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2018 Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events

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Su Jianlin December 31, 2017 #4760

Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events
2018 Full Year Celestial Events

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

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January

Day Week Time Event
01 Mon Venus: 1.9^\circ W
02 Tue 03:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 22.7^\circ W
02 Tue 05:54:00 Moon at Perigee: 356,600 km
02 Tue 08:01:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.1^\circ N
02 Tue 10:24:00 Full Moon
03 Wed 10:59:00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.9833 AU
04 Thu 03:50:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2.3^\circ N
04 Thu 04:19:00 Quadrantids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120
04 Thu 15:48:00 Moon at Ascending Node
05 Fri 15:24:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.9^\circ S
07 Sun 08:39:00 Mars conjunction Jupiter: 0.2^\circ N
09 Tue 06:25:00 Last Quarter Moon
09 Tue 14:16:00 Venus Superior Conjunction
11 Thu 13:59:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.7^\circ S
13 Sat 15:58:00 Mercury conjunction Saturn: 0.7^\circ N
15 Mon 10:09:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,500 km
15 Mon 10:13:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.9^\circ S
16 Tue 00:28:00 Moon at South Declination: 20^\circ S
17 Wed 10:17:00 New Moon
18 Thu 22:28:00 Moon at Descending Node
25 Thu 06:20:00 First Quarter Moon
27 Sat 18:09:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.7^\circ S
29 Mon 19:32:00 Moon at North Declination: 20^\circ N
30 Tue 17:54:00 Moon at Perigee: 359,000 km
31 Wed 15:19:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2.3^\circ N
31 Wed 21:27:00 Full Moon
31 Wed 21:30:00 Total Lunar Eclipse

February

Day Week Time Event
01 Thu 02:46:00 Moon at Ascending Node
01 Thu Venus: 5.7^\circ E
02 Fri 02:24:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.9^\circ S
07 Wed 23:54:00 Last Quarter Moon
08 Thu 03:47:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.7^\circ S
09 Fri 13:12:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 4.8^\circ S
11 Sun 22:16:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,700 km
11 Sun 22:46:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.7^\circ S
12 Mon 00:40:00 Mars conjunction Antares: 5.1^\circ N
12 Mon 07:21:00 Moon at South Declination: 20^\circ S
15 Thu 05:11:00 Moon at Descending Node
16 Fri 04:52:00 Partial Solar Eclipse
16 Fri 05:05:00 New Moon
17 Sat 20:08:00 Mercury Superior Conjunction
23 Fri 16:09:00 First Quarter Moon
24 Sat 01:07:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.7^\circ S
26 Mon 04:07:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.1^\circ N
27 Tue 22:48:00 Moon at Perigee: 363,900 km
28 Wed 01:28:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2.3^\circ N
28 Wed 13:03:00 Moon at Ascending Node

March

Day Week Time Event
01 Thu 13:09:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.9^\circ S
01 Thu Venus: 12.4^\circ E
02 Fri 08:51:00 Full Moon
04 Sun 21:32:00 Neptune conjunction Sun
07 Wed 14:57:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.4^\circ S
09 Fri 19:20:00 Last Quarter Moon
10 Sat 08:37:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 4.2^\circ S
11 Sun 10:37:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.5^\circ S
11 Sun 14:39:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.1^\circ S
11 Sun 17:13:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,700 km
14 Wed 11:48:00 Moon at Descending Node
15 Thu 22:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 18.4^\circ E
17 Sat 21:12:00 New Moon
19 Mon 03:07:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 3.9^\circ N
19 Mon 15:51:00 Mercury conjunction Venus: 3.8^\circ N
21 Wed 00:15:00 Vernal Equinox
23 Fri 06:33:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.9^\circ S
24 Sat 23:35:00 First Quarter Moon
25 Sun 10:04:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.2^\circ N
27 Tue 01:17:00 Moon at Perigee: 369,100 km
27 Tue 08:52:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2.2^\circ N
27 Tue 18:56:00 Moon at Ascending Node
28 Wed 21:38:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 1^\circ S
31 Sat 20:37:00 Full Moon

April

Day Week Time Event
01 Sun Venus: 19.9^\circ E
02 Mon 01:47:00 Mercury Inferior Conjunction
03 Tue 03:02:00 Mars conjunction Saturn: 1.3^\circ N
03 Tue 22:14:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.2^\circ S
07 Sat 20:50:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.1^\circ S
07 Sat 22:37:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.3^\circ S
08 Sun 02:15:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 3.5^\circ S
08 Sun 13:32:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,100 km
08 Sun 15:18:00 Last Quarter Moon
10 Tue 16:09:00 Moon at Descending Node
16 Mon 09:57:00 New Moon
18 Wed 03:29:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 5.5^\circ N
18 Wed 22:35:00 Uranus conjunction Sun
19 Thu 12:45:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.1^\circ S
20 Fri 22:44:00 Moon at Perigee: 368,700 km
21 Sat 15:38:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.4^\circ N
23 Mon 01:49:00 Lyrids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
23 Mon 05:46:00 First Quarter Moon
23 Mon 14:17:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2^\circ N
23 Mon 20:19:00 Moon at Ascending Node
25 Wed 00:47:00 Venus conjunction Pleiades: 3.5^\circ S
25 Wed 03:39:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 1.2^\circ S
30 Mon 01:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 27^\circ W
30 Mon 08:58:00 Full Moon

May

Day Week Time Event
01 Tue 01:16:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.1^\circ S
01 Tue Venus: 27.2^\circ E
02 Wed 21:24:00 Venus conjunction Aldebaran: 6.4^\circ N
05 Sat 04:31:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 1.9^\circ S
05 Sat 07:00:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.6^\circ S
05 Sat 15:03:00 \eta-Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 60
06 Sun 08:35:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,500 km
06 Sun 15:24:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 3^\circ S
07 Mon 18:24:00 Moon at Descending Node
08 Tue 10:09:00 Last Quarter Moon
09 Wed 08:10:00 Jupiter Opposition
14 Mon 01:21:00 Mercury conjunction Moon: 2.5^\circ N
15 Tue 19:48:00 New Moon
18 Fri 02:11:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 4.8^\circ N
18 Fri 05:06:00 Moon at Perigee: 363,800 km
18 Fri 23:02:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.7^\circ N
20 Sun 19:57:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 1.7^\circ N
20 Sun 21:13:00 Moon at Ascending Node
22 Tue 08:53:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 1.5^\circ S
22 Tue 11:49:00 First Quarter Moon
28 Mon 01:39:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.3^\circ S
29 Tue 22:20:00 Full Moon

June

Day Week Time Event
01 Fri 09:20:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 1.8^\circ S
01 Fri 15:09:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.7^\circ S
01 Fri Venus: 34.5^\circ E
03 Sun 00:34:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,300 km
03 Sun 19:58:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 3.5^\circ S
03 Sun 20:39:00 Moon at Descending Node
06 Wed 09:53:00 Mercury Superior Conjunction
07 Thu 02:32:00 Last Quarter Moon
08 Fri 11:35:00 Venus conjunction Pollux: 4.7^\circ S
14 Thu 03:43:00 New Moon
15 Fri 07:55:00 Moon at Perigee: 359,500 km
15 Fri 08:52:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.8^\circ N
16 Sat 21:13:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2.3^\circ N
17 Sun 01:50:00 Moon at Ascending Node
17 Sun 03:38:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 1.5^\circ N
18 Mon 15:25:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 1.7^\circ S
20 Wed 10:23:00 Venus conjunction Beehive Cluster: 0.4^\circ N
20 Wed 18:51:00 First Quarter Moon
21 Thu 18:07:00 Summer Solstice
24 Sun 02:47:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.6^\circ S
25 Mon 05:35:00 Mercury conjunction Pollux: 4.8^\circ S
27 Wed 20:25:00 Saturn Opposition
28 Thu 11:59:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2^\circ S
28 Thu 12:53:00 Full Moon
28 Thu 22:30:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.8^\circ S
30 Sat 10:43:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,100 km

July

Day Week Time Event
01 Sun 00:44:00 Moon at Descending Node
01 Sun Venus: 40.7^\circ E
04 Wed 13:39:00 Mercury conjunction Beehive Cluster: 0.6^\circ S
06 Fri 15:51:00 Last Quarter Moon
06 Fri 23:59:00 Earth at Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
10 Tue 07:36:00 Venus conjunction Regulus: 1^\circ N
10 Tue 17:30:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.1^\circ S
12 Thu 12:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 26.4^\circ E
12 Thu 20:01:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.8^\circ N
13 Fri 10:48:00 New Moon
13 Fri 11:01:00 Partial Solar Eclipse
13 Fri 16:28:00 Moon at Perigee: 357,400 km
14 Sat 10:50:00 Moon at Ascending Node
15 Sun 06:04:00 Mercury conjunction Moon: 2.2^\circ S
16 Mon 00:14:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 1.7^\circ S
16 Mon 11:31:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 1.6^\circ S
20 Fri 03:52:00 First Quarter Moon
21 Sat 07:57:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.8^\circ S
25 Wed 14:10:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.2^\circ S
26 Thu 04:55:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.8^\circ S
27 Fri 13:31:00 Mars Opposition
27 Fri 13:44:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,200 km
28 Sat 04:21:00 Full Moon
28 Sat 04:22:00 Total Lunar Eclipse
28 Sat 06:40:00 Moon at Descending Node
28 Sat 16:50:00 \delta-Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20

August

Day Week Time Event
01 Wed Venus: 45.1^\circ E
05 Sun 02:18:00 Last Quarter Moon
07 Tue 02:35:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.1^\circ S
09 Thu 06:33:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.8^\circ N
09 Thu 09:59:00 Mercury Inferior Conjunction
10 Fri 21:40:00 Moon at Ascending Node
11 Sat 02:05:00 Moon at Perigee: 358,100 km
11 Sat 17:47:00 Partial Solar Eclipse
11 Sat 17:58:00 New Moon
13 Mon 08:44:00 Perseids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 90
14 Tue 21:35:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 6.4^\circ S
17 Fri 18:38:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.8^\circ S
17 Fri 23:59:00 Venus Greatest Elongation: 45.9^\circ E
18 Sat 15:49:00 First Quarter Moon
21 Tue 10:07:00 Mercury conjunction Beehive Cluster: 5.9^\circ S
21 Tue 17:55:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.4^\circ S
22 Wed 10:58:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.8^\circ S
23 Thu 19:23:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,700 km
24 Fri 12:51:00 Moon at Descending Node
26 Sun 19:56:00 Full Moon
27 Mon 03:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 18.3^\circ W

September

Day Week Time Event
01 Sat 12:45:00 Venus conjunction Spica: 1.2^\circ S
01 Sat Venus: 45^\circ E
03 Mon 09:34:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.2^\circ S
03 Mon 10:37:00 Last Quarter Moon
05 Wed 14:56:00 Moon at North Declination: 20.8^\circ N
07 Fri 06:42:00 Moon at Ascending Node
07 Fri 10:13:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 1.4^\circ N
08 Sat 01:19:00 Neptune Opposition
08 Sat 09:21:00 Moon at Perigee: 361,400 km
10 Mon 02:01:00 New Moon
14 Fri 10:21:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.6^\circ S
17 Mon 07:15:00 First Quarter Moon
18 Tue 00:46:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2.3^\circ S
18 Tue 17:35:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.9^\circ S
20 Thu 08:54:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,900 km
20 Thu 17:30:00 Moon at Descending Node
21 Fri 09:47:00 Mercury Superior Conjunction
23 Sun 09:54:00 Autumnal Equinox
25 Tue 10:53:00 Full Moon
30 Sun 15:06:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.4^\circ S

October

Day Week Time Event
01 Mon Venus: 32.9^\circ E
02 Tue 17:45:00 Last Quarter Moon
02 Tue 21:03:00 Moon at North Declination: 21^\circ N
04 Thu 11:10:00 Moon at Ascending Node
04 Thu 17:51:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 1.3^\circ N
06 Sat 05:58:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 1.9^\circ S
06 Sat 06:29:00 Moon at Perigee: 366,400 km
09 Tue 11:47:00 New Moon
12 Fri 05:21:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.3^\circ S
15 Mon 11:01:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 2^\circ S
16 Tue 01:26:00 Moon at South Declination: 21.2^\circ S
16 Tue 10:32:00 Mercury conjunction Venus: 6.2^\circ N
17 Wed 02:02:00 First Quarter Moon
17 Wed 20:03:00 Moon at Descending Node
18 Thu 03:16:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,200 km
18 Thu 21:01:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 2.2^\circ S
22 Mon 01:03:00 Orionids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
24 Wed 08:43:00 Uranus Opposition
25 Thu 00:45:00 Full Moon
26 Fri 22:13:00 Venus Inferior Conjunction
27 Sat 21:04:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.6^\circ S
29 Mon 14:28:00 Mercury conjunction Jupiter: 3.1^\circ N
30 Tue 02:34:00 Moon at North Declination: 21.3^\circ N
31 Wed 11:46:00 Moon at Ascending Node
31 Wed 23:24:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 1^\circ N

November

Day Week Time Event
01 Thu 00:40:00 Last Quarter Moon
01 Thu 04:05:00 Moon at Perigee: 370,200 km
01 Thu Venus: 10.6^\circ W
02 Fri 12:16:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 2.1^\circ S
06 Tue 01:31:00 South Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10
06 Tue 22:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 23.3^\circ E
08 Thu 00:02:00 New Moon
09 Fri 12:56:00 Mercury conjunction Antares: 1.8^\circ N
11 Sun 23:46:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 1.6^\circ S
12 Mon 10:21:00 Moon at South Declination: 21.4^\circ S
13 Tue 00:48:00 North Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15
13 Tue 22:04:00 Moon at Descending Node
14 Wed 23:57:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km
15 Thu 07:23:00 Venus conjunction Spica: 1.5^\circ S
15 Thu 22:54:00 First Quarter Moon
16 Fri 12:16:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 1.1^\circ N
18 Sun 07:05:00 Leonids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15
23 Fri 13:39:00 Full Moon
24 Sat 05:11:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.7^\circ S
26 Mon 09:48:00 Moon at North Declination: 21.5^\circ N
26 Mon 14:25:00 Jupiter conjunction Sun
26 Mon 20:10:00 Moon at Perigee: 366,600 km
27 Tue 13:18:00 Moon at Ascending Node
27 Tue 17:10:00 Mercury Inferior Conjunction
28 Wed 04:57:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 0.8^\circ N
29 Thu 17:27:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 2.4^\circ S
30 Fri 08:19:00 Last Quarter Moon

December

Day Week Time Event
01 Sat Venus: 39.9^\circ W
04 Tue 02:42:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 3.8^\circ S
07 Fri 15:20:00 New Moon
09 Sun 13:30:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 1.2^\circ S
09 Sun 19:12:00 Moon at South Declination: 21.5^\circ S
11 Tue 01:57:00 Moon at Descending Node
12 Wed 20:25:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,200 km
14 Fri 20:16:00 Geminids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120
15 Sat 07:21:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 3.9^\circ N
15 Sat 18:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 21.3^\circ W
15 Sat 19:49:00 First Quarter Moon
21 Fri 15:31:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 1.7^\circ S
22 Sat 03:49:00 Mercury conjunction Jupiter: 0.8^\circ N
22 Sat 06:22:00 Winter Solstice
22 Sat 16:03:00 Mercury conjunction Antares: 6^\circ N
22 Sat 23:08:00 Jupiter conjunction Antares: 5.2^\circ N
23 Sun 01:49:00 Full Moon
23 Sun 05:00:00 Ursids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10
23 Sun 19:48:00 Moon at North Declination: 21.6^\circ N
24 Mon 17:52:00 Moon at Perigee: 361,100 km
24 Mon 19:54:00 Moon at Ascending Node
25 Tue 12:52:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 0.6^\circ N
27 Thu 00:06:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 2.5^\circ S
29 Sat 17:34:00 Last Quarter Moon

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