NASA - SKYCAL - Sky Events Calendar 5769 2009 Date LocalTime Event Tev 05 Jan 01 Th Venus: 46.6° E 07 03 Sa 13:55 Quadrantid Shower: ZHR = 120 08 04 Su 12:56 First Quarter 04 Su 14:59 Mercury Elongation: 19.3° E 04 Su 14:59 Perihelion: 0.9833 AU 10 06 ; Fast of Tevet 11 07 We 19:19 Moon-Pleiades: 0.8° S 13 09 Fr 06:38 Moon North Dec.: 27.1° N 14 10 Sa 11:52 Moon Perigee: 357500 km 15 11 Su 04:27 Full Moon 16 12 Mo 06:48 Moon-Beehive: 1.4° N 12 Mo 09:34 Moon Descending Node 17 13 Tu 20:46 Moon-Regulus: 2.6° N 18 14 We 23:59 Venus Elongation: 47.1° E 22 18 Su 03:46 Last Quarter 24 20 Tu 16:56 Mercury Inferior Conj. 25 21 We 14:12 Moon-Antares: 0° 26 22 Th 15:02 Moon South Dec.: 27.1° S 27 23 Fr 01:11 Moon Apogee: 406100 km 28 24 Sa 08:06 Jupiter Conjunction 29 25 She 01 26 Mo 08:55 New Moon 26 Mo 08:59 Annular Solar Eclipse 26 Mo 14:27 Moon Ascending Node 05 30 Fr 12:38 Moon-Venus: 3° S 06 31 07 Feb 01 Su Venus: 45.9° E 09 03 Tu 00:13 First Quarter 10 04 We 03:23 Moon-Pleiades: 0.9° S 11 05 Th 15:55 Moon North Dec.: 27.1° N 13 07 Sa 21:08 Moon Perigee: 361500 km 14 08 Su 17:58 Moon-Beehive: 1.4° N 08 Su 20:46 Moon Descending Node 15 09 Mo 15:38 Pen. Lunar Eclipse ; Tu b'Shvat 09 Mo 15:49 Full Moon 16 10 Tu 07:51 Moon-Regulus: 2.6° N 18 12 Th 13:14 Neptune Conjunction 19 13 Fr 21:59 Mercury Elongation: 26.1° W 22 16 Mo 22:37 Last Quarter 23 17 Tu 18:50 Mars-Jupiter: 0.6° N 17 Tu 21:24 Moon-Antares: 0° 24 18 We 22:09 Moon South Dec.: 27.1° S 25 19 Th 18:00 Moon Apogee: 405100 km 28 22 Su 21:31 Moon Ascending Node 22 Su 23:12 Moon-Mercury: 1.2° S 23 Mo 02:06 Moon-Jupiter: 0.8° S 29 23 Mo 08:49 Moon-Mars: 1.8° S 30 24 Tu 07:06 Mercury-Jupiter: 0.6° N Ada 01 25 We 02:35 New Moon 03 27 Fr 24:00 Moon-Venus: 1.4° N 04 28 05 Mar 01 Su Venus: 34.4° E 06 02 Mo 01:19 Mercury-Mars: 0.6° N 07 03 Tu 09:05 Moon-Pleiades: 0.8° S 08 04 We 08:46 First Quarter 04 We 22:34 Moon North Dec.: 27° N 11 07 Sa 16:06 Moon Perigee: 367000 km 12 08 Su 03:04 Moon-Beehive: 1.5° N 08 Su 05:05 Moon Descending Node 08 Su 21:15 Saturn Opposition 13 09 Mo 18:48 Moon-Regulus: 2.6° N ; Taanit Esther 14 10 ; Purim 15 11 We 04:38 Full Moon ; Shushan Purim 17 13 Fr 03:10 Uranus Conjunction 21 17 Tu 06:33 Moon-Antares: 0.2° S 22 18 We 07:07 Moon South Dec.: 26.9° S 18 We 19:47 Last Quarter 23 19 Th 15:16 Moon Apogee: 404300 km 24 20 Fr 13:44 Vernal Equinox 26 22 Su 04:12 Moon Ascending Node 22 Su 23:31 Moon-Jupiter: 1.6° S 28 24 Tu 16:05 Moon-Mars: 4.4° S 29 25 Nis 01 26 Th 18:06 New Moon 02 27 Fr 21:31 Venus Inferior Conj. 05 30 Mo 15:38 Moon-Pleiades: 0.6° S 06 31 Tu 05:24 Mercury Superior Conj. 07 Apr 01 We 04:50 Moon North Dec.: 26.8° N 01 We Venus: 10.7° W 08 02 Th 04:31 Moon Perigee: 370000 km 02 Th 16:34 First Quarter 10 04 Sa 09:22 Moon Descending Node 04 Sa 10:35 Moon-Beehive: 1.7° N 12 06 Mo 02:22 Moon-Regulus: 2.8° N 14 08 ; Taanit Bechorot 15 09 Th 16:56 Full Moon ; Pesach 16 10 ; Pesach 17 11 ; Pesach 18 12 ; Pesach 19 13 Mo 14:57 Moon-Antares: 0.4° S ; Pesach 20 14 Tu 15:02 Moon South Dec.: 26.7° S ; Pesach 21 15 ; Pesach 22 16 Th 11:15 Moon Apogee: 404200 km ; Pesach 23 17 Fr 15:36 Last Quarter 24 18 Sa 07:19 Moon Ascending Node 25 19 Su 18:26 Moon-Jupiter: 2.5° S 28 22 We 12:26 Lyrid Shower: ZHR = 20 22 We 16:14 Moon-Venus: 1.1° S 30 24 Fr 18:20 Venus-Mars: 4.1° N Iyy 01 25 Sa 05:23 New Moon 02 26 Su 09:59 Mercury Elongation: 20.4° E 26 Su 18:30 Moon-Mercury: 1.9° S 26 Su 23:01 Moon-Pleiades: 0.4° S 04 28 Tu 08:26 Moon Perigee: 366000 km 28 Tu 10:50 Moon North Dec.: 26.6° N 05 29 ; Yom Ha'Atzmaut 06 30 Th 15:04 Mercury-Pleiades: 1.4° S 07 May 01 Fr 09:50 Moon Descending Node 01 Fr Venus: 38.8° W 01 Fr 16:03 Moon-Beehive: 2° N 01 Fr 22:44 First Quarter 11 05 Tu 01:41 Eta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 60 14 08 ; Pesah sheni 15 09 Sa 06:01 Full Moon 16 10 Su 22:43 Moon-Antares: 0.6° S 17 11 Mo 22:03 Moon South Dec.: 26.5° S 18 12 ; Lag B'Omer 20 14 Th 04:57 Moon Apogee: 404900 km 21 15 Fr 09:13 Moon Ascending Node 23 17 Su 09:26 Last Quarter 17 Su 09:52 Moon-Jupiter: 3.3° S 24 18 Mo 12:04 Mercury Inferior Conj. 27 21 Th 10:14 Moon-Venus: 7° S 28 22 ; Yom Yerushalayim 29 23 Siva 01 24 Su 14:11 New Moon 02 25 Mo 18:56 Moon North Dec.: 26.5° N 03 26 Tu 05:44 Moon Perigee: 361200 km 05 28 Th 12:19 Moon Descending Node 28 Th 22:37 Moon-Beehive: 2.2° N 06 29 ; Shavuot 07 30 ; Shavuot (d) 08 31 Su 05:22 First Quarter 09 Jun 01 Mo Venus: 45.8° W 13 05 Fr 21:59 Venus Elongation: 45.8° W 15 07 Su 05:25 Moon-Antares: 0.6° S 07 Su 20:12 Full Moon 16 08 Mo 04:03 Moon South Dec.: 26.4° S 18 10 We 18:04 Moon Apogee: 405800 km 19 11 Th 12:15 Moon Ascending Node 21 13 Sa 13:59 Mercury Elongation: 23.5° W 13 Sa 20:01 Moon-Jupiter: 3.8° S 24 16 Tu 00:15 Last Quarter 28 20 Sa 18:59 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° S 29 21 Su 06:40 Venus-Mars: 2° N 21 Su 07:45 Summer Solstice 21 Su 23:44 Mercury-Aldebaran: 3.2° N 30 22 Mo 04:48 Moon North Dec.: 26.4° N 22 Mo 21:35 New Moon Tamm 01 23 Tu 12:39 Moon Perigee: 358000 km 02 24 We 19:24 Moon Descending Node 03 25 Th 07:22 Moon-Beehive: 2.3° N 07 29 Mo 13:28 First Quarter 08 30 Date LocalTime Event 09 Jul 01 We Venus: 44° W 12 04 Sa 08:59 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU 04 Sa 11:21 Moon-Antares: 0.6° S 13 05 Su 09:34 Moon South Dec.: 26.5° S 05 Su 10:39 Venus-Pleiades: 6.7° S 15 07 Tu 11:21 Full Moon 07 Tu 11:39 Pen. Lunar Eclipse 07 Tu 23:39 Moon Apogee: 406200 km 16 08 We 17:24 Moon Ascending Node 17 09 ; Fast of Tammuz 19 11 Sa 00:11 Moon-Jupiter: 4° S 20 12 Su 04:00 Mars-Pleiades: 4.6° S 22 14 Tu 04:08 Mercury Superior Conj. 14 Tu 05:21 Venus-Aldebaran: 3.1° N 23 15 We 11:53 Last Quarter 26 18 Sa 04:42 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° S 18 Sa 13:38 Moon-Mars: 4.9° S 27 19 Su 07:14 Moon-Venus: 5.9° S 19 Su 15:00 Moon North Dec.: 26.5° N 29 21 Tu 22:16 Moon Perigee: 357500 km Av 01 22 We 04:35 New Moon 01 22 We 04:35 Total Solar Eclipse 01 22 We 05:47 Moon Descending Node 05 26 Su 03:33 Mars-Aldebaran: 5.1° N 07 28 Tu 03:29 Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20 07 28 Tu 24:00 First Quarter 09 30 ; Tisha B'Av 10 31 Fr 17:19 Moon-Antares: 0.5° S 11 Aug 01 Sa Venus: 38.9° W 01 Sa 15:28 Moon South Dec.: 26.5° S 12 02 Su 23:10 Mercury-Regulus: 0.6° N 14 04 Tu 02:42 Moon Apogee: 406000 km 04 Tu 23:42 Moon Ascending Node 15 05 ; Tu B'Av 16 06 Th 02:39 Pen. Lunar Eclipse 06 Th 02:55 Full Moon 17 07 Fr 00:03 Moon-Jupiter: 3.8° S 22 12 We 19:23 Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90 23 13 Th 20:55 Last Quarter 24 14 Fr 12:25 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° S 14 Fr 20:59 Jupiter Opposition 25 15 Sa 23:54 Moon North Dec.: 26.4° N 26 16 Su 05:11 Moon-Mars: 3.2° S 27 17 Mo 10:59 Mercury-Saturn: 3° N 17 Mo 21:27 Neptune Opposition 17 Mo 22:45 Moon-Venus: 1.7° S 28 18 Tu 16:06 Moon Descending Node 29 19 We 06:53 Moon Perigee: 359600 km 30 20 Th 12:01 New Moon Elul 01 21 02 22 Sa 13:37 Moon-Mercury: 2.9° N 04 24 Mo 17:59 Mercury Elongation: 27.4° E 07 27 Th 13:42 First Quarter 08 28 Fr 00:08 Moon-Antares: 0.6° S 08 28 Fr 22:17 Moon South Dec.: 26.4° S 11 31 Mo 13:04 Moon Apogee: 405300 km 12 Sep 01 Tu 05:18 Moon Ascending Node 12 01 Tu Venus: 32.2° W 12 01 Tu 20:12 Venus-Beehive: 1.5° S 13 02 We 23:25 Moon-Jupiter: 3.4° S 15 04 Fr 18:03 Full Moon 21 10 Th 18:12 Moon-Pleiades: 0.3° S 23 12 Sa 04:16 Last Quarter 23 12 Sa 06:36 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N 24 13 Su 17:59 Moon-Mars: 1.1° S 25 14 Mo 22:56 Moon Descending Node 26 15 Tu 13:34 Moon-Beehive: 2.4° N 27 16 We 09:55 Moon Perigee: 364100 km 27 16 We 20:11 Moon-Venus: 3.3° N 28 17 Th 11:36 Uranus Opposition 28 17 Th 20:04 Saturn Conjunction 29 18 Fr 20:44 New Moon 5770 Tish 01 19 Sa ; Rosh Hashana 02 20 Su 11:55 Venus-Regulus: 0.4° N ; Rosh Hashana 02 20 Su 12:01 Mercury Inferior Conj. 03 21 ; Fast of Gedalia 04 22 Tu 23:18 Autumnal Equinox 06 24 Th 08:11 Moon-Antares: 0.8° S 07 25 Fr 06:03 Moon South Dec.: 26.2° S 08 26 Sa 06:50 First Quarter 10 28 Mo 05:33 Moon Apogee: 404400 km ; Yom Kippur 28 Mo 08:52 Moon Ascending Node 12 30 We 02:19 Moon-Jupiter: 3.3° S 13 Oct 01 Th Venus: 25.1° W 15 03 ; Sukkot 16 04 Su 06:18 Mars-Pollux: 5.9° S ; Sukkot 04 Su 08:10 Full Moon 17 05 ; Sukkot 18 06 Tu 02:59 Mercury Elongation: 17.9° W ; Sukkot 19 07 We 23:37 Moon-Pleiades: 0.1° S ; Sukkot 20 08 Th 07:39 Mercury-Venus: 5.8° N ; Sukkot 08 Th 11:55 Mercury-Saturn: 0.3° N ; Sukkot 21 09 Fr 11:49 Moon North Dec.: 26.1° N ; Sukkot 22 10 ; Sukkot 23 11 Su 10:56 Last Quarter ; Sukkot (d) 24 12 Mo 01:01 Moon Descending Node 12 Mo 03:26 Moon-Mars: 1.2° N 12 Mo 20:24 Moon-Beehive: 2.7° N 25 13 Tu 14:28 Moon Perigee: 369100 km 13 Tu 15:42 Venus-Saturn: 0.5° N 28 16 Fr 20:58 Moon-Venus: 6.9° N 30 18 Su 07:33 New Moon Ches 01 19 03 21 We 11:41 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20 03 21 We 16:58 Moon-Antares: 1.1° S 04 22 Th 14:10 Moon South Dec.: 26° S 06 25 Su 10:52 Moon Ascending Node 07 26 Mo 00:18 Moon Apogee: 404200 km 07 26 Mo 01:42 First Quarter 08 27 Tu 09:42 Moon-Jupiter: 3.5° S 13 31 14 Nov 01 Su 01:08 Mars-Beehive: 0.1° S 14 01 Su Venus: 17.4° W 15 02 Mo 20:14 Full Moon 16 03 Tu 03:50 Venus-Spica: 3.5° N 17 04 We 05:41 Moon-Pleiades: 0° 18 05 Th 08:45 Mercury Superior Conj. 18 05 Th 11:09 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10 18 05 Th 16:31 Moon North Dec.: 25.9° N 20 07 Sa 08:30 Moon Perigee: 368900 km 21 08 Su 00:25 Moon Descending Node 22 09 Mo 00:52 Moon-Beehive: 3° N 22 09 Mo 06:59 Moon-Mars: 3.5° N 22 09 Mo 16:56 Last Quarter 25 12 Th 10:25 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15 29 16 Mo 20:14 New Moon 30 17 Tu 16:42 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15 Kisl 01 18 We 20:53 Moon South Dec.: 25.8° S 04 21 Sa 12:34 Moon Ascending Node 05 22 Su 21:07 Moon Apogee: 404700 km 06 23 Mo 23:10 Moon-Jupiter: 4° S 07 24 Tu 22:39 First Quarter 13 30 14 Dec 01 Tu Venus: 10° W 14 01 Tu 15:12 Moon-Pleiades: 0° 15 02 We 08:30 Full Moon 16 03 Th 00:37 Moon North Dec.: 25.8° N 17 04 Fr 15:12 Moon Perigee: 363500 km 18 05 Sa 04:18 Moon Descending Node 19 06 Su 07:19 Moon-Beehive: 3.1° N 22 09 We 01:13 Last Quarter 25 12 ; Chanukkah 26 13 ; Chanukkah 27 14 Mo 05:52 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120 ; Chanukkah 28 15 ; Chanukkah 29 16 We 03:38 Moon South Dec.: 25.8° S ; Chanukkah 16 We 13:02 New Moon Ches 01 18 Fr 09:14 Moon-Mercury: 1.5° S ; Chanukkah 18 Fr 17:41 Moon Ascending Node 18 Fr 17:59 Mercury Elongation: 20.3° E 02 19 ; Chanukkah 03 20 Su 15:54 Moon Apogee: 405700 km 04 21 Mo 16:04 Moon-Jupiter: 4.6° S 21 Mo 18:47 Winter Solstice 05 22 Tu 14:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10 07 24 Th 18:36 First Quarter 10 27 ; Fast of Tevet 12 29 Tu 02:03 Moon-Pleiades: 0° 13 30 We 11:09 Moon North Dec.: 25.8° N 14 31 Th 20:13 Full Moon 31 Th 20:23 Partial Lunar Eclipse All event times are given for UTC+1:00: European Central Time (ECT) *with* Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year. This page may be saved or printed. All SKYCAL astronomical calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Special thanks to National Space Club summer intern *Sumit Dutta* for his valuable assistance in developing the Sky Events Calendar (July 2007). Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment: "Sky Events Calendar by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)"