2018 Calendar of Astronomical Events | ||||||||
January - June | July - December | |||||||
Date GMT Event (h:m) Jan 01 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°W 01 21:54 Moon at Perigee: 356566 km 02 02:24 FULL MOON 03 06 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU 03 19:50 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 03 20 Quadrantid Meteor Shower 04 07:48 Moon at Ascending Node 05 07:24 Regulus 0.9°S of Moon 08 22:25 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 06 Venus at Superior Conjunction 11 05:59 Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon 11 10:03 Mars 4.6°S of Moon 13 08 Mercury 0.7° of Saturn 15 02:10 Moon at Apogee: 406461 km 15 02:13 Saturn 2.6°S of Moon 15 07:24 Mercury 3.4°S of Moon 17 02:17 NEW MOON 18 14:28 Moon at Descending Node 23 17 Venus at Aphelion 24 22:20 FIRST QUARTER MOON 25 11 Mercury at Aphelion 27 10:09 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 30 09:54 Moon at Perigee: 358995 km 31 07:19 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 31 13:27 FULL MOON 31 13:30 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.315 31 18:46 Moon at Ascending Node Feb 01 18:24 Regulus 0.9°S of Moon 07 15:54 LAST QUARTER MOON 07 19:47 Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon 09 05:12 Mars 4.4°S of Moon 11 14:16 Moon at Apogee: 405701 km 11 14:46 Saturn 2.5°S of Moon 11 16:40 Mars 5.0°N of Antares 14 21:11 Moon at Descending Node 15 20:51 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.599 15 21:05 NEW MOON 17 12 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 23 08:09 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 17:07 Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon 27 14:48 Moon at Perigee: 363938 km 27 17:28 Beehive 2.3°N of Moon 28 05:03 Moon at Ascending Node Mar 01 05:09 Regulus 0.9°S of Moon 02 00:51 FULL MOON 04 06 Mercury 1.1° of Venus 04 14 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun 07 06:57 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 09 11:20 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 00:37 Mars 3.8°S of Moon 10 11 Mercury at Perihelion 11 02:37 Saturn 2.2°S of Moon 11 09:13 Moon at Apogee: 404682 km 14 03:47 Moon at Descending Node 15 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.4°E 17 13:12 NEW MOON 18 19:07 Venus 3.7°N of Moon 19 08 Mercury 3.8° of Venus 20 16:15 Vernal Equinox 22 22:33 Aldebaran 0.9°S of Moon 24 15:35 FIRST QUARTER MOON 26 17:17 Moon at Perigee: 369104 km 27 00:52 Beehive 2.2°N of Moon 27 10:56 Moon at Ascending Node 28 13:38 Regulus 1.0°S of Moon 31 12:37 FULL MOON Apr 01 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 03 14:14 Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon 03 17 Saturn at Aphelion 07 12:50 Saturn 1.9°S of Moon 07 18:15 Mars 3.1°S of Moon 08 05:32 Moon at Apogee: 404145 km 08 07:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 10 08:09 Moon at Descending Node 14 09:24 Mercury 3.9°N of Moon 16 01:57 NEW MOON 17 19:29 Venus 5.4°N of Moon 18 15 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun 19 04:45 Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon 20 14:44 Moon at Perigee: 368713 km 22 18 Lyrid Meteor Shower 22 21:46 FIRST QUARTER MOON 23 06:17 Beehive 1.9°N of Moon 23 12:19 Moon at Ascending Node 24 16:47 Venus 3.4°S of Pleiades 24 19:39 Regulus 1.2°S of Moon 29 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.0°W 30 00:58 FULL MOON 30 17:16 Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon May 02 13:29 Venus 6.3°N of Aldebaran 04 20:31 Saturn 1.7°S of Moon 05 07 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower 06 00:35 Moon at Apogee: 404458 km 06 07:24 Mars 2.7°S of Moon 07 10:23 Moon at Descending Node 08 02:09 LAST QUARTER MOON 09 00 Jupiter at Opposition 13 17:21 Mercury 2.4°N of Moon 15 11:48 NEW MOON 16 01 Venus at Perihelion 17 18:11 Venus 4.8°N of Moon 17 21:06 Moon at Perigee: 363777 km 20 11:57 Beehive 1.7°N of Moon 20 13:13 Moon at Ascending Node 22 00:53 Regulus 1.4°S of Moon 22 03:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 27 17:39 Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon 29 14:20 FULL MOON Jun 01 01:20 Saturn 1.6°S of Moon 02 16:34 Moon at Apogee: 405316 km 03 11:58 Mars 3.2°S of Moon 03 12:39 Moon at Descending Node 06 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 06 10 Mercury at Perihelion 06 18:32 LAST QUARTER MOON 08 03:37 Venus 4.6°S of Pollux 13 19:43 NEW MOON 14 23:55 Moon at Perigee: 359507 km 16 13:13 Venus 2.3°N of Moon 16 17:50 Moon at Ascending Node 16 19:38 Beehive 1.5°N of Moon 18 07:25 Regulus 1.7°S of Moon 20 02:21 Venus 0.4°N of Beehive 20 10:51 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 10:07 Summer Solstice 23 18:47 Jupiter 4.2°S of Moon 24 21:37 Mercury 4.7°S of Pollux 27 12 Saturn at Opposition 28 03:59 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 28 04:53 FULL MOON 30 02:43 Moon at Apogee: 406061 km 30 16:44 Moon at Descending Node |
Date GMT Event (h:m) Jul 01 01:43 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 04 05:39 Mercury 0.6°S of Beehive 06 07:51 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 17 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01670 AU 09 23:34 Venus 0.9°N of Regulus 10 09:30 Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon 12 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°E 13 02:48 NEW MOON 13 03:01 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.337 13 08:28 Moon at Perigee: 357432 km 14 02:50 Moon at Ascending Node 14 22:04 Mercury 2.2°S of Moon 15 16:14 Regulus 1.7°S of Moon 16 03:31 Venus 1.6°S of Moon 19 19:52 FIRST QUARTER MOON 20 10 Mercury at Aphelion 20 23:57 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon 24 16:49 Mercury 1.2°S of Regulus 25 06:10 Saturn 2.0°S of Moon 27 06 Mars at Opposition 27 05:44 Moon at Apogee: 406223 km 27 20:20 FULL MOON 27 20:22 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.609 27 22:40 Moon at Descending Node 28 09 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower Aug 04 18:18 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 18:35 Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon 09 02 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 10 13:40 Moon at Ascending Node 10 18:05 Moon at Perigee: 358083 km 11 09:46 Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.737 11 09:58 NEW MOON 13 01 Perseid Meteor Shower 14 13:35 Venus 6.3°S of Moon 17 10:38 Jupiter 4.5°S of Moon 17 16 Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°E 18 07:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 02:09 Mercury 4.8°S of Beehive 21 09:55 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 23 11:23 Moon at Apogee: 405744 km 24 04:51 Moon at Descending Node 26 11:56 FULL MOON 26 20 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°W Sep 01 04:45 Venus 1.0°S of Spica 02 10 Mercury at Perihelion 03 01:34 Aldebaran 1.2°S of Moon 03 02:37 LAST QUARTER MOON 06 22:42 Moon at Ascending Node 07 02:13 Beehive 1.4°N of Moon 07 17 Neptune at Opposition 08 01:21 Moon at Perigee: 361355 km 09 18:01 NEW MOON 14 02:21 Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon 16 12 Mars at Perihelion 16 23:15 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 16:46 Saturn 2.1°S of Moon 20 00:54 Moon at Apogee: 404875 km 20 06:38 Mars 4.8°S of Moon 20 09:30 Moon at Descending Node 21 02 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 23 01:54 Autumnal Equinox 25 02:52 FULL MOON 30 07:06 Aldebaran 1.4°S of Moon Oct 02 09:45 LAST QUARTER MOON 04 03:10 Moon at Ascending Node 04 09:51 Beehive 1.3°N of Moon 05 21:58 Regulus 1.8°S of Moon 05 22:29 Moon at Perigee: 366396 km 09 03:47 NEW MOON 11 21:21 Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon 15 03:01 Saturn 1.8°S of Moon 16 03 Mercury 6.2° of Venus 16 18:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON 17 12:03 Moon at Descending Node 17 19:16 Moon at Apogee: 404227 km 18 13:01 Mars 1.9°S of Moon 21 17 Orionid Meteor Shower 24 01 Uranus at Opposition 24 16:45 FULL MOON 26 14 Venus at Inferior Conjunction 27 13:04 Aldebaran 1.6°S of Moon 29 06 Mercury 3.1° of Jupiter 31 03:46 Moon at Ascending Node 31 15:24 Beehive 1.0°N of Moon 31 16:40 LAST QUARTER MOON 31 20:05 Moon at Perigee: 370201 km Nov 02 04:16 Regulus 2.1°S of Moon 05 18 S Taurid Meteor Shower 06 15 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.3°E 07 16:02 NEW MOON 09 04:58 Mercury 1.8°N of Antares 11 15:46 Saturn 1.4°S of Moon 12 17 N Taurid Meteor Shower 13 14:04 Moon at Descending Node 14 15:57 Moon at Apogee: 404341 km 14 23:14 Venus 0.2°S of Spica 15 14:54 FIRST QUARTER MOON 16 04:16 Mars 1.0°N of Moon: Occn. 17 23 Leonid Meteor Shower 23 05:39 FULL MOON 23 21:11 Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon 26 06 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun 26 12:10 Moon at Perigee: 366623 km 27 05:18 Moon at Ascending Node 27 09 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 27 20:57 Beehive 0.8°N of Moon 29 09 Mercury at Perihelion 29 09:27 Regulus 2.3°S of Moon 30 00:19 LAST QUARTER MOON Dec 03 18:42 Venus 3.6°S of Moon 05 21:06 Mercury 1.9°S of Moon 07 07:20 NEW MOON 09 05:30 Saturn 1.1°S of Moon: Occn. 10 17:57 Moon at Descending Node 12 12:25 Moon at Apogee: 405177 km 14 12 Geminid Meteor Shower 14 23:21 Mars 3.6°N of Moon 15 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.3°W 15 11:49 FIRST QUARTER MOON 21 07:31 Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon 21 20 Mercury 0.8° of Jupiter 21 22:22 Winter Solstice 22 08:05 Mercury 5.8°N of Antares 22 15:03 Jupiter 5.1°N of Antares 22 17:49 FULL MOON 22 21 Ursid Meteor Shower 24 09:52 Moon at Perigee: 361060 km 24 11:54 Moon at Ascending Node 25 04:52 Beehive 0.6°N of Moon 26 16:06 Regulus 2.5°S of Moon 26 18 Venus at Perihelion 29 09:34 LAST QUARTER MOON |