By 苏剑林 | December 31, 2015
Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events
2016 Annual Celestial Events
Translated from NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html
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Date Day Time Event
January
01 Fri Venus: 37.9° W
02 Sat 13:30:00 Last Quarter Moon
02 Sat 19:53:00 Moon at Apogee: 404300 km
03 Sun 08:59:00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.9833 AU
04 Mon 02:45:00 Mars-Moon Conjunction: 1.6° S
04 Mon 16:01:00 Quadrantid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120
07 Thu 07:57:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 3.3° S
07 Thu 12:57:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.6° S
07 Thu 19:32:00 Venus-Antares Conjunction: 6.4° N
09 Sat 01:56:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.4° S
09 Sat 15:42:00 Venus-Saturn Conjunction: 0.1° N
10 Sun 09:30:00 New Moon
14 Thu 22:02:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
14 Thu 23:48:00 Moon at Descending Node
15 Fri 10:10:00 Moon at Perigee: 369600 km
17 Sun 07:26:00 First Quarter Moon
20 Wed 10:16:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.5° S
22 Fri 00:41:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.4° N
24 Sun 09:46:00 Full Moon
26 Tue 13:10:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 2.8° N
28 Thu 07:58:00 Moon at Ascending Node
28 Thu 09:14:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 1.6° N
30 Sat 17:10:00 Moon at Apogee: 404600 km
February
01 Mon 11:28:00 Last Quarter Moon
01 Mon 16:48:00 Mars-Moon Conjunction: 3° S
01 Mon Venus: 31.4° W
04 Thu 03:05:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.8° S
05 Fri 12:34:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.3° S
06 Sat 15:32:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 4.5° S
07 Sun 00:47:00 Mercury-Moon Conjunction: 3.9° S
07 Sun 08:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 25.6° W
08 Mon 22:39:00 New Moon
11 Thu 04:46:00 Moon at Descending Node
11 Thu 10:42:00 Moon at Perigee: 364400 km
13 Sat 10:32:00 Mercury-Venus Conjunction: 4° N
15 Mon 15:46:00 First Quarter Moon
16 Tue 15:41:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.4° S
18 Thu 07:18:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.3° N
22 Mon 20:48:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 2.7° N
23 Tue 02:20:00 Full Moon
24 Wed 11:58:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 1.9° N
24 Wed 14:10:00 Moon at Ascending Node
27 Sat 11:28:00 Moon at Apogee: 405400 km
28 Sun 23:17:00 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
March
01 Tue 02:16:00 Mars-Moon Conjunction: 3.9° S
01 Tue Venus: 24.9° W
02 Wed 07:11:00 Last Quarter Moon
02 Wed 14:53:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.9° S
03 Thu 22:19:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.2° S
07 Mon 18:54:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 3.5° S
08 Tue 17:58:00 Jupiter at Opposition
09 Wed 09:54:00 New Moon
09 Wed 09:58:00 Total Solar Eclipse
09 Wed 14:31:00 Moon at Descending Node
10 Thu 15:02:00 Moon at Perigee: 359500 km
14 Mon 21:44:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.3° S
16 Wed 01:03:00 First Quarter Moon
16 Wed 13:01:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.2° N
20 Sun 12:31:00 Vernal Equinox
21 Mon 03:05:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 2.8° N
22 Tue 11:57:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 2.3° N
22 Tue 20:58:00 Moon at Ascending Node
23 Wed 19:48:00 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
23 Wed 20:01:00 Full Moon
24 Thu 04:05:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
25 Fri 22:16:00 Moon at Apogee: 406100 km
29 Tue 02:45:00 Mars-Moon Conjunction: 4.6° S
29 Tue 22:58:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.8° S
31 Thu 06:12:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.2° S
31 Thu 23:17:00 Last Quarter Moon
April
01 Fri Venus: 17.4° W
06 Wed 01:27:00 Moon at Descending Node
06 Wed 16:30:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 0.7° S
07 Thu 19:24:00 New Moon
08 Fri 01:36:00 Moon at Perigee: 357200 km
10 Sun 05:28:00 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
11 Mon 06:05:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.4° S
12 Tue 20:12:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.3° N
14 Thu 11:59:00 First Quarter Moon
17 Sun 08:46:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 2.7° N
18 Mon 12:42:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 2.4° N
18 Mon 21:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 19.9° E
19 Tue 02:04:00 Moon at Ascending Node
22 Fri 00:05:00 Moon at Apogee: 406400 km
22 Fri 13:24:00 Full Moon
22 Fri 13:30:00 Lyrid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
26 Tue 03:28:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.7° S
27 Wed 12:44:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.4° S
28 Thu 00:33:00 Mars-Antares Conjunction: 4.9° N
28 Thu 16:32:00 Mercury-Pleiades Conjunction: 6.5° S
30 Sat 11:29:00 Last Quarter Moon
May
01 Sun Venus: 9.8° W
03 Tue 09:27:00 Moon at Descending Node
05 Thu 02:45:00 Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 60
06 Fri 12:14:00 Moon at Perigee: 357800 km
07 Sat 03:30:00 New Moon
08 Sun 16:21:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.5° S
09 Mon 23:10:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
10 Tue 05:54:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.4° N
14 Sat 01:02:00 First Quarter Moon
14 Sat 15:06:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 2.5° N
15 Sun 17:30:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 2.2° N
16 Mon 04:39:00 Moon at Ascending Node
19 Thu 06:06:00 Moon at Apogee: 405900 km
22 Sun 05:15:00 Full Moon
22 Sun 19:15:00 Mars at Opposition
23 Mon 05:59:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.5° S
24 Tue 19:16:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.5° S
29 Sun 20:12:00 Last Quarter Moon
30 Mon 12:45:00 Moon at Descending Node
June
01 Wed Venus: 1.5° W
03 Fri 13:43:00 Saturn at Opposition
03 Fri 17:47:00 Mercury-Moon Conjunction: 0.7° N
03 Fri 18:55:00 Moon at Perigee: 361100 km
05 Sun 11:00:00 New Moon
05 Sun 16:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 24.2° W
06 Mon 17:13:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.6° N
07 Tue 05:34:00 Venus at Superior Conjunction
10 Fri 22:47:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 2.2° N
12 Sun 03:35:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 1.6° N
12 Sun 06:20:00 Moon at Ascending Node
12 Sun 16:10:00 First Quarter Moon
13 Mon 18:06:00 Mercury-Pleiades Conjunction: 6.8° S
15 Wed 20:00:00 Moon at Apogee: 405000 km
19 Sun 08:40:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.6° S
19 Sun 11:39:00 Mercury-Aldebaran Conjunction: 3.8° N
20 Mon 19:02:00 Full Moon
21 Tue 02:52:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.6° S
21 Tue 06:35:00 Summer Solstice
26 Sun 13:28:00 Moon at Descending Node
28 Tue 02:19:00 Last Quarter Moon
July
01 Fri 14:45:00 Moon at Perigee: 366000 km
01 Fri Venus: 6.8° E
02 Sat 11:58:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.4° S
04 Mon 04:06:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.6° N
04 Mon 19:01:00 New Moon
04 Mon 23:59:00 Earth at Aphelion: 1.0168 AU
07 Thu 11:12:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
08 Fri 07:33:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 1.9° N
09 Sat 09:42:00 Moon at Ascending Node
09 Sat 18:08:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 0.9° N
12 Tue 08:52:00 First Quarter Moon
13 Wed 13:24:00 Moon at Apogee: 404300 km
16 Sat 13:11:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 3.8° S
18 Mon 11:41:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.6° S
20 Wed 06:57:00 Full Moon
23 Sat 15:49:00 Moon at Descending Node
27 Wed 07:00:00 Last Quarter Moon
27 Wed 19:25:00 Moon at Perigee: 369700 km
28 Thu 04:32:00 Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
29 Fri 18:53:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.3° S
30 Sat 23:55:00 Mercury-Regulus Conjunction: 0.3° N
31 Sun 12:52:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.5° N
August
01 Mon Venus: 15.3° E
03 Wed 04:45:00 New Moon
04 Thu 14:19:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 3.1° N
05 Fri 06:12:00 Mercury-Moon Conjunction: 0.6° N
05 Fri 15:48:00 Moon at Ascending Node
05 Fri 19:57:00 Venus-Regulus Conjunction: 1° N
06 Sat 11:28:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 0.2° N
10 Wed 08:05:00 Moon at Apogee: 404300 km
11 Thu 02:21:00 First Quarter Moon
12 Fri 20:10:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 4° S
12 Fri 20:26:00 Perseid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 90
14 Sun 21:05:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.5° S
17 Wed 04:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 27.4° E
18 Thu 17:27:00 Full Moon
19 Fri 22:14:00 Moon at Descending Node
20 Sat 13:34:00 Mercury-Jupiter Conjunction: 3.8° N
22 Mon 09:20:00 Moon at Perigee: 367000 km
24 Wed 13:09:00 Mars-Antares Conjunction: 1.8° N
25 Thu 09:11:00 Mars-Saturn Conjunction: 4.3° N
25 Thu 11:41:00 Last Quarter Moon
26 Fri 00:21:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.2° S
27 Sat 19:17:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.5° N
28 Sun 05:53:00 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction: 0.1° N
29 Mon 04:09:00 Mercury-Venus Conjunction: 5° N
September
01 Thu 17:03:00 New Moon
01 Thu 17:08:00 Annular Solar Eclipse
01 Thu Venus: 23.5° E
01 Thu 23:27:00 Moon at Ascending Node
02 Fri 23:16:00 Neptune at Opposition
03 Sat 18:33:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 1.2° S
05 Mon 08:03:00 Saturn-Antares Conjunction: 6.1° N
07 Wed 02:44:00 Moon at Apogee: 405100 km
09 Fri 05:23:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 4.2° S
09 Fri 19:49:00 First Quarter Moon
11 Sun 06:05:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.5° S
13 Tue 07:38:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
16 Fri 07:55:00 Moon at Descending Node
17 Sat 02:56:00 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
17 Sat 03:05:00 Full Moon
18 Sun 23:12:00 Venus-Spica Conjunction: 2.4° N
19 Mon 01:00:00 Moon at Perigee: 361900 km
22 Thu 06:13:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.2° S
22 Thu 22:21:00 Autumnal Equinox
23 Fri 17:56:00 Last Quarter Moon
24 Sat 00:44:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.5° N
26 Mon 14:19:00 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
28 Wed 06:32:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 1.8° N
29 Thu 02:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 17.9° W
29 Thu 06:06:00 Moon at Ascending Node
October
01 Sat 08:12:00 New Moon
01 Sat Venus: 30.9° E
04 Tue 01:30:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 5.6° S
04 Tue 19:02:00 Moon at Apogee: 406100 km
06 Thu 16:04:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 4.2° S
08 Sat 14:03:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.5° S
09 Sun 12:33:00 First Quarter Moon
13 Thu 17:43:00 Moon at Descending Node
15 Sat 18:15:00 Uranus at Opposition
16 Sun 12:23:00 Full Moon
17 Mon 07:36:00 Moon at Perigee: 357900 km
19 Wed 14:18:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.3° S
21 Fri 07:38:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.6° N
21 Fri 12:45:00 Orionid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
23 Sun 03:14:00 Last Quarter Moon
25 Tue 12:01:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 1.7° N
26 Wed 09:45:00 Moon at Ascending Node
26 Wed 18:54:00 Venus-Antares Conjunction: 3.1° N
27 Thu 23:53:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
28 Fri 17:33:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 1.6° S
30 Sun 09:47:00 Venus-Saturn Conjunction: 3° N
31 Mon 01:38:00 New Moon
November
01 Tue 03:29:00 Moon at Apogee: 406700 km
01 Tue Venus: 37.7° E
03 Thu 03:38:00 Saturn-Moon Conjunction: 4.1° S
04 Fri 21:04:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.7° S
05 Sat 13:13:00 Southern Taurid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10
08 Tue 03:51:00 First Quarter Moon
09 Wed 23:57:00 Moon at Descending Node
12 Sat 12:29:00 Northern Taurid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15
14 Mon 19:23:00 Moon at Perigee: 356500 km
14 Mon 21:52:00 Full Moon
16 Wed 00:50:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.4° S
17 Thu 17:32:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.8° N
17 Thu 18:47:00 Leonid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15
21 Mon 16:33:00 Last Quarter Moon
21 Mon 18:08:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 1.4° N
22 Tue 10:48:00 Moon at Ascending Node
25 Fri 09:47:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 2.1° S
28 Mon 04:08:00 Moon at Apogee: 406600 km
29 Tue 20:18:00 New Moon
December
01 Thu Venus: 43.2° E
02 Fri 03:56:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 18.9° S
03 Sat 20:34:00 Venus-Moon Conjunction: 6.3° S
05 Mon 18:39:00 Mars-Moon Conjunction: 3.1° S
07 Wed 01:35:00 Moon at Descending Node
07 Wed 17:03:00 First Quarter Moon
10 Sat 19:03:00 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
11 Sun 11:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 20.8° E
13 Tue 07:27:00 Moon at Perigee: 358500 km
13 Tue 12:14:00 Aldebaran-Moon Conjunction: 0.4° S
14 Wed 07:57:00 Geminid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120
14 Wed 08:05:00 Full Moon
15 Thu 05:43:00 Moon at Northern Declination Limit: 18.9° N
19 Mon 02:14:00 Regulus-Moon Conjunction: 1.1° N
19 Mon 12:46:00 Moon at Ascending Node
21 Wed 09:56:00 Last Quarter Moon
21 Wed 18:45:00 Winter Solstice
22 Thu 16:00:00 Ursid Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10
23 Fri 00:37:00 Jupiter-Moon Conjunction: 2.7° S
25 Sun 13:55:00 Moon at Apogee: 405900 km
29 Thu 02:41:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
29 Thu 11:30:00 Moon at Southern Declination Limit: 19° S
29 Thu 14:53:00 New Moon
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