Astronomy Calendar of Celestial
Events
2016 Full Year Celestial Phenomena
Translated from NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html
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Date Day Time Event
January
| 01 |
Fri |
|
Venus: 37.9^\circ W |
| 02 |
Sat |
13:30:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 02 |
Sat |
19:53:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km |
| 03 |
Sun |
08:59:00 |
Earth at Perihelion: 0.9833 AU |
| 04 |
Mon |
02:45:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 1.6^\circ S |
| 04 |
Mon |
16:01:00 |
Quadrantids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120 |
| 07 |
Thu |
07:57:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 3.3^\circ S |
| 07 |
Thu |
12:57:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.6^\circ S |
| 07 |
Thu |
19:32:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Antares: 6.4^\circ N |
| 09 |
Sat |
01:56:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.4^\circ S |
| 09 |
Sat |
15:42:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Saturn: 0.1^\circ N |
| 10 |
Sun |
09:30:00 |
New Moon |
| 14 |
Thu |
22:02:00 |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
| 14 |
Thu |
23:48:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 15 |
Fri |
10:10:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 369,600 km |
| 17 |
Sun |
07:26:00 |
First Quarter |
| 20 |
Wed |
10:16:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.5^\circ S |
| 22 |
Fri |
00:41:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.4^\circ N |
| 24 |
Sun |
09:46:00 |
Full Moon |
| 26 |
Tue |
13:10:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 2.8^\circ N |
| 28 |
Thu |
07:58:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 28 |
Thu |
09:14:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.6^\circ N |
| 30 |
Sat |
17:10:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,600 km |
February
| 01 |
Mon |
11:28:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 01 |
Mon |
16:48:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ S |
| 01 |
Mon |
|
Venus: 31.4^\circ W |
| 04 |
Thu |
03:05:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.8^\circ S |
| 05 |
Fri |
12:34:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.3^\circ S |
| 06 |
Sat |
15:32:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 4.5^\circ S |
| 07 |
Sun |
00:47:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Moon: 3.9^\circ S |
| 07 |
Sun |
08:59:00 |
Mercury Greatest Elongation: 25.6^\circ W |
| 08 |
Mon |
22:39:00 |
New Moon |
| 11 |
Thu |
04:46:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 11 |
Thu |
10:42:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 364,400 km |
| 13 |
Sat |
10:32:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Venus: 4^\circ N |
| 15 |
Mon |
15:46:00 |
First Quarter |
| 16 |
Tue |
15:41:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.4^\circ S |
| 18 |
Thu |
07:18:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.3^\circ N |
| 22 |
Mon |
20:48:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 2.7^\circ N |
| 23 |
Tue |
02:20:00 |
Full Moon |
| 24 |
Wed |
11:58:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.9^\circ N |
| 24 |
Wed |
14:10:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 27 |
Sat |
11:28:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,400 km |
| 28 |
Sun |
23:17:00 |
Neptune Conjunction with Sun |
March
| 01 |
Tue |
02:16:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 3.9^\circ S |
| 01 |
Tue |
|
Venus: 24.9^\circ W |
| 02 |
Wed |
07:11:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 02 |
Wed |
14:53:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.9^\circ S |
| 03 |
Thu |
22:19:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.2^\circ S |
| 07 |
Mon |
18:54:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 3.5^\circ S |
| 08 |
Tue |
17:58:00 |
Jupiter at Opposition |
| 09 |
Wed |
09:54:00 |
New Moon |
| 09 |
Wed |
09:58:00 |
Total Solar Eclipse |
| 09 |
Wed |
14:31:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 10 |
Thu |
15:02:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 359,500 km |
| 14 |
Mon |
21:44:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.3^\circ S |
| 16 |
Wed |
01:03:00 |
First Quarter |
| 16 |
Wed |
13:01:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.2^\circ N |
| 20 |
Sun |
12:31:00 |
Vernal Equinox |
| 21 |
Mon |
03:05:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 2.8^\circ N |
| 22 |
Tue |
11:57:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.3^\circ N |
| 22 |
Tue |
20:58:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 23 |
Wed |
19:48:00 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 23 |
Wed |
20:01:00 |
Full Moon |
| 24 |
Thu |
04:05:00 |
Mercury Superior Conjunction |
| 25 |
Fri |
22:16:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,100 km |
| 29 |
Tue |
02:45:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 4.6^\circ S |
| 29 |
Tue |
22:58:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.8^\circ S |
| 31 |
Thu |
06:12:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.2^\circ S |
| 31 |
Thu |
23:17:00 |
Last Quarter |
April
| 01 |
Fri |
|
Venus: 17.4^\circ W |
| 06 |
Wed |
01:27:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 06 |
Wed |
16:30:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 0.7^\circ S |
| 07 |
Thu |
19:24:00 |
New Moon |
| 08 |
Fri |
01:36:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 357,200 km |
| 10 |
Sun |
05:28:00 |
Uranus Conjunction with Sun |
| 11 |
Mon |
06:05:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.4^\circ S |
| 12 |
Tue |
20:12:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.3^\circ N |
| 14 |
Thu |
11:59:00 |
First Quarter |
| 17 |
Sun |
08:46:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 2.7^\circ N |
| 18 |
Mon |
12:42:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.4^\circ N |
| 18 |
Mon |
21:59:00 |
Mercury Greatest Elongation: 19.9^\circ E |
| 19 |
Tue |
02:04:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 22 |
Fri |
00:05:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,400 km |
| 22 |
Fri |
13:24:00 |
Full Moon |
| 22 |
Fri |
13:30:00 |
Lyrids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20 |
| 26 |
Tue |
03:28:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.7^\circ S |
| 27 |
Wed |
12:44:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.4^\circ S |
| 28 |
Thu |
00:33:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Antares: 4.9^\circ N |
| 28 |
Thu |
16:32:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Pleiades: 6.5^\circ S |
| 30 |
Sat |
11:29:00 |
Last Quarter |
May
| 01 |
Sun |
|
Venus: 9.8^\circ W |
| 03 |
Tue |
09:27:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 05 |
Thu |
02:45:00 |
Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 60 |
| 06 |
Fri |
12:14:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 357,800 km |
| 07 |
Sat |
03:30:00 |
New Moon |
| 08 |
Sun |
16:21:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.5^\circ S |
| 09 |
Mon |
23:10:00 |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
| 10 |
Tue |
05:54:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.4^\circ N |
| 14 |
Sat |
01:02:00 |
First Quarter |
| 14 |
Sat |
15:06:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 2.5^\circ N |
| 15 |
Sun |
17:30:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.2^\circ N |
| 16 |
Mon |
04:39:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 19 |
Thu |
06:06:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,900 km |
| 22 |
Sun |
05:15:00 |
Full Moon |
| 22 |
Sun |
19:15:00 |
Mars at Opposition |
| 23 |
Mon |
05:59:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.5^\circ S |
| 24 |
Tue |
19:16:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.5^\circ S |
| 29 |
Sun |
20:12:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 30 |
Mon |
12:45:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
June
| 01 |
Wed |
|
Venus: 1.5^\circ W |
| 03 |
Fri |
13:43:00 |
Saturn at Opposition |
| 03 |
Fri |
17:47:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Moon: 0.7^\circ N |
| 03 |
Fri |
18:55:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 361,100 km |
| 05 |
Sun |
11:00:00 |
New Moon |
| 05 |
Sun |
16:59:00 |
Mercury Greatest Elongation: 24.2^\circ W |
| 06 |
Mon |
17:13:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.6^\circ N |
| 07 |
Tue |
05:34:00 |
Venus Superior Conjunction |
| 10 |
Fri |
22:47:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 2.2^\circ N |
| 12 |
Sun |
03:35:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.6^\circ N |
| 12 |
Sun |
06:20:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 12 |
Sun |
16:10:00 |
First Quarter |
| 13 |
Mon |
18:06:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Pleiades: 6.8^\circ S |
| 15 |
Wed |
20:00:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,000 km |
| 19 |
Sun |
08:40:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.6^\circ S |
| 19 |
Sun |
11:39:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Aldebaran: 3.8^\circ N |
| 20 |
Mon |
19:02:00 |
Full Moon |
| 21 |
Tue |
02:52:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.6^\circ S |
| 21 |
Tue |
06:35:00 |
Summer Solstice |
| 26 |
Sun |
13:28:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 28 |
Tue |
02:19:00 |
Last Quarter |
July
| 01 |
Fri |
14:45:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 366,000 km |
| 01 |
Fri |
|
Venus: 6.8^\circ E |
| 02 |
Sat |
11:58:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.4^\circ S |
| 04 |
Mon |
04:06:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.6^\circ N |
| 04 |
Mon |
19:01:00 |
New Moon |
| 04 |
Mon |
23:59:00 |
Earth at Aphelion: 1.0168 AU |
| 07 |
Thu |
11:12:00 |
Mercury Superior Conjunction |
| 08 |
Fri |
07:33:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 1.9^\circ N |
| 09 |
Sat |
09:42:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 09 |
Sat |
18:08:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 0.9^\circ N |
| 12 |
Tue |
08:52:00 |
First Quarter |
| 13 |
Wed |
13:24:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km |
| 16 |
Sat |
13:11:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.8^\circ S |
| 18 |
Mon |
11:41:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.6^\circ S |
| 20 |
Wed |
06:57:00 |
Full Moon |
| 23 |
Sat |
15:49:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 27 |
Wed |
07:00:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 27 |
Wed |
19:25:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 369,700 km |
| 28 |
Thu |
04:32:00 |
Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR =
20 |
| 29 |
Fri |
18:53:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.3^\circ S |
| 30 |
Sat |
23:55:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Regulus: 0.3^\circ N |
| 31 |
Sun |
12:52:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.5^\circ N |
August
| 01 |
Mon |
|
Venus: 15.3^\circ E |
| 03 |
Wed |
04:45:00 |
New Moon |
| 04 |
Thu |
14:19:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 3.1^\circ N |
| 05 |
Fri |
06:12:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Moon: 0.6^\circ N |
| 05 |
Fri |
15:48:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 05 |
Fri |
19:57:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Regulus: 1^\circ N |
| 06 |
Sat |
11:28:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 0.2^\circ N |
| 10 |
Wed |
08:05:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km |
| 11 |
Thu |
02:21:00 |
First Quarter |
| 12 |
Fri |
20:10:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 4^\circ S |
| 12 |
Fri |
20:26:00 |
Perseids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 90 |
| 14 |
Sun |
21:05:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.5^\circ S |
| 17 |
Wed |
04:59:00 |
Mercury Greatest Elongation: 27.4^\circ E |
| 18 |
Thu |
17:27:00 |
Full Moon |
| 19 |
Fri |
22:14:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 20 |
Sat |
13:34:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Jupiter: 3.8^\circ N |
| 22 |
Mon |
09:20:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 367,000 km |
| 24 |
Wed |
13:09:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Antares: 1.8^\circ N |
| 25 |
Thu |
09:11:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Saturn: 4.3^\circ N |
| 25 |
Thu |
11:41:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 26 |
Fri |
00:21:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.2^\circ S |
| 27 |
Sat |
19:17:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.5^\circ N |
| 28 |
Sun |
05:53:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Jupiter: 0.1^\circ N |
| 29 |
Mon |
04:09:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Venus: 5^\circ N |
September
| 01 |
Thu |
17:03:00 |
New Moon |
| 01 |
Thu |
17:08:00 |
Annular Solar Eclipse |
| 01 |
Thu |
|
Venus: 23.5^\circ E |
| 01 |
Thu |
23:27:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 02 |
Fri |
23:16:00 |
Neptune at Opposition |
| 03 |
Sat |
18:33:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 1.2^\circ S |
| 05 |
Mon |
08:03:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Antares: 6.1^\circ N |
| 07 |
Wed |
02:44:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,100 km |
| 09 |
Fri |
05:23:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 4.2^\circ S |
| 09 |
Fri |
19:49:00 |
First Quarter |
| 11 |
Sun |
06:05:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.5^\circ S |
| 13 |
Tue |
07:38:00 |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
| 16 |
Fri |
07:55:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 17 |
Sat |
02:56:00 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 17 |
Sat |
03:05:00 |
Full Moon |
| 18 |
Sun |
23:12:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Spica: 2.4^\circ N |
| 19 |
Mon |
01:00:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 361,900 km |
| 22 |
Thu |
06:13:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.2^\circ S |
| 22 |
Thu |
22:21:00 |
Autumnal Equinox |
| 23 |
Fri |
17:56:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 24 |
Sat |
00:44:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.5^\circ N |
| 26 |
Mon |
14:19:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Sun |
| 28 |
Wed |
06:32:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 1.8^\circ N |
| 29 |
Thu |
02:59:00 |
Mercury Greatest Elongation: 17.9^\circ W |
| 29 |
Thu |
06:06:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
October
| 01 |
Sat |
08:12:00 |
New Moon |
| 01 |
Sat |
|
Venus: 30.9^\circ E |
| 04 |
Tue |
01:30:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 5.6^\circ S |
| 04 |
Tue |
19:02:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,100 km |
| 06 |
Thu |
16:04:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 4.2^\circ S |
| 08 |
Sat |
14:03:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.5^\circ S |
| 09 |
Sun |
12:33:00 |
First Quarter |
| 13 |
Thu |
17:43:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 15 |
Sat |
18:15:00 |
Uranus at Opposition |
| 16 |
Sun |
12:23:00 |
Full Moon |
| 17 |
Mon |
07:36:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 357,900 km |
| 19 |
Wed |
14:18:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.3^\circ S |
| 21 |
Fri |
07:38:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.6^\circ N |
| 21 |
Fri |
12:45:00 |
Orionids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20 |
| 23 |
Sun |
03:14:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 25 |
Tue |
12:01:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 1.7^\circ N |
| 26 |
Wed |
09:45:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 26 |
Wed |
18:54:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Antares: 3.1^\circ N |
| 27 |
Thu |
23:53:00 |
Mercury Superior Conjunction |
| 28 |
Fri |
17:33:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.6^\circ S |
| 30 |
Sun |
09:47:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Saturn: 3^\circ N |
| 31 |
Mon |
01:38:00 |
New Moon |
November
| 01 |
Tue |
03:29:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,700 km |
| 01 |
Tue |
|
Venus: 37.7^\circ E |
| 03 |
Thu |
03:38:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 4.1^\circ S |
| 04 |
Fri |
21:04:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.7^\circ S |
| 05 |
Sat |
13:13:00 |
South Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10 |
| 08 |
Tue |
03:51:00 |
First Quarter |
| 09 |
Wed |
23:57:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 12 |
Sat |
12:29:00 |
North Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15 |
| 14 |
Mon |
19:23:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 356,500 km |
| 14 |
Mon |
21:52:00 |
Full Moon |
| 16 |
Wed |
00:50:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.4^\circ S |
| 17 |
Thu |
17:32:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.8^\circ N |
| 17 |
Thu |
18:47:00 |
Leonids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15 |
| 21 |
Mon |
16:33:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 21 |
Mon |
18:08:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 1.4^\circ N |
| 22 |
Tue |
10:48:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 24 |
Thu |
02:48:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Saturn: 3.4^\circ N |
| 25 |
Fri |
09:47:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.1^\circ S |
| 28 |
Mon |
04:08:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,600 km |
| 29 |
Tue |
20:18:00 |
New Moon |
December
| 01 |
Thu |
|
Venus: 43.2^\circ E |
| 02 |
Fri |
03:56:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 18.9^\circ S |
| 03 |
Sat |
20:34:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 6.3^\circ S |
| 05 |
Mon |
18:39:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 3.1^\circ S |
| 07 |
Wed |
01:35:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 07 |
Wed |
17:03:00 |
First Quarter |
| 10 |
Sat |
19:03:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Sun |
| 11 |
Sun |
11:59:00 |
Mercury Greatest Elongation: 20.8^\circ E |
| 13 |
Tue |
07:27:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 358,500 km |
| 13 |
Tue |
12:14:00 |
Aldebaran Conjunction with Moon: 0.4^\circ S |
| 14 |
Wed |
07:57:00 |
Geminids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120 |
| 14 |
Wed |
08:05:00 |
Full Moon |
| 15 |
Thu |
05:43:00 |
Moon at North Declination: 18.9^\circ N |
| 19 |
Mon |
02:14:00 |
Regulus Conjunction with Moon: 1.1^\circ N |
| 19 |
Mon |
12:46:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 21 |
Wed |
09:56:00 |
Last Quarter |
| 21 |
Wed |
18:45:00 |
Winter Solstice |
| 22 |
Thu |
16:00:00 |
Ursids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10 |
| 23 |
Fri |
00:37:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.7^\circ S |
| 25 |
Sun |
13:55:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,900 km |
| 29 |
Thu |
02:41:00 |
Mercury Inferior Conjunction |
| 29 |
Thu |
11:30:00 |
Moon at South Declination: 19^\circ S |
| 29 |
Thu |
14:53:00 |
New Moon |
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