The Astronomical Events Of 2010
January
January 1: Partial lunar eclipse. 02:51 First contact, 03:23 Maximum
eclipse, 03:54 Last contact. Magnitude 0.082.
January 3: Mars conjunction with Moon.
January 4: Quadrantids meteor shower peak.
January 5: Mercury inferior conjunction.
January 6: 16:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
January 12: Venus superior conjunction.
January 15: Annular solar eclipse. In China, first contact occurs
between 15:00 and 15:30. Visible as an annular eclipse in parts of
Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Henan, and Shandong. 01:00 Saturn
stationary, begins retrograde motion.
January 16: Mercury stationary, begins prograde motion. Venus
conjunction with Moon.
January 25: 19:00 Lunar occultation of the Pleiades.
January 27: Mercury greatest western elongation.
January 29: 19:42 Mars opposition. Magnitude -1.32.
January 30: 09:00 Mars conjunction with Moon.
February
February 3: 00:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
February 16: Venus conjunction with Moon, Jupiter conjunction with
Moon.
February 17: Venus conjunction with Jupiter.
February 26: 09:00 Mars conjunction with Moon.
March
March 2: 09:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
March 11: 16:00 Mars stationary, begins prograde motion.
March 14: Mercury superior conjunction.
March 15: Venus conjunction with Moon.
March 21: 01:32 Vernal Equinox.
March 22: 00:37 Saturn opposition. Magnitude 0.4.
March 25: 16:00 Mars conjunction with Moon.
March 29: 12:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
April
April 8: Mercury greatest eastern elongation.
Early April: Mercury accompanies Venus.
April 11: 18:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
April 16: 11:00 Venus conjunction with Moon.
April 19: Mercury stationary, begins retrograde motion.
April 22: Lyrids meteor shower peak. 10:00 Mars conjunction with
Moon.
April 25: Venus conjunction with the Pleiades. 21:00 Saturn conjunction
with Moon.
April 29: Mercury inferior conjunction.
May
May 6: Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak.
May 9: 13:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
May 11: Mercury stationary, begins prograde motion.
May 16: 18:00–19:00 Lunar occultation of Venus.
May 20: 11:00 Mars conjunction with Moon.
May 23: 02:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
May 26: Mercury greatest western elongation.
June
June 1: 00:00 Saturn stationary, begins prograde motion.
June 6: 08:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
June 15: 09:00 Venus conjunction with Moon.
June 17: 18:00 Mars conjunction with Moon.
June 19: 05:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
June 21: 19:28 Summer Solstice.
June 26: Partial lunar eclipse. 18:16 First contact, 19:38 Maximum
eclipse, 21:00 Last contact. Magnitude 0.542. Parts of eastern China can
observe the Moon rising while eclipsed.
June 28: Mercury superior conjunction.
July
July 4: 00:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
July 15: 01:00 Venus conjunction with Moon.
July 16: 02:00 Mars conjunction with Moon, 15:00 Saturn conjunction with
Moon.
July 24: 12:00 Jupiter stationary, begins retrograde motion.
July 30: Mars conjunction with Saturn.
August
August 1: Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
August 5–15: Gathering of Venus, Mars, and Saturn.
August 7: Mercury greatest eastern elongation.
August 8: Venus conjunction with Saturn.
August 13: Perseids meteor shower peak in the early morning. 03:00
Saturn conjunction with Moon, 15:00 Venus conjunction with Moon, 16:00
Saturn conjunction with Moon. In the evening, Venus, Saturn, and Mars
accompany the Moon.
August 18: 10:00 Venus conjunction with Mars.
August 20: Mercury stationary, begins retrograde motion. Venus greatest
eastern elongation.
August 27: Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
September
September 3: Mercury inferior conjunction.
September 9: 19:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
September 11: 10:00 Mars conjunction with Moon, 20:00 Lunar occultation
of Venus.
September 12: Mercury stationary, begins prograde motion.
September 20: Mercury greatest western elongation.
September 21: 11:35 Jupiter opposition. Magnitude -2.94.
September 23: 05:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon, 11:09 Autumnal
Equinox.
September 24: Venus at greatest brilliance.
September 30: Saturn conjunction with Sun.
October
October 7: 11:00 Mercury conjunction with Moon, 12:00 Saturn
conjunction with Moon.
October 8: 17:00 Mercury conjunction with Saturn. Draconids meteor
shower peak. Venus stationary, begins retrograde motion.
October 10: 03:00 Venus conjunction with Moon, 06:00 Mars conjunction
with Moon.
October 17: Mercury superior conjunction.
October 20: 09:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
October 22: Orionids meteor shower peak.
October 29: Venus inferior conjunction.
November
November 4: 05:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
November 5: 16:00 Lunar occultation of Venus.
November 7: 11:00 Mercury conjunction with Moon.
November 8: 05:00 Mars conjunction with Moon.
November 16: 10:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon. Venus stationary,
begins prograde motion.
Early to mid-November: North and South Taurids meteor shower peak.
November 18: Leonids meteor shower peak.
December
December 1: Mercury greatest eastern elongation. 18:00 Saturn
conjunction with Moon.
December 2: 19:00 Venus conjunction with Moon.
December 5: Venus at greatest brilliance.
December 7: 05:00 Lunar occultation of Mars.
December 10: Mercury stationary, begins retrograde motion.
December 13: 22:00 Jupiter conjunction with Moon.
December 15: Geminids meteor shower peak.
December 20: Mercury inferior conjunction.
December 21: Total lunar eclipse. 14:32 First contact, 15:40 Totality
begins, 16:17 Maximum eclipse, 16:53 Totality ends, 18:01 Last contact.
Magnitude 1.261. Parts of eastern China can observe the Moon rising
while eclipsed.
December 22: Ursids meteor shower peak. 07:38 Winter Solstice.
December 28: 23:00 Saturn conjunction with Moon.
December 30: Mercury stationary, begins prograde motion.
December 31: 16:00 Venus conjunction with Moon.
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