Inconstant Moon Diary

new	first quarter	full	last quarter
2 Jan 2003, 20:23	10 Jan 2003, 13:15	18 Jan 2003, 10:48	25 Jan 2003, 08:33
occultation 27^th January 2003: Waning crescent Moon occults Mars (magnitude 1.3) at about 15h UT, visible from the southern Pacific and southern South America.
1 Feb 2003, 10:48	9 Feb 2003, 11:11	16 Feb 2003, 23:51	23 Feb 2003, 16:46
3 Mar 2003, 02:35	11 Mar 2003, 07:15	18 Mar 2003, 10:34	25 Mar 2003, 01:51
1 Apr 2003, 19:19	9 Apr 2003, 23:40	16 Apr 2003, 19:35	23 Apr 2003, 12:18
1 May 2003, 12:15	9 May 2003, 11:53	16 May 2003, 03:36	23 May 2003, 00:31
occultation 3^rd May 2003: Thin waxing crescent Moon occults asteroid Iris (magnitude 9.8) at about 13h UT, visible from India, Nepal and western China. lunar eclipse 16^th May 2003: total eclipse of the Moon visible in full from eastern North America, South America and extreme western Africa, and in part from western North America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Partial phase begins at 02:03 and ends at 05:17. Total phase begins at 03:14 and ends at 04:06. This is the 55^th eclipse of Saros series 121.
31 May 2003, 04:20	7 Jun 2003, 20:27	14 Jun 2003, 11:16	21 Jun 2003, 14:45
occultation 29^th May 2003: Thin waning crescent Moon occults Venus (magnitude -3.9) at about 4h UT, visible from eastern Africa, south-eastern Asia and Japan. solar eclipse 31^st May 2003: annular eclipse of the Sun, visible as a partial eclipse from Europe (except the south-west), the Middle East, central and northern Asia, northern Canada and Alaska, beginning at 01:46 and ending at 06:30. The path of annularity takes in northern Scotland, Iceland and central Greenland, and the maximum duration of annularity is 3m 37s. This is the 22^th eclipse of Saros series 147.
29 Jun 2003, 18:38	7 Jul 2003, 02:32	13 Jul 2003, 19:21	21 Jul 2003, 07:01
occultation 17^th July 2003: Waning gibbous Moon occults Mars (magnitude -1.9) at about 8h UT, visible from north-western South America and the Caribbean.
29 Jul 2003, 06:53	5 Aug 2003, 07:28	12 Aug 2003, 04:48	20 Aug 2003, 00:48
27 Aug 2003, 17:26	3 Sep 2003, 12:34	10 Sep 2003, 16:36	18 Sep 2003, 19:03
occultation 9^th September 2003: Waxing almost-full Moon occults Mars (magnitude -2.7) at about 12h UT, visible from north-eastern Asia. full moon 10^th September 2003: Harvest Moon - the full moon closest to the autumnal (fall) equinox on 23^rd September.
26 Sep 2003, 03:09	2 Oct 2003, 19:09	10 Oct 2003, 07:27	18 Oct 2003, 12:31
occultation 6^th October 2003: Waxing gibbous Moon occults Mars (magnitude -2.0) at about 15h UT, visible from south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. full moon 10^th October 2003: Hunter's Moon - the full moon immediately following the Harvest Moon.
25 Oct 2003, 12:50	1 Nov 2003, 04:25	9 Nov 2003, 01:13	17 Nov 2003, 04:15
occultation 26^th October 2003: Thin waxing crescent Moon occults Venus (magnitude -3.9) at about 20h UT, visible from Hawaii and southern South America. lunar eclipse 9^th November 2003: total eclipse of the Moon visible in full from eastern North America, eastern South America, Europe, and western Africa, and in part from western and central North America, eastern Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Partial phase begins at 23:32 on 8^th November and ends at 03:04. Total phase begins at 01:06 and ends at 01:31. This is the 45^th eclipse of Saros series 126.
23 Nov 2003, 22:59	30 Nov 2003, 17:16	8 Dec 2003, 20:37	16 Dec 2003, 17:42
solar eclipse 23^rd November 2003: total eclipse of the Sun, visible as a partial eclipse from Antarctica, Australia (except the extreme north-east), New Zealand (except the north) and the southern end of South America. It begins at 22:19 and ends at 23:18. The path of totality crosses Antarctica, and the maximum duration of totality is 1m 55s. This is the 12^th eclipse of Saros series 152. occultation 25^th November 2003: Thin waxing crescent Moon occults Mercury (magnitude -0.5) at about 3h UT, visible from western and southern Australia and New Zealand.
23 Dec 2003, 09:43	30 Dec 2003, 10:03	7 Jan 2004, 15:40	15 Jan 2004, 04:46