Notable astronomical phenomena in 2012
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11 remarkable celestial events remaining in 2012: (1) Early March – Viewing Mercury in the western sky at dusk; (2) March 4 – Mars passing in front of the Sun; (3) March 13 – Venus and Jupiter appearing together in the sky at dusk; (4) May 5 – The largest full moon of 2012; (5) May 21 – An annular solar eclipse passing over China; (6) June 4 – A partial lunar eclipse; (7) June 6 – The last Venus transit in a hundred years; (8) August 12 – The Perseid meteor shower; (9) November 14 – A total solar eclipse visible in the Southern Hemisphere; (10) December 3 – Jupiter passing in front of the Sun as a New Year’s greeting; (11) December 14 – The Gemini meteor shower on a moonless night
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Not very interested. Generally, I just read the news reports about these things.