1918.] The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. 
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ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. 
It is intended to publish in this column notes from the astronomical 
observatories and societies, and from amateur astronomers of New Zea¬ 
land. Contributions to this column are therefore invited, and should be 
forwarded to the Government Astronomer, Wellington. 
The mean time used in these notes (unless otherwise stated) is civil 
mean time for the meridian 12 h. east of Greenwich, and the hours are 
counted from 0 to 24. Oh., or 24h. = midnight. To find the corresponding 
New Zealand civil mean time subtract 30 minutes ; to find the corre¬ 
sponding Greenwich mean time subtract 1 day. 
Phenomena, 1918. 
June. 
d. 
1 
h. 
1 
m. 
Mercury at greatest heliocentric latitude south. 
1 
21 
32 
Uranus in conjunction with the Moon 
Uranus 
5° 59' S. 
2 
16 
20 
Moon, last quarter. 
3 
8 
Uranus stationary. 
5 
19 
30 
Moon in perigee. 
6 
11 
18 
Venus in conjunction with the Moon 
Venus 
6° 28' S. 
7, 
23 
4 
Mercury in conjunction with the Moon 
Mercury 
4° 34' S. 
9 
. 10 
3 
New Moon. 
9 
10 
7 
Sun eclipsed. Invisible in New Zealand. 
9 
18 
43 
Jupiter in conjunction with the Moon 
Jupiter 
0° 18' S. 
13 
1 
59 
Neptune in conjunction with the Moon 
Neptune 
3° 39'N. 
13 
14 
11 
Saturn in conjunction with the Moon 
Saturn 
5°11'N. 
15 
10 
Mars in conjunction with /3 Virginis (mag. - = 3*8) . . 
Mars 
0° 8'S. 
16 
4 
Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun. 
17 
1 
12 
Moon, first quarter. 
17 
11 
2 
Mars in conjunction with the Moon 
Mars 
6° 17' N. 
17 
20 
36 
Moon in apogee. 
19 
3 
Venus at greatest heliocentric latitude south. 
20 
1 
Mercury in ascending node. 
21 
7 
Mars in quadrature with the Sun. 
22 
18 
0 
Sun enters sign sd Cancer. Solstice. 
23 
9 
19 
Mercury in conjunction with Jupiter 
Mercury 
0° 52'N. 
24 
16 
Mercury in perihelion. 
24 
22 
28 
Moon eclipsed. Visible in New Zealand. 
24 
22 
38 
Pull Moon. 
27 
14 
Mercury in superior conjunction with the Sun. 
5° 59' S. 
29 
2 
37 
Uranus in conjunction with the Moon 
Uranus 
July. 
1 
11 
30 
Moon in perigee. 
1 
20 
43 
Moon, last quarter. 
4 
22 
Mercury, greatest heliocentric latitude north. 
5 
20 
Earth in aphelion. 
Venus 
3° 6'S. 
6 
1 
35 
Venus in conjunction with the Moon 
7 
14 
15 
Jupiter in conjunction with the Moon 
Jupiter 
•0° 19' N. 
8 
20 
22 
New Moon. 
10 
2 
19 
Mercury in conjunction with the Moon 
Mercury 
5° 18' N. 
10 
12 
25 
Neptune in conjunction with the Moon . . 
Neptune 
3° 41' N. 
