local time), altitude 24° Moonrise 20:40, Moonset 04:59 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 388920km Angular size 30'37"
27 November 2010	29 November - Last Quarter of Moon 09:36 (local time) Meridian passage 06:39 (local time), altitude 32° Moonrise 01:46, Moonset 12:09 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 367089km Angular size 32'26" 02 December - Mercury greatest elongation E.(21°) 04:31 (local time) Evening apparition Magnitude -0.31
4 December 2010	06 December - New Moon 06:35 (local time) Meridian passage 12:46 (local time), altitude 67° Moonrise 04:46, Moonset 20:52 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 378093km Angular size 32'16"
11 December 2010	14 December - First Quarter of Moon 02:58 (local time) Meridian passage 19:17 (local time), altitude 44° Moonrise 13:01, Moonset 01:23 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 406189km Angular size 29'53"
18 December 2010	20 December - Mercury at inferior conjunction 14:22 (local time) Eclipse of the Moon - visible from moonrise Moon leaves totality: Dec 21, 2010AD 08:51 (Still below horizon) Moon leaves umbra: Dec 21, 2010AD 09:58 21 December - Full Moon 21:13 (local time) Meridian passage 00:50 (local time), altitude 19° *Moonrise 21:25*, Moonset 05:10 (local time) Earth-Moon distance 376758km Angular size 31'37"
25 December 2010