Astronomy Calendar of Celestial
Events
2020 Celestial Events for the Whole Year
Translated from NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html
(Beijing Time)
January
| 01 |
Wed |
|
Venus: 34.6^\circ E |
| 02 |
Thu |
09:30:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,600 km |
| 03 |
Fri |
12:45:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 04 |
Sat |
16:38:00 |
Quadrantids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120 |
| 05 |
Sun |
17:59:00 |
Earth at Perihelion: 0.9832 AU |
| 10 |
Fri |
07:29:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 10 |
Fri |
14:03:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 23.2^\circ N |
| 10 |
Fri |
23:01:00 |
Mercury at Superior Conjunction |
| 11 |
Sat |
03:10:00 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 11 |
Sat |
03:21:00 |
Full Moon |
| 12 |
Sun |
07:54:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1^\circ S |
| 13 |
Mon |
22:23:00 |
Saturn at Conjunction with Sun |
| 14 |
Tue |
04:20:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 366,000 km |
| 17 |
Fri |
20:58:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 18 |
Sat |
07:03:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Antares: 4.8^\circ N |
| 21 |
Tue |
03:13:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 2.4^\circ S |
| 23 |
Thu |
04:31:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 23 |
Thu |
10:42:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 0.4^\circ N |
| 23 |
Thu |
11:37:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 23.2^\circ S |
| 25 |
Sat |
05:42:00 |
New Moon |
| 28 |
Tue |
15:29:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 4.5^\circ N |
| 30 |
Thu |
05:28:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,400 km |
February
| 01 |
Sat |
|
Venus: 40.4^\circ E |
| 02 |
Sun |
09:42:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 06 |
Thu |
16:59:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 07 |
Fri |
00:10:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 23.3^\circ N |
| 08 |
Sat |
18:16:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1^\circ S |
| 09 |
Sun |
15:33:00 |
Full Moon |
| 10 |
Mon |
21:59:00 |
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 18.2^\circ E |
| 11 |
Tue |
04:30:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 360,500 km |
| 16 |
Sun |
06:17:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 18 |
Tue |
21:18:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 0.8^\circ S |
| 19 |
Wed |
08:12:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 19 |
Wed |
16:58:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 23.3^\circ S |
| 20 |
Thu |
03:36:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1^\circ N |
| 20 |
Thu |
21:47:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 1.9^\circ N |
| 23 |
Sun |
23:32:00 |
New Moon |
| 26 |
Wed |
09:37:00 |
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction |
| 26 |
Wed |
19:35:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,300 km |
| 27 |
Thu |
19:51:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 7^\circ N |
March
| 01 |
Sun |
|
Venus: 44.6^\circ E |
| 03 |
Tue |
03:57:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 04 |
Wed |
22:58:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 05 |
Thu |
09:34:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 23.4^\circ N |
| 07 |
Sat |
05:08:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1.1^\circ S |
| 08 |
Sun |
20:09:00 |
Neptune at Conjunction with Sun |
| 10 |
Tue |
01:48:00 |
Full Moon |
| 10 |
Tue |
14:33:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 357,100 km |
| 16 |
Mon |
17:34:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 17 |
Tue |
09:00:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 17 |
Tue |
22:07:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 23.5^\circ S |
| 18 |
Wed |
16:19:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 0.8^\circ N |
| 18 |
Wed |
18:18:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.6^\circ N |
| 19 |
Thu |
08:04:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.3^\circ N |
| 20 |
Fri |
11:50:00 |
Vernal Equinox |
| 20 |
Fri |
18:24:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Jupiter: 0.7^\circ N |
| 22 |
Sun |
01:48:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Moon: 4^\circ N |
| 24 |
Tue |
09:59:00 |
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 27.8^\circ W |
| 24 |
Tue |
17:28:00 |
New Moon |
| 24 |
Tue |
23:23:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,700 km |
| 25 |
Wed |
05:59:00 |
Venus at Greatest Elongation: 46.1^\circ E |
April
| 01 |
Wed |
00:51:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 01 |
Wed |
04:00:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Saturn: 0.9^\circ N |
| 01 |
Wed |
17:12:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 23.7^\circ N |
| 01 |
Wed |
18:21:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 01 |
Wed |
|
Venus: 45.9^\circ E |
| 03 |
Fri |
14:24:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1.3^\circ S |
| 03 |
Fri |
22:39:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Pleiades: 0.3^\circ S |
| 08 |
Wed |
02:08:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 356,900 km |
| 08 |
Wed |
10:35:00 |
Full Moon |
| 13 |
Mon |
10:58:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 14 |
Tue |
05:03:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 23.8^\circ S |
| 15 |
Wed |
06:56:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 15 |
Wed |
07:04:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.1^\circ N |
| 15 |
Wed |
17:26:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.6^\circ N |
| 16 |
Thu |
12:33:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 2.2^\circ N |
| 21 |
Tue |
03:01:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,500 km |
| 22 |
Wed |
14:07:00 |
Lyrids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20 |
| 23 |
Thu |
10:26:00 |
New Moon |
| 26 |
Sun |
18:19:00 |
Uranus at Conjunction with Sun |
| 26 |
Sun |
23:23:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 6.6^\circ N |
| 28 |
Tue |
01:54:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 28 |
Tue |
23:23:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 23.9^\circ N |
| 30 |
Thu |
21:17:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1.6^\circ S |
May
| 01 |
Fri |
04:38:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 01 |
Fri |
|
Venus: 38^\circ E |
| 05 |
Tue |
03:21:00 |
Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 60 |
| 05 |
Tue |
05:22:00 |
Mercury at Superior Conjunction |
| 06 |
Wed |
11:03:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 359,700 km |
| 07 |
Thu |
18:45:00 |
Full Moon |
| 10 |
Sun |
17:01:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 11 |
Mon |
14:13:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24^\circ S |
| 12 |
Tue |
17:40:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.4^\circ N |
| 13 |
Wed |
02:18:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.8^\circ N |
| 14 |
Thu |
22:03:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 15 |
Fri |
10:01:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ N |
| 18 |
Mon |
09:13:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Saturn: 4.8^\circ N |
| 18 |
Mon |
15:45:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,600 km |
| 22 |
Fri |
17:37:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Venus: 0.9^\circ N |
| 23 |
Sat |
01:39:00 |
New Moon |
| 24 |
Sun |
10:40:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 4^\circ N |
| 24 |
Sun |
18:53:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ N |
| 25 |
Mon |
05:34:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 26 |
Tue |
05:16:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.1^\circ N |
| 28 |
Thu |
02:44:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1.8^\circ S |
| 30 |
Sat |
11:30:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
June
| 01 |
Mon |
|
Venus: 3.7^\circ E |
| 03 |
Wed |
11:36:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 364,400 km |
| 04 |
Thu |
01:42:00 |
Venus at Inferior Conjunction |
| 04 |
Thu |
20:59:00 |
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 23.6^\circ E |
| 06 |
Sat |
03:12:00 |
Full Moon |
| 06 |
Sat |
03:25:00 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 07 |
Sun |
02:10:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 08 |
Mon |
00:22:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.1^\circ S |
| 09 |
Tue |
01:19:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.3^\circ N |
| 09 |
Tue |
10:19:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.8^\circ N |
| 13 |
Sat |
07:53:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ N |
| 13 |
Sat |
14:24:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 15 |
Mon |
08:56:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,600 km |
| 19 |
Fri |
16:52:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 0.8^\circ S |
| 21 |
Sun |
05:43:00 |
Summer Solstice |
| 21 |
Sun |
12:24:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 21 |
Sun |
14:40:00 |
Annular Solar Eclipse |
| 21 |
Sun |
14:41:00 |
New Moon |
| 22 |
Mon |
11:56:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.1^\circ N |
| 24 |
Wed |
08:33:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1.8^\circ S |
| 28 |
Sun |
16:16:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 30 |
Tue |
10:09:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 369,000 km |
July
| 01 |
Wed |
10:45:00 |
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction |
| 01 |
Wed |
|
Venus: 34.3^\circ W |
| 04 |
Sat |
11:18:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 04 |
Sat |
22:59:00 |
Earth at Aphelion: 1.0167 AU |
| 05 |
Sun |
09:37:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.1^\circ S |
| 05 |
Sun |
12:30:00 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
| 05 |
Sun |
12:44:00 |
Full Moon |
| 06 |
Mon |
05:37:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.9^\circ N |
| 06 |
Mon |
16:45:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.6^\circ N |
| 11 |
Sat |
20:17:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Aldebaran: 1^\circ N |
| 12 |
Sun |
03:36:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 2.2^\circ N |
| 13 |
Mon |
03:27:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,200 km |
| 13 |
Mon |
07:29:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 14 |
Tue |
15:03:00 |
Jupiter at Opposition |
| 17 |
Fri |
15:26:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 3.4^\circ S |
| 18 |
Sat |
20:33:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 19 |
Sun |
19:51:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.1^\circ N |
| 21 |
Tue |
01:33:00 |
New Moon |
| 21 |
Tue |
05:33:00 |
Saturn at Opposition |
| 22 |
Wed |
22:59:00 |
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 20.1^\circ W |
| 25 |
Sat |
12:54:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 368,400 km |
| 27 |
Mon |
20:32:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 28 |
Tue |
05:08:00 |
Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR =
20 |
| 31 |
Fri |
17:32:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
August
| 01 |
Sat |
16:47:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.1^\circ S |
| 01 |
Sat |
|
Venus: 45.2^\circ W |
| 02 |
Sun |
04:14:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Pollux: 6.7^\circ S |
| 02 |
Sun |
07:30:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.6^\circ N |
| 02 |
Sun |
21:17:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.4^\circ N |
| 03 |
Mon |
23:59:00 |
Full Moon |
| 09 |
Sun |
15:57:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 0.8^\circ N |
| 09 |
Sun |
21:51:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 404,700 km |
| 12 |
Wed |
00:45:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 12 |
Wed |
21:02:00 |
Perseids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 90 |
| 13 |
Thu |
08:59:00 |
Venus at Greatest Elongation: 45.8^\circ W |
| 15 |
Sat |
03:22:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 15 |
Sat |
21:01:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 4.2^\circ S |
| 16 |
Sun |
04:40:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.2^\circ N |
| 17 |
Mon |
22:47:00 |
Mercury at Superior Conjunction |
| 19 |
Wed |
10:41:00 |
New Moon |
| 21 |
Fri |
18:59:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 363,500 km |
| 26 |
Wed |
01:58:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 27 |
Thu |
19:52:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 28 |
Fri |
22:06:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.2^\circ S |
| 29 |
Sat |
09:33:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.5^\circ N |
| 30 |
Sun |
00:40:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.3^\circ N |
September
| 01 |
Tue |
|
Venus: 44.7^\circ W |
| 02 |
Wed |
13:22:00 |
Full Moon |
| 06 |
Sun |
12:42:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 0^\circ |
| 06 |
Sun |
14:31:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,600 km |
| 10 |
Thu |
17:26:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 11 |
Fri |
07:05:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 12 |
Sat |
03:15:00 |
Neptune at Opposition |
| 12 |
Sat |
13:25:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.4^\circ N |
| 13 |
Sun |
08:10:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Beehive Cluster:
2.6^\circ S |
| 14 |
Mon |
11:19:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
1.9^\circ S |
| 14 |
Mon |
12:43:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 4.6^\circ S |
| 17 |
Thu |
19:00:00 |
New Moon |
| 18 |
Fri |
21:44:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 359,100 km |
| 22 |
Tue |
14:06:00 |
Mercury Conjunction with Spica: 0.3^\circ N |
| 22 |
Tue |
21:31:00 |
Autumnal Equinox |
| 23 |
Wed |
20:33:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 24 |
Thu |
09:55:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 25 |
Fri |
03:11:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.5^\circ S |
| 25 |
Fri |
14:46:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 1.7^\circ N |
| 26 |
Sat |
04:46:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.5^\circ N |
October
| 01 |
Thu |
|
Venus: 40.3^\circ W |
| 01 |
Thu |
23:59:00 |
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 25.8^\circ E |
| 02 |
Fri |
05:05:00 |
Full Moon |
| 03 |
Sat |
01:09:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Regulus: 0.1^\circ S |
| 03 |
Sat |
11:21:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 0.8^\circ N |
| 04 |
Sun |
01:22:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,300 km |
| 08 |
Thu |
08:29:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 09 |
Fri |
21:07:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.6^\circ N |
| 10 |
Sat |
08:39:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 11 |
Sun |
20:27:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
2.2^\circ S |
| 14 |
Wed |
07:10:00 |
Mars at Opposition |
| 14 |
Wed |
07:57:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 4.4^\circ S |
| 17 |
Sat |
03:31:00 |
New Moon |
| 17 |
Sat |
07:46:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 356,900 km |
| 20 |
Tue |
23:53:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 21 |
Wed |
13:21:00 |
Orionids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20 |
| 22 |
Thu |
10:00:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.7^\circ S |
| 23 |
Fri |
01:10:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.1^\circ N |
| 23 |
Fri |
11:49:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 2.7^\circ N |
| 23 |
Fri |
21:23:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 26 |
Mon |
02:14:00 |
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction |
| 30 |
Fri |
00:13:00 |
Mars Conjunction with Moon: 3.3^\circ N |
| 31 |
Sat |
02:46:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 406,400 km |
| 31 |
Sat |
22:49:00 |
Full Moon |
November
| 01 |
Sun |
00:05:00 |
Uranus at Opposition |
| 01 |
Sun |
|
Venus: 34.2^\circ W |
| 04 |
Wed |
10:39:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 05 |
Thu |
13:50:00 |
South Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10 |
| 06 |
Fri |
03:30:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.8^\circ N |
| 08 |
Sun |
03:34:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
2.4^\circ S |
| 08 |
Sun |
21:46:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 11 |
Wed |
00:59:00 |
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 19.1^\circ W |
| 12 |
Thu |
13:06:00 |
North Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15 |
| 13 |
Fri |
05:31:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ S |
| 14 |
Sat |
19:48:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 357,800 km |
| 15 |
Sun |
13:07:00 |
New Moon |
| 16 |
Mon |
21:24:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Spica: 3.8^\circ N |
| 17 |
Tue |
08:07:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 17 |
Tue |
19:24:00 |
Leonids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15 |
| 18 |
Wed |
19:27:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.9^\circ S |
| 19 |
Thu |
16:54:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 2.6^\circ N |
| 19 |
Thu |
22:57:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ N |
| 22 |
Sun |
12:45:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 27 |
Fri |
08:29:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,900 km |
| 30 |
Mon |
17:30:00 |
Full Moon |
| 30 |
Mon |
17:44:00 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse |
December
| 01 |
Tue |
15:46:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 01 |
Tue |
|
Venus: 27.5^\circ W |
| 03 |
Thu |
09:22:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.9^\circ N |
| 05 |
Sat |
09:10:00 |
Beehive Cluster Conjunction with Moon:
2.5^\circ S |
| 08 |
Tue |
08:37:00 |
Last Quarter Moon |
| 13 |
Sun |
04:40:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Moon: 0.8^\circ S |
| 13 |
Sun |
04:42:00 |
Moon at Perigee: 361,800 km |
| 14 |
Mon |
08:35:00 |
Geminids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120 |
| 14 |
Mon |
19:03:00 |
Moon at Descending Node |
| 15 |
Tue |
00:15:00 |
Total Solar Eclipse |
| 15 |
Tue |
00:17:00 |
New Moon |
| 16 |
Wed |
06:23:00 |
Moon at Southern Declination: 24.9^\circ S |
| 17 |
Thu |
12:28:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Moon: 3^\circ N |
| 17 |
Thu |
13:25:00 |
Saturn Conjunction with Moon: 3.1^\circ N |
| 20 |
Sun |
10:56:00 |
Mercury at Superior Conjunction |
| 21 |
Mon |
18:02:00 |
Winter Solstice |
| 22 |
Tue |
07:41:00 |
First Quarter Moon |
| 22 |
Tue |
17:00:00 |
Ursids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10 |
| 22 |
Tue |
17:35:00 |
Jupiter Conjunction with Saturn: 0.1^\circ N |
| 23 |
Wed |
22:48:00 |
Venus Conjunction with Antares: 5.6^\circ N |
| 25 |
Fri |
00:32:00 |
Moon at Apogee: 405,000 km |
| 28 |
Mon |
23:03:00 |
Moon at Ascending Node |
| 30 |
Wed |
11:28:00 |
Full Moon |
| 30 |
Wed |
15:53:00 |
Moon at Northern Declination: 24.9^\circ N |
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