Celestial Calendar |
Ephemeris excerpt courtesy of
NASA / Goddard Space
Flight Center Planetary Ephemeris
Date TDT Event
(h:m)
Jan 1 21 Moon at Perigee: 358684 km
2 21 Earth at Perihelion
4 19 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
7 10:40 LAST QUARTER
11 21 Venus at Superior Conjunction
15 07:10 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.919
15 07:13 NEW MOON
17 02 Moon at Apogee: 406434 km
23 10:57 FIRST QUARTER
24 14 Venus at Aphelion
27 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.8°W
29 19 Mars at Opposition
30 06:19 FULL MOON
30 09 Moon at Perigee: 356593 km
Feb 5 23:48 LAST QUARTER
12 06 Mercury 2.3°S of Moon
13 02 Moon at Apogee: 406542 km
14 02:53 NEW MOON
14 17 Neptune-Sun Conjunction
22 00:42 FIRST QUARTER
27 22 Moon at Perigee: 357832 km
28 12 Jupiter-Sun Conjunction
28 16:39 FULL MOON
Mar 7 15:42 LAST QUARTER
12 10 Moon at Apogee: 406011 km
14 13 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
15 21:03 NEW MOON
17 15 Uranus-Sun Conjunction
20 17:33 Vernal Equinox
22 00 Saturn at Opposition
23 10:57 FIRST QUARTER
25 14 Mars 4.5°N of Moon
28 05 Moon at Perigee: 361877 km
30 02:26 FULL MOON
31 00 Mars at Aphelion
Apr 6 09:37 LAST QUARTER
8 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.3°E
9 03 Moon at Apogee: 404999 km
14 12:31 NEW MOON
16 13 Venus 4.1°S of Moon
21 18:15 FIRST QUARTER
22 10 Mars 4.6°N of Moon
24 21 Moon at Perigee: 367142 km
28 12:19 FULL MOON
28 17 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
May 6 04:16 LAST QUARTER
6 22 Moon at Apogee: 404231 km
14 01:06 NEW MOON
16 10 Venus 0.1°S of Moon: Occn.
16 23 Venus at Perihelion
20 09 Moon at Perigee: 369729 km
20 23:38 FIRST QUARTER
26 02 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.1°W
27 23:08 FULL MOON
Jun 3 17 Moon at Apogee: 404266 km
4 22:16 LAST QUARTER
12 11:16 NEW MOON
15 07 Venus 3.9°N of Moon
15 15 Moon at Perigee: 365937 km
19 04:27 FIRST QUARTER
21 11:29 Summer Solstice
26 11:31 FULL MOON
26 11:40 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.527
28 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
Jul 1 10 Moon at Apogee: 405036 km
4 14:39 LAST QUARTER
6 14 Earth at Aphelion
11 19:30 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.057
11 19:41 NEW MOON
13 11 Moon at Perigee: 361116 km
15 01 Venus 6.0°N of Moon
18 10:12 FIRST QUARTER
26 01:38 FULL MOON
29 00 Moon at Apogee: 405955 km
Aug 3 05:03 LAST QUARTER
7 01 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.4°E
10 03:09 NEW MOON
10 18 Moon at Perigee: 357858 km
12 02 Mercury 2.4°N of Moon
13 12 Venus 4.5°N of Moon
16 18:18 FIRST QUARTER
20 02 Venus at Greatest Elong: 46.0°E
20 03 Neptune at Opposition
24 17:06 FULL MOON
25 06 Moon at Apogee: 406390 km
Sep 1 17:25 LAST QUARTER
3 12 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
8 04 Moon at Perigee: 357193 km
8 10:30 NEW MOON
11 13 Venus 0.3°N of Moon: Occn.
15 05:55 FIRST QUARTER
19 17 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 17.9°W
21 08 Moon at Apogee: 406169 km
21 12 Jupiter at Opposition
22 01 Uranus at Opposition
23 03:10 Autumnal Equinox
23 09:19 FULL MOON
Oct 1 00 Saturn-Sun Conjunction
1 03:54 LAST QUARTER
6 14 Moon at Perigee: 359453 km
7 18:45 NEW MOON
9 16 Venus 3.3°S of Moon
10 02 Mars 3.5°N of Moon
14 21:32 FIRST QUARTER
17 01 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
18 18 Moon at Apogee: 405433 km
23 01:38 FULL MOON
29 01 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
30 12:46 LAST QUARTER
Nov 3 17 Moon at Perigee: 364189 km
6 04:52 NEW MOON
7 22 Mars 1.6°N of Moon
13 16:42 FIRST QUARTER
15 12 Moon at Apogee: 404634 km
21 17:29 FULL MOON
28 20:37 LAST QUARTER
30 19 Moon at Perigee: 369439 km
Dec 1 16 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.5°E
2 21 Venus 6.4°N of Moon
5 17:37 NEW MOON
7 09 Mercury 1.8°S of Moon
13 09 Moon at Apogee: 404408 km
13 14:00 FIRST QUARTER
20 01 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
21 08:15 FULL MOON
21 08:17 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.252
21 23:39 Winter Solstice
25 12 Moon at Perigee: 368463 km
27 16 Venus at Perihelion
28 04:19 LAST QUARTE
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Meteor shower information courtesy of
IMO 2010 Calendar
Active Dates |
Shower Name |
Peak |
ZHR |
| Quadrantids (QUA) | Dec 28 - Jan 12 | Jan 03 | 120 |
| alpha-Centaurids (ACE) | Jan 28 - Feb 21 | Feb 08 | 6 |
| †delta-Leonids (DLE) | Feb 15 - Mar 10 | Feb 25 | 2 |
| gamma-Normids (GNO) | Feb 25 - Mar 22 | Mar 14 | 6 |
| Lyrids (LYR) | Apr 16 - Apr 25 | Apr 22 | 18 |
| pi-Puppids (PPU) | Apr 15 - Apr 28 | Apr 23 | Var |
| eta-Aquariids (ETA) | Apr 19 - May 28 | May 06 | 85+* |
| eta-Lyrids (ELY) | May 03 - May 12 | May 09 | 3 |
| June Bootids (JBO) | Jun 22 - Jul 02 | Jun 27 | Var |
| Piscis Austrinids (PAU) | Jul 15 - Aug 10 | Jul 28 | 5 |
| South. d-Aquariids (SDA) | Jul 12 - Aug 19 | Jul 28 | 16 |
| alpha-Capricornids (CAP) | Jul 03 - Aug 15 | Jul 30 | 5 |
| Perseids (PER)* | Jul 17 - Aug 24 | Aug 12 | 100 |
| kappa-Cygnids (KCG) | Aug 03 - Aug 25 | Aug 18 | 3 |
| alpha-Aurigids (AUR) | Aug 25 - Sep 08 | Sep 01 | 6 |
| September Perseids (SPE) | Sep 05 - Sep 17 | Sep 09 | 5 |
| delta-Aurigids (DAU) | Sep 18 - Oct 10 | Sep 29 | 2 |
| Draconids (GIA) | Oct 06 - Oct 10 | Oct 08 | Var |
| eta-Geminids (EGE) | Oct 14 - Oct 27 | Oct 18 | 3 |
| Orionids (ORI) | Oct 02 - Nov 07 | Oct 21 | 30* |
| Leo Minorids (LMI) | Oct 19 - Oct 27 | Oct 23 | 2 |
| Southern Taurids (STA) | Sep 25 - Nov 25 | Nov 05 | 5 |
| Northern Taurids (NTA) | Sep 25 - Nov 25 | Nov 12 | 5 |
| Leonids (LEO) | Nov 10 - Nov 23 | Nov 17 | 20+* |
| alpha-Monocerotids (AMO) | Nov 15 - Nov 25 | Nov 21 | Var |
| Phoenicids (PHO) | Nov 28 - Dec 09 | Dec 06 | Var |
| Puppid/Velids (PUP) | Dec 01 - Dec 15 | (Dec 07) | 10 |
| Monocerotids (MON) | Nov 27 - Dec 17 | Dec 09 | 2 |
| sigma-Hydrids (HYD) | Dec 03 - Dec 15 | Dec 12 | 3 |
| Geminids (GEM) | Dec 07 - Dec 17 | Dec 14 | 120 |
| Comae Berenicids (CBE) | Dec 05 - Jan 31 | Dec 20 | 5 |
| Ursids (URS) | Dec 17 - Dec 26 | Dec 22 | 10 |
| Coma Berenicids (COM) | Dec 12 - Jan 23 | Dec 29 | 5 |
| *May have additional peaks †Not listed in the 2010 IMO calendar |
NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Page
| January 15 | June 26 | July 11 | December 21 |
| Annular Solar | Partial Lunar | Total Solar | Total Lunar |
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