By Sirius, 4 Mercury and Venus in conjunction, 11 p.m. Mercury 0°.7 S.
6 in aphelion, or at greatest:
distance from the Sun, 8 a.m.
Last quarter (moon) (, 9.42 a.m. 7 Moon in apogee, 7.6 p.m.
Saturn in quadrature, 4 a.m. 7-11 Meteoric showers in the Pegasids. 8 Jupiter stationary in the heavens, 4am, 13 Venus in conjunction with the moon, midnight. Venus 4°.6 N.
Mercury in conjunction with the moon, noon. Mercury 5°.0 N. 14 New moon @, 8.31 a.m.
15 Mars in conjunction with the moon, 2a.m. Mars 4°.6 N.
16 Venus attains its ascending node, 20 Saturn in conjunction with the moon, lia.m. Saturn 0°.1S.
21 First quarter (moon) 9.18 a.m. 22 Jupiter in conjunction with the moon, 4am. Jupiter 3°.4S.
Moon in perigee, 9.8 a.m.
Mercury in superior conjunction with the Sun, 6p.m.
24 Sun enters Leo, 6.1 a.in.
25-30 Meteoric showers in the Aquarids. 26 Mercury in conjunction with Mars, 10 a.m. Mercury 0°.6 N.
28 Full moon QO, 6.19. a.m.
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