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Event Calendar for 2021

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< December	January 2021					February >
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ASLC Meetings are virtual in ZOOM format.					1 New Year's Day Beehive 2.3°S of Moon	2 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98325 AU Regulus 4.7°S of Moon
3 Quadrantid Meteor Shower	4	5 Last Quarter 02:37	6	7	8	9 Moon at Perigee: 367390 km Antares 5.6°S of Moon Mercury 1.6° of Saturn
10 Moon at Descending Node	11 Mercury 1.4° of Jupiter Venus 1.5°N of Moon	12 New Moon 22:00	13	14 Mercury 2.3°N of Moon	15	16
17	18 Martin Luther King Jr.	19	20 Inauguration Day First Quarter 14:02 Mars 5.1°N of Moon	21 Moon at Apogee: 404361 km	22 ASLC Monthly Meeting	23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.6°E Saturn in Conjunction with Sun Aldebaran 4.7°S of Moon
24 Moon at Ascending Node	25	26	27 Pollux 3.8°N of Moon	28 Full Moon 12:16 Beehive 2.3°S of Moon Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun Mercury at Perihelion	29 Regulus 4.6°S of Moon	30
31	Courtesy of WinCalendar.com Astronomical events from AstroPixels.com

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< January	February 2021					March >
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	1	2 Groundhog Day	3 Moon at Perigee: 370127 km	4	5	6 Antares 5.5°S of Moon Moon at Descending Node
7 Super Bowl	8 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction	9	10	11 New Moon 12:06	12	13
14 Valentine's Day	15 Presidents Day Mercury 3.8° of Jupiter	16	17 Ash Wednesday	18 Moon at Apogee: 404467 km Mars 3.7°N of Moon	19 First Quarter 11:47 Venus at Aphelion	20 Aldebaran 5.0°S of Moon Moon at Ascending Node
21	22	23 Mercury 4.0° of Saturn Pollux 3.7°N of Moon	24 Beehive 2.4°S of Moon	25	26 Regulus 4.6°S of Moon ASLC Monthly Meeting	27 Full Moon 01:17
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< February	March 2021					April >
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	1 Moon at Perigee: 365422 km	2	3 Mars 2.6°S of Pleiades	4 Mercury 0.3° of Jupiter	5 Last Quarter 18:30 Antares 5.2°S of Moon Moon at Descending Node	6 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.3°W
7	8 Int'l. Women's Day	9 Saturn 3.7°N of Moon	10 Jupiter 4.0°N of Moon Neptune in Conjunction with Sun Mercury 3.7°N of Moon	11	12	13 New Moon 03:21 Mercury at Aphelion
14 Daylight Saving Begins	15	16	17 Saint Patrick's Day Moon at Apogee: 405253 km	18	19 Mars 1.9°N of Moon Aldebaran 5.2°S of Moon Moon at Ascending Node	20 Start of Spring (Spring Equinox) Mars 6.9°N of Aldebaran
21 First Quarter 08:40	22	23 Pollux 3.5°N of Moon	24 Beehive 2.6°S of Moon	25 Regulus 4.7°S of Moon Venus at Superior Conjunction	26 ASLC Monthly Meeting	27 Earth Hour
28 Full Moon 12:48	29 Spica 6.5°S of Moon Moon at Perigee: 360311 km	30	31

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< March	April 2021					May >
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				1 Holy Thursday Antares 4.9°S of Moon Moon at Descending Node	2 Good Friday	3
4 Easter Last Quarter 04:02	5	6 Saturn 4.0°N of Moon	7 Jupiter 4.4°N of Moon	8	9	10
11 New Moon 20:31	12	13	14 Moon at Apogee: 406120 km	15 Tax Day (Taxes Due) Aldebaran 5.4°S of Moon Moon at Ascending Node	16	17 Mars 0.1°N of Moon: Occn.
18 Mercury at Superior Conjunction	19 Pollux 3.2°N of Moon	20 First Quarter 00:59 Beehive 2.8°S of Moon	21 Administrative Professionals	22 Earth Day Regulus 4.9°S of Moon Lyrid Meteor Shower	23 ASLC Monthly Meeting	24
25 Spica 6.5°S of Moon	26 Full Moon 21:31 Mercury at Perihelion	27 Moon at Perigee: 357379 km	28 Antares 4.8°S of Moon	29 Moon at Descending Node	30 Arbor Day Uranus in Conjunction with Sun

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< April	May 2021					June >
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2	3 Last Quarter 13:50 Saturn 4.2°N of Moon Mercury 2.1°S of Pleiades	4 Jupiter 4.6°N of Moon Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower	5 Cinco De Mayo	6	7	8
9 Mother's Day	10	11 New Moon 13:00 Moon at Apogee: 406512 km	12	13 Moon at Ascending Node Mercury 2.1°N of Moon	14	15 Armed Forces Day Mars 1.5°S of Moon
16 Pollux 3.1°N of Moon Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.0°E	17 Beehive 2.9°S of Moon	18	19 First Quarter 13:13 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon	20	21	22
23 Spica 6.5°S of Moon	24	25 Moon at Perigee: 357310 km	26 Full Moon 05:14 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.009 Antares 4.8°S of Moon Moon at Descending Node	27	28 Mercury 0.4° of Venus ASLC Monthly Meeting	29
30 Saturn 4.2°N of Moon	31 Memorial Day Mars 5.2°S of Pollux

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< May	June 2021					July >
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		1 Jupiter 4.6°N of Moon	2 Last Quarter 01:24	3	4	5
6	7 Moon at Apogee: 406230 km	8	9 Moon at Ascending Node	10 New Moon 04:53 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.943 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction	11 Venus 1.5°S of Moon	12 Venus at Perihelion Pollux 3.1°N of Moon
13 Mars 2.8°S of Moon Beehive 2.9°S of Moon	14 Flag Day	15 Regulus 5.0°S of Moon	16	17 First Quarter 21:54	18	19  Moon Gaze
20 Start of Summer (Summer Solstice)	21 Venus 5.1°S of Pollux	22 Mercury 1.8°N of Aldebaran Antares 4.8°S of Moon Mars 0.3°S of Beehive Moon at Descending Node	23 Moon at Perigee: 359960 km	24 Full Moon 12:40	25 ASLC Monthly Meeting Visitors are invited to our Zoom meeting at 7 PM. Click here at 7 PM.	26
27 Saturn 4.0°N of Moon	28 Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon	29	30

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< June	July 2021					August >
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				1 Last Quarter 15:11	2 Venus 0.1°N of Beehive	3  Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing Cancelled due to weather
4 Indep. Day Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.6°W	5 Moon at Apogee: 405342 km Earth at Aphelion: 1.01673 AU	6 Moon at Ascending Node Aldebaran 5.5°S of Moon	7 Mercury 3.7°S of Moon	8	9 New Moon 19:17	10
11	12 Venus 3.3°S of Moon Mars 3.8°S of Moon Mars at Aphelion Regulus 4.9°S of Moon	13	14	15	16 Spica 6.4°S of Moon	17 First Quarter 04:11 Moongaze Moongaze has moved to a new location. Click here for the new location.
18	19	20 Antares 4.7°S of Moon Moon at Descending Node	21 Moon at Perigee: 364520 km Venus 1.0°N of Regulus	22	23 Full Moon 20:37 Mercury at Perihelion ASLC Monthly Meeting Visitors are invited to our Zoom meeting at 7 PM. Click here at 7 PM.	24 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon
25 Jupiter 4.2°N of Moon	26	27 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower	28	29 Mars 0.6°N of Regulus	30	31 Last Quarter 07:16 Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

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< July	August 2021					September >
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1 Mercury at Superior Conjunction Saturn at Opposition	2 Moon at Apogee: 404412 km Moon at Ascending Node Aldebaran 5.7°S of Moon	3	4	5	6 Pollux 3.1°N of Moon	7
8 New Moon 07:50	9	10	11 Venus 4.3°S of Moon	12 Perseid Meteor Shower	13 Spica 6.1°S of Moon	14 Moon Gaze New location
15 First Quarter 09:20	16 Moon at Descending Node Antares 4.5°S of Moon	17 Moon at Perigee: 369127 km	18 Mercury 0.1° of Mars	19 Jupiter at Opposition	20 Saturn 3.7°N of Moon	21 Jupiter 4.0°N of Moon
22 Full Moon 06:02	23	24	25	26	27 ASLC Monthly Meeting Visitors are invited to our Zoom meeting at 7 PM. Click here at 7 PM.	28 Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing
29 Moon at Apogee: 404100 km Moon at Ascending Node	30	31 Last Quarter 01:13

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< August	September 2021					October >
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			1	2 Pollux 3.0°N of Moon	3 Beehive 2.9°S of Moon	4
5 Venus 1.4°N of Spica Mercury at Aphelion	6 Labor Day New Moon 18:52	7	8	9 Spica 5.9°S of Moon Venus 4.1°S of Moon	10	11 Patriot Day Moon at Perigee: 368464 km Moon Gaze
12 Moon at Descending Node Antares 4.2°S of Moon	13 First Quarter 14:39 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.8°E	14 Neptune at Opposition	15	16 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon	17 Jupiter 4.0°N of Moon	18
19	20 Full Moon 17:55 Mercury 1.2°S of Spica	21	22 Start of Fall (Autumnal Equinox)	23	24 ASLC Monthly Meeting Visitors are invited to our Zoom meeting at 7 PM. Click here at 7 PM.	25
26 Moon at Ascending Node Moon at Apogee: 404641 km	27	28 Last Quarter 19:57	29	30 Pollux 2.8°N of Moon

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< September	October 2021					November >
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					1 Beehive 3.1°S of Moon Okie-Text Star Party	2 Venus at Aphelion Regulus 4.9°S of Moon Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing Okie-Tex Star Party
3 Okie-Tex Star Party	4 Okie-Tex Star Party	5 Okie-Tex Star Party	6 New Moon 05:05 Okie-Tex Star Party	7 Mars in Conjunction with Sun Okie-Tex Star Party	8 Moon at Perigee: 363388 km Okie-Tex Star Party	9 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction Venus 2.9°S of Moon Moon at Descending Node Antares 4.0°S of Moon Okie-Tex Star Party
10	11 Columbus Day	12 First Quarter 21:25	13	14 Saturn 3.9°N of Moon	15 Jupiter 4.1°N of Moon	16 Venus 1.4°N of Antares Moon Gaze International Observe The Moon Night
17	18	19 Mercury at Perihelion	20 Full Moon 09:57	21 Orionid Meteor Shower	22  ASLC Monthly Meeting  Visitors are invited to our Zoom meeting at 7 PM. Click here at 7 PM.	23 Moon at Ascending Node
24 Moon at Apogee: 405616 km Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.4°W	25	26	27 Pollux 2.6°N of Moon	28 Last Quarter 14:05 Beehive 3.3°S of Moon	29 Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.0°E	30 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing
31 Halloween

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< October	November 2021					December >
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	1 Mercury 3.7°N of Spica	2 Election Day	3 Mercury 1.2°S of Moon: Occn.	4 New Moon 15:15 Uranus at Opposition	5 S Taurid Meteor Shower Moon at Perigee: 358845 km Moon at Descending Node	6 Antares 3.9°S of Moon Renaissance Faire
7 Daylight Saving Time Ends Venus 1.1°S of Moon: Occn. Renaissance Faire	8	9	10 Saturn 4.1°N of Moon	11 Veterans Day First Quarter 05:46 Jupiter 4.4°N of Moon	12 N Taurid Meteor Shower	13 Moon Gaze
14	15 WSMR Cub Scouts Star Party  6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	16	17 Leonid Meteor Shower	18	19 Full Moon 01:58 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.974 Moon at Ascending Node ASLC Monthly Meeting Visitors are invited to our Zoom meeting at 7 PM. Click here at 7 PM.	20 Moon at Apogee: 406276 km
21	22	23 Pollux 2.5°N of Moon	24 Beehive 3.3°S of Moon	25 Thanksgiving Day	26 Regulus 5.2°S of Moon	27 Last Quarter 05:28 Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing
28 Mercury at Superior Conjunction	29	30 Spica 5.9°S of Moon

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< November	December 2021					January >
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			1	2	3 Moon at Descending Node	4 New Moon 00:43 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.037 Moon at Perigee: 356794 km
5	6 Venus 1.9°N of Moon	7 Saturn 4.2°N of Moon	8 Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon	9	10 First Quarter 18:36	11 Moon Gaze
12	13	14 Geminid Meteor Shower	15	16 Moon at Ascending Node	17 Moon at Apogee: 406322 km ASLC Monthly Meeting No meeting in December	18 Full Moon 21:36
19	20	21 Start of Winter (Winter Solstice) Pollux 2.6°N of Moon	22 Beehive 3.3°S of Moon Ursid Meteor Shower	23 Regulus 5.1°S of Moon	24	25 Christmas
26 Last Quarter 19:24	27 Mars 4.4°N of Antares Spica 5.8°S of Moon	28 Mercury 4.2° of Venus	29	30 Moon at Descending Node	31 Antares 3.9°S of Moon Mars 1.0°N of Moon: Occn.