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ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. 
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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. 0 h., or 24 h. = 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. 
d. 
h. 
m. 
/ocjyue'muvi . 
2 
13 
Mercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun. 
3 
6 
12 
Neptune in conjunction with the Moon 
Neptune 
3° 
52' N. 
4 
6 
0 
Venus in conjunction with the Moon 
Venus 
5° 
36' N. 
4 
9 
1 
Saturn in conjunction with the Moon 
Saturn 
5° 
48' N. 
5 
12 
22 
Mercury in conjunction with the Moon 
Mercury 
1° 
48' N. 
0 
13 
41 
Venus in conjunction with Saturn 
Venus 
0° 
5' S. 
5 
22 
44 
New Moon. 
8 
24 
Moon in apogee. 
11 
5 
Mercury stationary. 
11 
8 
45 
Mars in conjunction with the Moon 
Mars 
1° 
48' N. 
14 
3 
2 
Moon, first quarter. 
15 
21 
35 
Mercury in conjunction with Venus 
Mercury 
1° 
20' S. 
16 
0 
Mercury in ascending node. 
16 
19 
Venus in perihelion. 
18 
19 
Mercury at greatest elongation 
• . 
17° 
52'W. 
19 
0 
52 
Uranus in conjunction with the Moon 
Uranus 
5° 
48' S. 
20 
15 
Mercury in perihelion. 
21 
1 
1 
Full Moon. 
21 
17 
Moon in perigee. 
23 
13 
Venus in conjunction with y Leonis (mag. = 4*7) .. 
Venus 
0° 
1' N. 
24 
1 
Mercury in conjunction with y Leonis (mag. = 4*7) 
Mercury 
0° 
12' N. 
24 
9 
Sun enters sign ^ (Libra). Equinox. 
25 
18 
48 
Mercury in conjunction with Venus 
Mercury 
0° 
20' N. 
26 
17 
Mercury in conjunction with <r Leonis (mag. = 4*1) 
Mercury 
0° 
4' N. 
27 
16 
39 
Moon, last quarter. 
28 
12 
14 
Jupiter in conjunction with the Moon 
Jupiter 
2° 
13' N. 
30 
13 
25 
Neptune in conjunction with the Moon 
Neptune 
4° 
7' N. 
30 
21 
Mercury at greatest heliocentric latitude north. 
October. 
1 
21 
22 
Saturn in conjunction with the Moon 
Saturn 
6° 
9' N. 
4 
16 
42 
Venus in conjunction with the Moon 
Venus 
6° 
54' N. 
5 
2 
57 
Mercury in conjunction with the Moon 
Mercury 
7° 
7' N. 
5 
15 
5 
New Moon. 
6 
6 
Moon in apogee. 
8 
22 
Venus at greatest heliocentric latitude north. 
9 
9 
Jupiter in quadrature with the Sun. 
9 
20 
Venus in conjunction with rj Virginis 
Venus 
0° 
6' N. 
10 
5 
54 
Mars in conjunction with the Moon 
Mars 
0° 
19' S. 
13 
17 
0 
Moon, first quarter. 
16 
0 
Mercury in superior conjunction with the Sun. 
16 
9 
52 
Uranus in conjunction with the Moon 
Uranus 
5 C 
57' S. 
20 
4 
Moon in perigee. 
20 
9 
35 
Full Moon. 
23 
2 
Mercury in apogee. 
24 
9 
Mercury in descending node. 
24 
18 
Sun enters sign irp (Scorpio). 
25 
23 
7 
Jupiter in conjunction with the Moon 
J upiter 
2° 
40' N. 
27 
5 
35 
Moon, last quarter. 
27 
20 
37 
Neptune in conjunction with the Moon 
Neptune 
4° 
22' N. 
29 
8 
32 
Saturn in conjunction with the Moon 
Saturn 
6° 
31' N. 
