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. 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. 
November. 
cl. 
2 
h. 
8 
m. 
6 
Moon in apogee. 
3 
1 
Neptune in quadrature with the Sun. 
3 
14 
Mercury in aphelion. 
4 
1 
0 
Venus in conjunction with the Moon 
Venus 
4° 25' N. 
4 
4 
Jupiter stationary. 
4 
9 
2 
New Moon. 
4 
12 
Uranus stationary. 
5 
12 
20 
Mercury in conjunction with the Moon 
Mercury 
0° 24' N. 
8 
5 
20 
Mars in conjunction with the Moon 
Mars 
2° 29' S. 
10 
8 
Mercury in conjunction with <5 Scorpii 
Mercury 
0° 13' N. 
12 
4 
46 
Moon, first quarter. 
12 
17 
41 
Uranus in conjunction with the Moon 
Uranus 
6° 6' S. 
13 
0 
Neptune stationary. 
17 
13 
Uranus in quadrature with the Sun. 
17 
15 
30 
Moon in perigee. 
18 
19 
33 
Full Moon. 
21 
13 
Saturn in quadrature with the Sun. 
22 
7 
39 
Jupiter in conjunction with the Moon 
Jupiter 
2° 48' N. 
23 
12 
Venus in apogee. 
23 
15 
Sun enters sign / (Sagittarius). 
23 
23 
Mercury at greatest heliocentric latitude south. 
24 
4 
42 
Neptune in conjunction with the Moon 
Neptune 
4° 31' N. 
24 
12 
Venus in superior conjunction with the Sun. 
25 
13 
Venus in conjunction with /3 Scorpii 
Venus 
0° 42' S. 
25 
18 
39 
Saturn in conjunction with the Moon 
Saturn 
6° 48' N. 
25 
22 
25 
Moon, last quarter. 
29 
19 
12 
Moon in apogee. 
30 
15 
Mercury at greatest elongation 
21° 30' E. 
December. 
3 
23 
Venus in descending node. 
4 
3 
19 
New Moon. 
4 
3 
23 
Sun eclipsed; annular eclipse invisible in New 
Zealand. 
4 
8 
25 
Venus in conjunction with the Moon 
Venus 
0° 2'S. 
5 
22 
9 
Mercury in conjunction with the Moon 
Mercury 
3° 31' S. 
7 
6 
28 
Mars in conjunction with the Moon 
Mars 
4° 29' S. 
9 
13 
Mercury stationary. 
10 
0 
25 
Uranus in conjunction with the Moon 
Uranus 
6° 9' S. 
11 
3 
Saturn stationary. 
11 
14 
31 
Moon, first quarter. 
13 
0 
Mercury in ascending node. 
15 
11 
Mars at greatest heliocentric latitude south. 
15 
20 
Moon in perigee. 
