Here are the dates of our regular monthly observing sessions for 2010 together with other Moon data for reference.
This year the new Moon dictates that our selected date falls mostly on the 2nd Friday of the month. Saturday and sometimes Sunday are back-ups in the event of unfavourable weather.
| Scheduled Observing Sessions | New Moons in 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Date | Moon's Age (in days) |
Date | Day |
| January | 15th | 0 | 15th | Friday |
| February | 12th | 28 | 14th | Monday |
| March | 12th | 26 | 15th | Monday |
| April | 16th | 2 | 14th | Wednesday |
| May | 14th | 0 | 14th | Friday |
| June | 11th | 28 | 12th | Saturday |
| July | 9th | 27 | 11th | Sunday |
| August | 13th | 3 | 10th | Tuesday |
| September | 10th | 2 | 8th | Wednesday |
| October | 8th | 1 | 7th | Thursday |
| November | 5th | 28 | 6th | Saturday |
| December | 3rd | 27 | 5th | Sunday |
| Click observing@guildfordas.org to send an email to the GAS observing co-ordinators. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Gaudelli | Observing Co-ordinator | jgaudelli@guildfordas.org | 01483 211423 |
| John Axtell | Deputy Observing Co-ordinator | jaxtell@guildfordas.org | 01932 341036 |
| Tony Questa | Deputy Observing Co-ordinator | tquesta@guildfordas.org | 01483 304239 |