Southern Hemisphere view of the Moon and Planets for the month

Each of the pages gives a guide to the visibility of the Moon, planets and to solar system events during the month.
Details given on this site mostly apply to the Southern Hemisphere, especially for places with a similar latitude to New Zealand.

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Links to other Solar System Information on site and elsewhere

The planets in 2008, has details of their visibility, geocentric phenomena and mutual conjunctions during the year.

Diagrams of the relative apparent sizes of the planets during 2008 show how the sizes as seen from the Earth compare and how they vary during the year during the year.

Orbital diagrams show the positions of the planets in their orbits round the Sun.

A summary of the visibility of the planets throughout the year, and times of rising and setting of the Sun, Moon and planets throughout the year can also be found on the LINZ astronomical information web pages as PDF files.

For information on the planets and other objects in the solar system visit the Nine Planets site.