Credit: Stefan Seip

Celestial     calendar

MOON

Phases of the Moon in 2008:

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

Last Quarter

Jan. 8, 11h 37m

Jan. 15, 19h 46m

Jan. 22, 13h 35m

Jan. 30, 05h 03m

Feb. 7, 03h 44m

Feb. 14, 03h 33m

Feb. 21, 03h 30m

Feb. 29, 02h 18m

Mar. 7, 17h 14m

Mar. 14, 10h 46m

Mar. 21, 18h 40m

Mar. 29, 21h 47m

Apr. 6, 03h 55m

Apr. 12, 18h 32m

Apr. 20, 10h 25m

Apr. 28, 14h 12m

May 5, 12h 18m

May 12, 03h 47m

May 20, 02h 11m

May 28, 02h 57m

June 3, 19h 23m

June 10, 15h 04m

June 18, 17h 30m

June 26, 12h 10m

July 3, 02h 19m

July 10, 04h 35m

July 18, 07h 59m

July 25, 18h 42m

Aug. 1, 10h 13m

Aug. 8, 20h 20m

Aug. 16, 21h 16m

Aug. 23, 23h 50m

Aug. 30, 19h 58m

Sept. 7, 14h 04m

Sept. 15, 09h 13m

Sept. 22, 05h 04m

Sept. 29, 08h 12m

Oct. 7, 09h 04m

Oct. 14, 20h 02m

Oct. 21, 11h 55m

Oct. 28, 23h 14m

Nov. 6, 04h 03m

Nov. 13, 06h 17m

Nov. 19, 21h 31m

Nov. 27, 16h 55m

Dec. 5, 21h 26m

Dec. 12, 16h 37m

Dec. 19, 10h 29m

Dec. 27, 12h 22m

 

 

 

Occultations of planets and bright stars
by the Moon for Kyiv in 2008:

Data

Universal
Time (UT)

Name of planet
or star

Right
Ascension

Declination

Magnitude

Elongation

Phenomena

Position
Angle

Mar. 12

18h 07.0m

ZC 538 (18 Tauri)

3h 45.1m

+24o 50'

+5.6m

67o

Covering

61o

Mar. 12

18h 31.7m

ZC 542 (21 Tauri)

3h 45.9m

+24o 33'

+5.8m

67o

Covering

132o

Aug. 23

20h 41.4m

ZC 537 (17 Tauri)

3h 44.9m

+24o 07'

+3.8m

269o

Opening

230o

Aug. 23

20h 45.8m

ZC 536 (16 Tauri)

3h 44.8m

+24o 17'

+5.4m

269o

Opening

268o

Aug. 23

20h 49.9m

ZC 539 (19 q Tauri)

3h 45.2m

+24o 28'

+4.4m

269o

Opening

305o

Aug. 23

21h 00.7m

ZC 542 (21 Tauri)

3h 45.9m

+24o 33'

+5.8m

270o

Opening

321o

Aug. 23

21h 08.9m

ZC 541 (20 Tauri)

3h 45.8m

+24o 22'

+4.0m

269o

Opening

269o

Nov. 13

19h 22.4m

ZC 536 (16 Tauri)

3h 44.8m

+24o 17'

+5.4m

190o

Opening

290o

Nov. 13

19h 25.1m

ZC 537 (17 Tauri)

3h 44.9m

+24o 07'

+3.8m

190o

Opening

252o

Nov. 13

19h 36.3m

ZC 545 (23 Tauri)

3h 46.3m

+23o 57'

+4.3m

190o

Opening

186o

Nov. 13

19h 51.1m

ZC 541 (20 Tauri)

3h 45.8m

+24o 22'

+4.0m

190o

Opening

290o

Nov. 13

20h 22.2m

ZC 552 (25 h Tauri)

3h 47.5m

+24o 06'

+3.0m

190o

Opening

208o

Dec. 13

22h 46.2m

ZC 1030 (27 e Geminorum)

6h 43.9m

+25o 08'

+3.2m

199o

Opening

259o

 

The Position Angle P of the point of contact is reckoned from the north point of the limb of the Moon towards the east.

The occultations of open star cluster Pleiades in constellation Taurus by the Moon continues in 2008.

 

Glossary

Elongation:

the geocentric angle between the Moon and the Sun.

 

Main Astronomical Observatory

Note: All time moments are given in Universal Time (UT) units.
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2h (and Local_Time=UT+3h for summer time).