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2012 Annual Celestial Events Overview

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Su Jianlin October 23, 2011 #1490

Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events
2012 Annual Celestial Events

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Translated from NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html

(Beijing Time)

The following is the 2011 version, kept as a backup:

January

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 46.8^\circ W

  • 02 02:07: Moon conjunction Antares: 2.6^\circ S

  • 02 18:06: Moon at southernmost point: 24.2^\circ S

  • 02 22:32: Mercury conjunction Moon: 4^\circ N

  • 03 20:48: Moon at ascending node

  • 04 03:59: Earth at perihelion: 0.9833 AU

  • 04 09:14: Quadrantids meteor shower: ZHR = 120

  • 04 16:52: Partial solar eclipse

  • 04 17:03: New Moon

  • 08 22:59: Venus greatest elongation: 47^\circ W

  • 09 21:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 23.3^\circ W

  • 10 13:38: Moon at apogee: 405,000 km

  • 12 19:31: First Quarter Moon

  • 15 20:39: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 1.3^\circ N

  • 17 06:51: Moon at northernmost point: 24.2^\circ N

  • 18 08:06: Moon at descending node

  • 20 05:21: Full Moon

  • 22 08:10: Moon at perigee: 362,800 km

  • 26 20:57: Last Quarter Moon

  • 29 07:53: Moon conjunction Antares: 2.7^\circ S

  • 30 00:26: Moon at southernmost point: 24.2^\circ S

  • 30 11:36: Venus conjunction Moon: 3.7^\circ N

  • 31 02:29: Moon at ascending node

February

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 45.4^\circ W

  • 03 10:31: New Moon

  • 05 00:49: Mars conjunction Sun

  • 07 07:13: Moon at apogee: 405,900 km

  • 11 15:18: First Quarter Moon

  • 12 05:32: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 1.5^\circ N

  • 13 17:00: Moon at northernmost point: 24.1^\circ N

  • 14 16:14: Moon at descending node

  • 17 17:15: Neptune conjunction Sun

  • 18 16:36: Full Moon

  • 19 15:27: Moon at perigee: 358,200 km

  • 22 09:02: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.8^\circ N

  • 25 07:26: Last Quarter Moon

  • 25 13:26: Moon conjunction Antares: 2.9^\circ S

  • 25 16:27: Mercury superior conjunction

  • 26 06:13: Moon at southernmost point: 24^\circ S

  • 27 04:19: Moon at ascending node

March

  • 01 11:40: Venus conjunction Moon: 1.7^\circ S

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 41.3^\circ W

  • 05 04:46: New Moon

  • 06 15:50: Moon at apogee: 406,600 km

  • 11 12:35: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 1.8^\circ N

  • 13 01:06: Moon at northernmost point: 23.8^\circ N

  • 13 07:45: First Quarter Moon

  • 13 19:55: Moon at descending node

  • 16 04:16: Mercury conjunction Jupiter: 2^\circ N

  • 20 02:10: Full Moon

  • 20 03:09: Moon at perigee: 356,600 km

  • 21 07:21: Vernal Equinox

  • 21 19:00: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.5^\circ N

  • 21 19:54: Uranus conjunction Sun

  • 23 08:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 18.6^\circ E

  • 25 13:02: Moon at southernmost point: 23.7^\circ S

  • 26 05:09: Moon at ascending node

  • 26 20:07: Last Quarter Moon

  • 31 21:25: Venus conjunction Moon: 6.6^\circ S

April

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 35.2^\circ W

  • 02 17:00: Moon at apogee: 406,700 km

  • 03 22:32: New Moon

  • 04 07:18: Saturn at opposition

  • 06 23:06: Jupiter conjunction Sun

  • 07 18:19: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 2.1^\circ N

  • 09 06:55: Moon at northernmost point: 23.6^\circ N

  • 09 20:49: Moon at descending node

  • 10 03:25: Mercury inferior conjunction

  • 11 20:05: First Quarter Moon

  • 17 13:59: Moon at perigee: 358,100 km

  • 18 06:04: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.5^\circ N

  • 18 10:44: Full Moon

  • 20 02:12: Mercury conjunction Mars: 0.6^\circ N

  • 21 21:40: Moon at southernmost point: 23.5^\circ S

  • 22 09:05: Moon at ascending node

  • 23 06:44: Lyrids meteor shower: ZHR = 20

  • 25 10:47: Last Quarter Moon

  • 30 02:02: Moon at apogee: 406,000 km

May

  • 01 12:00: Mars conjunction Jupiter: 0.4^\circ N

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 28.3^\circ W

  • 03 14:51: New Moon

  • 05 19:59: Eta Aquariids meteor shower: ZHR = 60

  • 06 11:54: Moon at northernmost point: 23.4^\circ N

  • 06 22:54: Moon at descending node

  • 08 02:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 26.6^\circ W

  • 08 13:07: Mercury conjunction Venus: 1.4^\circ N

  • 11 04:33: First Quarter Moon

  • 11 22:34: Venus conjunction Jupiter: 0.6^\circ N

  • 12 04:03: Mercury conjunction Jupiter: 2.1^\circ N

  • 15 16:08: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.6^\circ N

  • 15 19:18: Moon at perigee: 362,100 km

  • 17 19:09: Full Moon

  • 18 14:51: Mercury conjunction Venus: 1.4^\circ N

  • 19 07:26: Moon at southernmost point: 23.4^\circ S

  • 19 17:03: Moon at ascending node

  • 21 16:05: Mercury conjunction Mars: 2.1^\circ N

  • 23 17:08: Venus conjunction Mars: 1^\circ N

  • 25 02:52: Last Quarter Moon

  • 27 17:58: Moon at apogee: 405,000 km

  • 31 04:04: Moon conjunction Mars: 4.2^\circ S

  • 31 12:00: Venus conjunction Moon: 4.8^\circ S

June

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 20.6^\circ W

  • 02 05:03: New Moon

  • 02 05:17: Partial solar eclipse

  • 02 17:54: Moon at northernmost point: 23.4^\circ N

  • 03 04:21: Moon at descending node

  • 09 10:11: First Quarter Moon

  • 09 22:52: Venus conjunction Pleiades: 5.1^\circ S

  • 11 23:57: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.7^\circ N

  • 12 09:42: Moon at perigee: 367,200 km

  • 13 07:30: Mercury superior conjunction

  • 15 16:52: Moon at southernmost point: 23.4^\circ S

  • 16 02:35: Moon at ascending node

  • 16 04:13: Total lunar eclipse

  • 16 04:13: Full Moon

  • 17 20:15: Venus conjunction Aldebaran: 4.7^\circ N

  • 21 09:27: Mars conjunction Pleiades: 4.3^\circ S

  • 22 01:16: Summer Solstice

  • 23 19:48: Last Quarter Moon

  • 24 12:13: Moon at apogee: 404,300 km

  • 28 14:52: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 2.1^\circ N

  • 28 15:40: Mercury conjunction Pollux: 4.8^\circ S

  • 29 02:59: Moon conjunction Mars: 1.9^\circ S

  • 30 01:46: Moon at northernmost point: 23.4^\circ N

  • 30 12:14: Moon at descending node

July

  • 01 16:39: Partial solar eclipse

  • 01 16:54: New Moon

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 12.6^\circ W

  • 04 18:59: Earth at aphelion: 1.0167 AU

  • 05 03:15: Mars conjunction Aldebaran: 5.4^\circ N

  • 07 01:32: Mercury conjunction Beehive Cluster (M44): 0.2^\circ S

  • 07 22:04: Moon at perigee: 369,600 km

  • 08 14:29: First Quarter Moon

  • 09 05:44: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.6^\circ N

  • 13 00:51: Moon at southernmost point: 23.4^\circ S

  • 13 10:27: Moon at ascending node

  • 15 14:39: Full Moon

  • 20 12:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 26.8^\circ E

  • 22 06:46: Moon at apogee: 404,400 km

  • 23 13:02: Last Quarter Moon

  • 25 23:28: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 2.2^\circ N

  • 26 20:46: Mercury conjunction Regulus: 2.8^\circ S

  • 27 11:02: Moon at northernmost point: 23.3^\circ N

  • 27 20:03: Moon at descending node

  • 28 00:52: Moon conjunction Mars: 0.5^\circ N

  • 28 21:47: Delta Aquariids meteor shower: ZHR = 20

  • 31 02:40: New Moon

August

  • 01 19:20: Mercury conjunction Moon: 1.5^\circ N

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 4.2^\circ W

  • 03 04:59: Moon at perigee: 365,800 km

  • 05 11:08: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.5^\circ N

  • 06 19:08: First Quarter Moon

  • 09 07:15: Moon at southernmost point: 23.3^\circ S

  • 09 14:35: Moon at ascending node

  • 13 13:41: Perseids meteor shower: ZHR = 90

  • 14 02:57: Full Moon

  • 16 19:41: Venus superior conjunction

  • 17 08:56: Mercury inferior conjunction

  • 19 00:23: Moon at apogee: 405,200 km

  • 22 05:55: Last Quarter Moon

  • 22 07:40: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 2.5^\circ N

  • 23 05:46: Neptune at opposition

  • 23 20:17: Moon at northernmost point: 23.1^\circ N

  • 24 01:23: Moon at descending node

  • 25 21:36: Moon conjunction Mars: 2.8^\circ N

  • 29 11:04: New Moon

  • 31 01:35: Moon at perigee: 360,900 km

September

  • 01 18:06: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.2^\circ N

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 4.6^\circ E

  • 03 13:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 18.1^\circ W

  • 05 01:39: First Quarter Moon

  • 05 13:01: Moon at southernmost point: 23^\circ S

  • 05 15:36: Moon at ascending node

  • 08 16:45: Mars conjunction Pollux: 5.9^\circ S

  • 09 10:18: Mercury conjunction Regulus: 0.7^\circ N

  • 12 17:27: Full Moon

  • 15 14:23: Moon at apogee: 406,100 km

  • 18 14:46: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 2.8^\circ N

  • 20 03:38: Moon at descending node

  • 20 04:05: Moon at northernmost point: 22.9^\circ N

  • 20 21:39: Last Quarter Moon

  • 23 16:23: Moon conjunction Mars: 4.9^\circ N

  • 23 17:05: Autumnal Equinox

  • 26 07:41: Uranus at opposition

  • 27 19:09: New Moon

  • 28 09:01: Moon at perigee: 357,600 km

  • 29 04:07: Mercury superior conjunction

October

  • 01 08:53: Mars conjunction Beehive Cluster (M44): 0.4^\circ S

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 12.4^\circ E

  • 02 17:09: Moon at ascending node

  • 02 19:38: Moon at southernmost point: 22.8^\circ S

  • 04 11:15: First Quarter Moon

  • 12 10:06: Full Moon

  • 12 19:43: Moon at apogee: 406,400 km

  • 14 04:43: Saturn conjunction Sun

  • 15 20:49: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 3^\circ N

  • 17 05:01: Moon at descending node

  • 17 10:06: Moon at northernmost point: 22.7^\circ N

  • 20 11:31: Last Quarter Moon

  • 22 05:59: Orionids meteor shower: ZHR = 20

  • 26 20:26: Moon at perigee: 357,100 km

  • 27 03:56: New Moon

  • 28 13:11: Venus conjunction Moon: 1.8^\circ N

  • 29 09:19: Jupiter at opposition

  • 29 22:59: Moon at ascending node

  • 30 04:17: Moon at southernmost point: 22.6^\circ S

November

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 20.2^\circ E

  • 02 09:24: Mercury conjunction Venus: 2^\circ N

  • 03 00:38: First Quarter Moon

  • 06 06:27: South Taurids meteor shower: ZHR = 10

  • 08 21:20: Moon at apogee: 406,200 km

  • 10 15:51: Venus conjunction Antares: 3.9^\circ N

  • 10 16:30: Mercury conjunction Antares: 1.9^\circ N

  • 11 02:21: Mars conjunction Regulus: 1.3^\circ N

  • 11 04:16: Full Moon

  • 11 19:27: Saturn conjunction Spica: 4.3^\circ N

  • 12 02:43: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 3.1^\circ N

  • 13 05:43: North Taurids meteor shower: ZHR = 15

  • 13 08:35: Moon at descending node

  • 13 15:23: Moon at northernmost point: 22.6^\circ N

  • 13 15:49: Mercury conjunction Venus: 2^\circ N

  • 14 16:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 22.7^\circ E

  • 18 12:01: Leonids meteor shower: ZHR = 15

  • 18 23:09: Last Quarter Moon

  • 23 01:21: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.1^\circ N

  • 24 07:24: Moon at perigee: 359,700 km

  • 25 14:10: New Moon

  • 25 14:22: Partial solar eclipse

  • 26 09:02: Moon at ascending node

  • 26 14:47: Moon at southernmost point: 22.6^\circ S

  • 27 12:29: Venus conjunction Moon: 2.8^\circ S

December

  • 01: Venus distance from Sun: 27.3^\circ E

  • 02 17:52: First Quarter Moon

  • 04 16:45: Mercury inferior conjunction

  • 06 09:13: Moon at apogee: 405,400 km

  • 09 09:26: Moon conjunction Pleiades: 3.1^\circ N

  • 10 15:04: Moon at descending node

  • 10 21:37: Moon at northernmost point: 22.6^\circ N

  • 10 22:33: Total lunar eclipse

  • 10 22:37: Full Moon

  • 15 01:11: Geminids meteor shower: ZHR = 120

  • 18 08:48: Last Quarter Moon

  • 20 09:37: Moon conjunction Spica: 2.1^\circ N

  • 22 10:56: Moon at perigee: 364,800 km

  • 22 13:30: Winter Solstice

  • 23 10:00: Ursids meteor shower: ZHR = 10

  • 23 10:59: Mercury greatest elongation: 21.8^\circ W

  • 23 11:50: Mercury conjunction Moon: 2.6^\circ N

  • 23 19:36: Moon at ascending node

  • 24 01:25: Moon at southernmost point: 22.6^\circ S

  • 24 18:36: Mercury conjunction Antares: 6.6^\circ N

  • 25 02:06: New Moon

  • 27 18:52: Venus conjunction Moon: 6.7^\circ S

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