Attractive views to watch in Tanzanian night skies in 2012
JANUARY
1 Jan 09 morning 6 am - Moon Mars Saturn Mercury in line.
1 Jan 26 evening 7 pm - Venus Moon together.
1 Jan 30 evening 9.30 pm - Jupiter Moon together.
1 Jan 30 evening 9.30 pm - Mars rising.
FEBRUARY
2 Feb 25, 26, 27 evening 7 pm - Venus Moon Jupiter close arrangement.
2 Feb 29 Leap Day evening 7 pm - Mercury Highest and on Ecliptic with Venus Jupiter Moon.
MARCH
3 Mar 05 evening 8 pm - Mars Brightest.
3 Mar 07 evening 7 pm - Moon Mars close, Venus Jupiter close and in ecliptic line.
3 Mar 07 to 17 evening 7 pm - close movements Venus passes above Jupiter.
3 Mar 10 evening 9 pm - Saturn rising close to Moon.
3 Mar 12 evening 7 pm - Venus Jupiter closest.
3 Mar 15 evening 7 pm - Venus Jupiter together.
3 Mar 16 evening 7 pm - Venus Jupiter at same level.
3 Mar 25, 26, 27 evening 7 pm - Venus Moon arrangements.
3 Mar 26 evening 7 pm - Jupiter, Crescent Moon, Venus, Pleiades, Taurus, Aldebaran.
APRIL
4 Apr 03 evening 7 pm - Mars Close to Moon.
4 Apr 07 evening 7.30 pm - Moon Saturn close.
4 Apr 09 to 14 evening 7 pm - Jupiter Venus Mars Saturn on ecliptic line.
4 Apr 18 evening 6.45 pm - Jupiter last views and with Venus Mars Saturn on ecliptic line.
4 Apr 24 evening 7 pm - Moon Venus close.
4 Apr 25 = evening 7 pm - Venus and Moon as crescents - Western Sky
4 Apr 25 = evening 7 pm - Venus and Moon as crescents - Full Sky
4 Apr 25 = evening 7 pm - Venus and Moon as crescents.
4 Apr 25 = evening 7 pm - Venus as a crescent
4 Apr 30 May 1 evening 7 pm - Moon Saturn close.
MAY
5 May 1 and Apr 30 evening 7 pm - Moon Saturn close.
5 May 04 evening 7.30 pm - Moon Saturn close movement on ecliptic line from Venus to Mars to Saturn.
5 May 22 evening 7 pm - Venus Moon close, last views of Venus.
5 May 28 evening 7 pm - Mars Moon close.
5 May 31 evening 7 pm - Saturn Moon close.
JUNE
6 Jun 17 evening 7 pm - Mercury very high and visible.
6 Jun 22 evening 7 pm - Mercury Moon close.
6 Jun 26 evening 7 pm - Mars Moon close.
6 Jun 27 and 28 7 pm - Saturn Moon close.
JULY
7 Jul 01 evening 7 pm - Mercury highest best chance to see it.
7 Jul 01 evening 7 pm - Mercury Mars Saturn Moon on ecliptic line.
7 Jul 02 evening 7 pm - Mercury Mars Saturn Moon still on ecliptic line.
7 Jul 15 morning 5 am - Jupiter very close to Moon and Venus close by.
7 Jul 24 to 27 evening 7 am - Mars Saturn Moon arrangements.
AUGUST
8 Aug 14 evening 7 pm - Mars Saturn close and movement in line with Spica.
8 Aug 14 morning 5 am - Venus close to Moon and Jupiter close.
8 Aug 16 evening 7 pm – Mars Saturn closest and at same level.
8 Aug 21, 22 evening 7 pm - Moon Mars Saturn Spica closest arrangement.
SEPTEMBER
9 Sep 18 evening 7 pm - Moon Saturn close.
9 Sep 19 evening 7 pm - Moon Mars close.
9 Sep 30 evening 7 pm - Saturn last view.
OCTOBER
10 Oct 16 evening 7 pm - Moon Mercury close.
10 Oct 17 evening 7 pm - Moon between Mercury and Mars.
10 Oct 18 evening 7 pm - Moon Mars very close.
10 Oct 19 to 29 evening 7 pm - Moon moves along straight ecliptic line.
10 Oct 27 evening 7 pm - Mercury hightest Merc Mars Moon i.
10 Oct 29 evening 9 pm - Jupiter rises by 9pm.
NOVEMBER
11 Nov 01 evening 10 pm - Moon Jupiter very close.
11 Nov 02 evening 7 pm - last view Mercury.
11 Nov 02 morning 5 am - Jupiter very close to Moon.
11 Nov 16 evening 7 pm - Moon close to Mars.
11 Nov 27 morning 5 am - Saturn Venus very close.
11 Nov 28 evening 7 pm - Jupiter Moon close.
11 Nov 28 evening 10 pm - Moon Jupiter very close.
DECEMBER
12 Dec 03 evening 7 pm - Jupiter rising at sunset.
12 Dec 09 morning 6 am - Mercury Venus Saturn Moon arrangement.
12 Dec 11 morning 5 am - Saturn Moon Venus Mercury in line.
12 Dec 15 evening 7 pm - Moon Mars close.
12 Dec 25 eveing 7 pm - Moon Jupiter close.
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