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Astronomical Phenomena

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APh 2009 cover This annual publication provides a summary of selected astronomical events. It is published several years in advance and contains much of Section A of the corresponding Astronomical Almanac. This publication includes the phases of the Moon, eclipses of the Sun and Moon, principal occultations, planetary phenomena, elongations and magnitudes of the planets, times of sunrise/set and moonrise/set. Also tabulated are the equation of time, the declination of the Sun and the Greenwich hour angles of the pole stars Polaris and σ Octantis.

A joint publication with the United States Naval Observatory.

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