Date :

Universal Time (UT). UT is effectively equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time.

• In Eastern Australia, add 10 hours to UT to get Australian Eastern Standard Time, or add 11 hours to get Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
• In Central Australia, add 9.5 hours to UT to get Australian Central Standard Time, or 10.5 hours to get Australian Central Daylight Time.
• In Western Australia, add 8 hours to UT to get Western Australian Standard Time.

• Note that depending on which local time system you are subject to, events may occur after local midnight in the predawn of the following day.

ZC :

Star number in Robertson's Zodiacal Catalog.

Mag :

Star Magnitude.

Ev :

Event, either a Disappearance of the star behind the edge of the Moon, or a Reappearance of the star from behind the lunar limb. Almost all events listed take place at the dark limb. Disappearances occur before Full Moon when the Moon's eastern limb is dark. Reappearances occur after Full Moon when the Moon's western limb is dark.

% :

Percentage of the moon illuminated; "+" indicates waxing and "-" waning. "E" indicates that the event occurs during a lunar eclipse with the number representing the amount of moon outside the umbra.

City Name :

Time of the occultation at the named locations, expressed in hours and decimal minutes of Universal Time. Because the actual time of an event depends very much on the observer's physical location, times given are approximate and may vary by a minute or two across a distance of several tens of kilometres. "no occultation" indicates that no occultation will be visible from that site. "Graze" indicates that there is a grazing occultation close to the site, and occultation times will vary dramatically or may not happen at all.  Green text indicates that the event occurs at an altitude less the 15 degrees.  Red indicates that the event occurs with the Sun higher than 10 degrees below the horizon.  Magenta indicates that both conditions are current. 

Note: For detailed information about interesting graze events in Australia refer to [Grazing Lunar Occultation Predictions for Australia - 2006]

CA :

Cusp Angle, or angle around the moon's limb at which the occultation occurs. This is measured from the Northern or Southern cusp of the Moon in the direction of the unlit part of the Moon.  If CA is negative this indicates that the event will be against the sunlit part of the moon and will probably require a large telescope to be observable.

Notes :

For a double or triple star, the magnitudes of the components and the separation in seconds of arc.

For a variable star, the magnitudes between which the star varies.

If you need help consult the following:

Notes on Events

Feb 21 - Antares: Daytime events at all sites. Disappearance at lit limb.

May 14 - Antares: Disappearance at lit limb.

Jul 08 - Antares: Daytime event. Reappearance at lit limb. Graze in Canberra.

Aug 28 - Spica: Hobart only, reappearance at lit limb.

Dec 19 - Antares: Daytime events at all sites. Disappearance at lit limb.

 

Notes on Stars

ZC 98 = 60 Psc

ZC 105 = δ Psc is double: 4.4+13.2, 113", 14.0°

ZC 440 = ε Ari is triple: 5.2+5.5, 1.40", 209.0°: 4.6+12.7, 146", 191.0°

ZC 518 = 7 Tau is triple: 6.7+6.7, 0.67", 351.8°: 5.9+9.9, 23", 55.0°

ZC 616 = 44 Tau

ZC 850 is double: 6.2+8.2, 0.000", 0.0°

ZC 855 is double: 6.4+7.1, 26", 14.0°

ZC 921 is double: 6.0+11.7, 9.5", 211.0°

ZC 948 = κ Aur

ZC 1018 = 53 Aur is double: 5.7+6.5, 0.181", 281.8°

ZC 1032 = 28 Gem

ZC 1103 = 53 Gem

ZC 1122 = ι Gem is double: 4.7+4.7, 0.100", 270.0°

ZC 1233 = ψ Cnc is multiple: 6.6+6.6, 0.100", 270.0°: 5.7+12.2, 74", 297.0°: 5.8+11.7, 92", 218.0°

ZC 1270 is double: 6.9+6.9, 0.050", 0.0°

ZC 1274 = υ 1 Cnc is double: 6.5+6.5, 0.100", 90.0°

ZC 1576 = 53 Leo

ZC 1609 = χ Leo is multiple: 4.6+11.0, 3.7", 268.0°: 4.7+9.0, 276", 305.0°: 4.7, 314", 294.0°

ZC 1644 = Shang Tseang = σ Leo

ZC 1886 is double: 6.5+6.5, 0.100", 90.0°

ZC 1925 = Spica = α Vir is multiple: 1.3+4.5, 0.050", 225.0°: 1.3+7.5, 0.50", 180.0°: 0.9+12.0, 148", 32.0°

ZC 1971 = 86 Vir is triple: 5.7+8.3, 1.20", 306.0°: 5.8+11.9, 27", 164.0°

ZC 2134 is multiple: 5.7+7.9, 25", 306.3°: 5.9, 27", 285.0°: 5.9+13., 45", 192.0°

ZC 2237 = 42 Lib

ZC 2269 is double: 6.2+6.2, 0.100", 90.0°

ZC 2273 = 3 Sco = V0927 Sco

ZC 2286 = V0913 Sco

ZC 2349 = Al Niyat = σ Sco is multiple: 3.0+5.1, 0.40", 249.0°: 2.8+8.4, 20.0", 273.0°

ZC 2366 = Antares = α Sco is double: 0.9+5.4, 2.5",273.7°

ZC 2505 = 43 Oph

ZC 2554 = X Sgr is double: 5.2+5.2, 0.050", 0.0°, Var 4.20 to 4.90, Type DCEP, Period 7.01283 days, Phase 0.15

ZC 2583 is double: 6.6+6.6, 0.100", 90.0°

ZC 2601 is triple: 6.6+9.1, 0.200", 212.0°: 6.7+13.0, 8.9", 27.0°

ZC 2617 is double: 5.1+5.9, 0.26", 12.0°

ZC 2784 = τ Sag is double: 4.2+4.2, 0.009", 304.5°

ZC 3078 = Chow = η Cap is double: 5.0+7.2, 0.22", 198.3°

ZC 3190 = Deneb Algedi = δ Cap is triple: 2.8+15.8, 69" 94.0°: 2.8+12.7, 119", 302.0°

ZC 3237 = ι Aqr is double: 5.2+5.2, 0.050", 0.0°

ZC 3256 is double: 6.1+9.1, 0.60", 267.0°

ZC 3268 = 42 Aqr

ZC 3307 = σ Aqr is double: 4.8+8.4, 3.7", 10.0°

ZC 3388 = 83 Aqr is triple: 5.4+5.5, 0.114", 347.7°: 5.4+7.0, 255", 149.0°

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