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2013 Celestial Events Calendar

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Jianlin Su January 6, 2013 #2249

Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events
2013 Celestial Events Calendar

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

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Date Day Time Event

January

Date Day Time Event
01 Tue Venus: 20.9^\circ W
02 Wed 08:59 Earth at Perihelion: 0.9833 AU
03 Thu 21:33 Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 120
05 Sat 11:58 Last Quarter Moon
06 Sun 03:54 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.6^\circ N
07 Thu 09:28 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.8^\circ N
08 Tue 07:50 Moon at Ascending Node
09 Wed 23:22 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.9^\circ S
10 Thu 18:26 Moon at Perigee: 360,000 km
10 Thu 19:36 Moon-Venus Conjunction: 2.7^\circ S
12 Sat 03:44 New Moon
18 Fri 16:44 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
19 Sat 07:45 First Quarter Moon
21 Thu 09:19 Moon at Descending Node
22 Tue 10:57 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 0.5^\circ N
22 Tue 18:52 Moon at Apogee: 405,300 km
23 Wed 13:12 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.8^\circ N
27 Sun 12:38 Full Moon

February

Date Day Time Event
01 Fri Venus: 13.6^\circ W
02 Sat 09:25 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.4^\circ N
03 Sun 17:55 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.5^\circ N
03 Sun 21:56 Last Quarter Moon
04 Thu 10:14 Moon at Ascending Node
06 Wed 08:26 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.7^\circ S
07 Thu 20:09 Moon at Perigee: 365,300 km
09 Sat 00:06 Mercury-Mars Conjunction: 0.3^\circ N
10 Sun 15:20 New Moon
17 Sun 04:59 Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 18.1^\circ E
17 Sun 10:57 Moon at Descending Node
18 Thu 04:31 First Quarter Moon
18 Thu 19:31 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 1^\circ N
19 Tue 14:30 Moon at Apogee: 404,500 km
19 Tue 21:34 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.6^\circ N
21 Thu 14:36 Neptune at Conjunction
26 Tue 04:26 Full Moon

March

Date Day Time Event
01 Fri 14:56 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.1^\circ N
01 Fri Venus: 6.9^\circ W
02 Sat 23:21 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.4^\circ N
03 Sun 10:29 Moon at Ascending Node
04 Thu 20:55 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
05 Tue 05:53 Last Quarter Moon
05 Tue 14:41 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.5^\circ S
06 Wed 07:20 Moon at Perigee: 370,000 km
12 Tue 03:51 New Moon
16 Sat 14:15 Moon at Descending Node
18 Thu 09:15 Jupiter-Aldebaran Conjunction: 5^\circ N
18 Thu 09:16 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 1.6^\circ N
19 Tue 05:50 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.3^\circ N
19 Tue 11:13 Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km
20 Wed 01:27 First Quarter Moon
20 Wed 19:02 Vernal Equinox
27 Wed 17:27 Full Moon
28 Thu 22:29 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0^\circ
29 Fri 00:45 Venus at Superior Conjunction
29 Fri 07:59 Uranus at Conjunction
30 Sat 04:18 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.4^\circ N
30 Sat 13:55 Moon at Ascending Node
31 Sun 11:55 Moon at Perigee: 367,500 km

April

Date Day Time Event
01 Thu 05:59 Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 27.8^\circ W
01 Thu Venus: 1.6^\circ E
01 Thu 20:03 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.2^\circ S
03 Wed 12:36 Last Quarter Moon
10 Wed 17:35 New Moon
12 Fri 20:12 Moon at Descending Node
15 Thu 02:23 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 2.3^\circ N
15 Thu 13:29 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.2^\circ N
16 Tue 06:21 Moon at Apogee: 404,900 km
18 Thu 07:39 Mars at Conjunction
18 Thu 20:31 First Quarter Moon
22 Thu 19:03 Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 20
25 Thu 08:10 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0^\circ
26 Fri 03:57 Full Moon
26 Fri 04:09 Partial Lunar Eclipse
26 Fri 10:28 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.5^\circ N
26 Fri 22:07 Moon at Ascending Node
28 Sun 03:48 Moon at Perigee: 362,300 km
28 Sun 15:42 Saturn at Opposition
29 Thu 03:05 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.2^\circ S

May

Date Day Time Event
01 Wed Venus: 8.7^\circ E
02 Thu 19:14 Last Quarter Moon
05 Sun 08:17 Eta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 60
10 Fri 03:12 Moon at Descending Node
10 Fri 08:26 Annular Solar Eclipse
10 Fri 08:29 New Moon
12 Sun 04:57 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
12 Sun 20:30 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.2^\circ N
12 Sun 21:03 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 2.9^\circ N
13 Thu 21:31 Moon at Apogee: 405,800 km
18 Sat 12:35 First Quarter Moon
22 Wed 18:34 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0^\circ
23 Thu 17:55 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.7^\circ N
24 Fri 08:40 Moon at Ascending Node
25 Sat 12:11 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
25 Sat 12:25 Full Moon
26 Sun 09:45 Moon at Perigee: 358,400 km
26 Sun 12:47 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.2^\circ S
27 Thu 14:06 Mercury-Jupiter Conjunction: 2.4^\circ N
29 Wed 01:30 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction: 1^\circ N

June

Date Day Time Event
01 Sat 02:58 Last Quarter Moon
01 Sat Venus: 16.9^\circ E
06 Thu 08:59 Moon at Descending Node
08 Sat 23:56 New Moon
09 Sun 03:16 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.2^\circ N
10 Thu 05:40 Moon at Apogee: 406,500 km
10 Thu 19:19 Moon-Venus Conjunction: 5.9^\circ N
13 Thu 00:59 Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 24.3^\circ E
17 Thu 01:24 First Quarter Moon
19 Wed 03:56 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.1^\circ S
19 Wed 23:00 Jupiter at Conjunction
20 Thu 01:45 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.7^\circ N
20 Thu 15:18 Mercury-Venus Conjunction: 1.9^\circ N
20 Thu 17:51 Moon at Ascending Node
21 Fri 13:04 Summer Solstice
22 Sat 12:47 Venus-Pollux Conjunction: 5.2^\circ S
23 Sun 00:11 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.2^\circ S
23 Sun 19:09 Moon at Perigee: 357,000 km
23 Sun 19:32 Full Moon
30 Sun 12:54 Last Quarter Moon

July

Date Day Time Event
01 Thu Venus: 24.8^\circ E
03 Wed 12:15 Moon at Descending Node
03 Wed 23:21 Venus-Beehive Cluster (M44) Conjunction: 0.1^\circ N
06 Sat 02:59 Earth at Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
06 Sat 10:09 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20.2^\circ N
07 Sun 08:36 Moon at Apogee: 406,500 km
08 Thu 15:14 New Moon
10 Wed 02:39 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
16 Tue 11:13 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.3^\circ S
16 Tue 11:18 First Quarter Moon
17 Wed 09:19 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 3.4^\circ N
17 Wed 22:58 Moon at Ascending Node
20 Sat 11:12 Moon at Southernmost Point: 20.1^\circ S
22 Thu 04:27 Moon at Perigee: 358,400 km
22 Thu 12:33 Mars-Jupiter Conjunction: 0.8^\circ N
22 Thu 17:30 Venus-Regulus Conjunction: 1.1^\circ N
23 Tue 02:15 Full Moon
28 Sun 10:05 Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 20
29 Thu 03:20 Mercury-Mars Conjunction: 6.9^\circ N
30 Tue 01:43 Last Quarter Moon
30 Tue 13:50 Moon at Descending Node
30 Tue 16:59 Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 19.6^\circ W

August

Date Day Time Event
01 Thu Venus: 32.6^\circ E
02 Fri 17:24 Moon at Northernmost Point: 20^\circ N
03 Sat 16:53 Moon at Apogee: 405,800 km
04 Sun 06:22 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 4.5^\circ N
07 Wed 05:51 New Moon
10 Sat 10:19 Moon-Venus Conjunction: 5.5^\circ N
12 Thu 16:46 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.6^\circ S
13 Tue 01:59 Perseids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 90
13 Tue 16:51 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 2.9^\circ N
14 Wed 00:20 Moon at Ascending Node
14 Wed 18:56 First Quarter Moon
16 Fri 20:06 Moon at Southernmost Point: 19.9^\circ S
18 Sun 00:58 Mars-Pollux Conjunction: 5.8^\circ S
19 Thu 09:26 Moon at Perigee: 362,300 km
21 Wed 09:45 Full Moon
25 Sun 04:37 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
26 Thu 16:19 Moon at Descending Node
27 Tue 08:01 Neptune at Opposition
28 Wed 17:35 Last Quarter Moon
30 Fri 01:03 Moon at Northernmost Point: 19.8^\circ N
31 Sat 07:46 Moon at Apogee: 404,900 km

September

Date Day Time Event
01 Sun 00:38 Moon-Jupiter Conjunction: 5^\circ N
01 Sun Venus: 39.4^\circ E
05 Thu 19:36 New Moon
06 Fri 08:42 Venus-Spica Conjunction: 1.6^\circ N
08 Sun 18:00 Mars-Beehive Cluster (M44) Conjunction: 0.5^\circ S
08 Sun 22:11 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.8^\circ S
09 Thu 05:04 Moon-Venus Conjunction: 0.4^\circ N
10 Tue 01:29 Moon at Ascending Node
10 Tue 01:29 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 2.4^\circ N
13 Fri 01:08 First Quarter Moon
13 Fri 02:30 Moon at Southernmost Point: 19.7^\circ S
16 Thu 00:34 Moon at Perigee: 367,400 km
19 Thu 04:27 Venus-Saturn Conjunction: 3.5^\circ N
19 Thu 19:13 Full Moon
22 Sun 21:48 Moon at Descending Node
23 Thu 04:44 Autumnal Equinox
25 Wed 06:29 Mercury-Spica Conjunction: 0.8^\circ N
25 Wed 11:39 Moon-Aldebaran Conjunction: 3^\circ S
26 Thu 09:03 Moon at Northernmost Point: 19.6^\circ N
27 Fri 11:56 Last Quarter Moon
28 Sat 02:17 Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km

October

Date Day Time Event
01 Tue Venus: 44.6^\circ E
03 Thu 21:27 Uranus at Opposition
05 Sat 08:35 New Moon
07 Thu 06:08 Moon at Ascending Node
07 Thu 06:28 Moon-Mercury Conjunction: 2.9^\circ S
07 Thu 12:30 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 2^\circ N
08 Tue 20:07 Moon-Venus Conjunction: 4.7^\circ S
08 Tue 20:44 Mercury-Saturn Conjunction: 5^\circ N
09 Wed 17:59 Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 25.3^\circ E
10 Thu 07:52 Moon at Southernmost Point: 19.5^\circ S
11 Fri 07:06 Moon at Perigee: 369,800 km
12 Sat 07:02 First Quarter Moon
15 Tue 11:44 Mars-Regulus Conjunction: 0.9^\circ N
17 Thu 02:26 Venus-Antares Conjunction: 1.5^\circ N
19 Sat 07:38 Full Moon
19 Sat 07:51 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
20 Sun 05:47 Moon at Descending Node
21 Thu 18:17 Orionids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 20
22 Tue 20:06 Moon-Aldebaran Conjunction: 2.9^\circ S
23 Wed 17:13 Moon at Northernmost Point: 19.5^\circ N
25 Fri 22:25 Moon at Apogee: 404,600 km
27 Sun 07:41 Last Quarter Moon

November

Date Day Time Event
01 Fri 16:59 Venus at Greatest Elongation: 47.1^\circ E
01 Fri Venus: 47.1^\circ E
02 Sat 04:12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
03 Sun 14:52 Moon at Ascending Node
03 Sun 20:47 Hybrid Solar Eclipse
03 Sun 20:50 New Moon
05 Tue 18:45 South Taurids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 10
06 Wed 14:43 Moon at Southernmost Point: 19.5^\circ S
06 Wed 17:28 Moon at Perigee: 365,400 km
06 Wed 19:29 Saturn at Conjunction
10 Sun 13:57 First Quarter Moon
12 Tue 18:02 North Taurids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 15
16 Sat 13:30 Moon at Descending Node
17 Sun 23:16 Full Moon
18 Thu 00:19 Leonids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 15
18 Thu 09:59 Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 19.5^\circ W
19 Tue 04:00 Moon-Aldebaran Conjunction: 2.9^\circ S
20 Wed 01:18 Moon at Northernmost Point: 19.5^\circ N
22 Fri 17:50 Moon at Apogee: 405,400 km
26 Tue 03:28 Last Quarter Moon
26 Tue 12:49 Mercury-Saturn Conjunction: 0.3^\circ N
30 Sat 00:43 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 0.9^\circ S

December

Date Day Time Event
01 Sun 00:59 Moon at Ascending Node
01 Sun 18:13 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 1.3^\circ N
01 Sun Venus: 42.4^\circ E
03 Tue 08:22 New Moon
04 Wed 00:38 Moon at Southernmost Point: 19.6^\circ S
04 Wed 18:15 Moon at Perigee: 360,100 km
09 Thu 23:12 First Quarter Moon
13 Fri 18:10 Moon at Descending Node
14 Sat 13:30 Geminids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 120
16 Thu 10:45 Moon-Aldebaran Conjunction: 2.9^\circ S
17 Tue 09:00 Moon at Northernmost Point: 19.6^\circ N
17 Tue 17:28 Full Moon
20 Fri 07:49 Moon at Apogee: 406,300 km
22 Sun 01:11 Winter Solstice
22 Sun 22:00 Ursids Meteor Shower Peak: ZHR = 10
25 Wed 21:48 Last Quarter Moon
26 Thu 10:45 Moon-Mars Conjunction: 4.9^\circ N
27 Fri 10:10 Moon-Spica Conjunction: 1.1^\circ S
28 Sat 08:21 Moon at Ascending Node
29 Sun 09:42 Moon-Saturn Conjunction: 0.9^\circ N
29 Sun 14:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
31 Tue 12:49 Moon at Southernmost Point: 19.5^\circ S

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