2017 Calendar of Celestial Events

By 苏剑林 | December 31, 2016

Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events

2017 Calendar of Celestial Events

Translated from NASA: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html

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Day Week Time Event

January

01 Sun Venus: 46.8° E
02 Mon 17:20:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2° S
03 Tue 02:14:00 Moon at Descending Node
03 Tue 14:47:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 0.3° S
03 Tue 22:10:00 Quadrantids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120
04 Wed 18:59:00 Earth at Perihelion: 0.9833 AU
06 Fri 03:47:00 First Quarter Moon
09 Mon 17:03:00 Mercury conjunction Saturn: 6.7° N
09 Mon 22:07:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.4° S
10 Tue 14:07:00 Moon at Perigee: 363,200 km
11 Wed 17:32:00 Moon at North Declination: 18.9° N
12 Thu 19:34:00 Full Moon
12 Thu 20:59:00 Venus Greatest Elongation: 47.1° E
15 Sun 12:07:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.9° N
15 Sun 18:45:00 Moon at Ascending Node
19 Thu 13:26:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 3° S
19 Thu 17:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 24.1° W
20 Fri 06:14:00 Last Quarter Moon
22 Sun 08:14:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,900 km
24 Tue 18:37:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 4° S
25 Wed 19:59:00 Moon at South Declination: 18.9° S
26 Thu 08:46:00 Mercury conjunction Moon: 4° S
28 Sat 08:07:00 New Moon
30 Mon 06:21:00 Moon at Descending Node
31 Tue 14:12:00 Jupiter conjunction Spica: 3.5° N
31 Tue 22:34:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 4.2° N

February

01 Wed 09:09:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 2.4° N
01 Wed Venus: 45.5° E
02 Thu 18:11:00 Venus conjunction Mars: 5.4° N
04 Sat 12:19:00 First Quarter Moon
06 Mon 05:14:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.2° S
06 Mon 21:59:00 Moon at Perigee: 368,800 km
08 Wed 02:34:00 Moon at North Declination: 18.9° N
11 Sat 08:33:00 Full Moon
11 Sat 08:45:00 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
11 Sat 22:04:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.8° N
12 Sun 03:49:00 Moon at Ascending Node
15 Wed 22:55:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 2.9° S
19 Sun 03:33:00 Last Quarter Moon
19 Sun 05:14:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,400 km
21 Tue 07:44:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.9° S
22 Wed 04:50:00 Moon at South Declination: 18.8° S
26 Sun 14:28:00 Moon at Descending Node
26 Sun 22:54:00 Annular Solar Eclipse
26 Sun 22:58:00 New Moon

March

01 Wed Venus: 32.5° E
02 Thu 02:58:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 4.4° N
02 Thu 10:22:00 Neptune at Conjunction with Sun
03 Fri 15:24:00 Moon at Perigee: 369,100 km
05 Sun 10:38:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.2° S
05 Sun 19:32:00 First Quarter Moon
07 Tue 08:08:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
07 Tue 08:43:00 Moon at North Declination: 18.9° N
11 Sat 06:20:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.9° N
11 Sat 12:17:00 Moon at Ascending Node
12 Sun 22:54:00 Full Moon
15 Wed 04:04:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 2.7° S
19 Sun 01:25:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,700 km
20 Mon 18:29:00 Vernal Equinox
20 Mon 18:49:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.8° S
20 Mon 23:58:00 Last Quarter Moon
21 Tue 13:22:00 Moon at South Declination: 18.9° S
25 Sat 18:31:00 Venus at Inferior Conjunction
25 Sat 23:41:00 Moon at Descending Node
28 Tue 10:57:00 New Moon
30 Thu 20:39:00 Moon at Perigee: 363,900 km

April

01 Sat 16:49:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.3° S
01 Sat 17:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 19° E
01 Sat Venus: 13.4° W
03 Mon 14:12:00 Moon at North Declination: 19° N
04 Tue 02:39:00 First Quarter Moon
05 Wed 20:45:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 4° N
07 Fri 12:30:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.8° N
07 Fri 17:14:00 Moon at Ascending Node
08 Sat 04:58:00 Jupiter at Opposition
11 Tue 05:20:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 2.4° S
11 Tue 14:08:00 Full Moon
14 Fri 13:43:00 Uranus at Conjunction with Sun
15 Sat 18:05:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,500 km
17 Mon 02:39:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.6° S
17 Mon 21:12:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.1° S
19 Wed 17:57:00 Last Quarter Moon
20 Thu 13:46:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
21 Fri 16:16:00 Mars conjunction Pleiades: 3.5° S
22 Sat 06:30:00 Moon at Descending Node
22 Sat 19:40:00 Lyrids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
24 Mon 01:59:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 5.3° N
26 Wed 20:16:00 New Moon
28 Fri 00:18:00 Moon at Perigee: 359,300 km
29 Sat 01:20:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.5° S
30 Sun 21:33:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.2° N

May

01 Mon Venus: 39.9° W
03 Wed 02:23:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 3.7° N
03 Wed 10:47:00 First Quarter Moon
04 Thu 17:49:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.6° N
04 Thu 18:42:00 Moon at Ascending Node
05 Fri 08:54:00 Eta Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 60
05 Fri 21:51:00 Mars conjunction Aldebaran: 6.2° N
08 Mon 05:24:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 2.3° S
11 Thu 05:43:00 Full Moon
13 Sat 03:51:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,200 km
14 Sun 07:07:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.4° S
15 Mon 04:29:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.3° S
18 Thu 06:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 25.8° W
19 Fri 08:33:00 Last Quarter Moon
19 Fri 09:30:00 Moon at Descending Node
22 Mon 20:32:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2.4° N
24 Wed 09:20:00 Mercury conjunction Moon: 1.6° N
26 Fri 03:44:00 New Moon
26 Fri 09:23:00 Moon at Perigee: 357,200 km
28 Sun 07:36:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.4° N
30 Tue 09:50:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 3.4° N
31 Wed 19:56:00 Moon at Ascending Node

June

01 Thu 00:08:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.3° N
01 Thu Venus: 45.8° W
01 Thu 20:42:00 First Quarter Moon
03 Sat 18:59:00 Venus Greatest Elongation: 45.9° W
04 Sun 07:57:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 2.5° S
07 Wed 11:19:00 Mercury conjunction Pleiades: 5.5° S
09 Fri 06:21:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,400 km
09 Fri 21:10:00 Full Moon
10 Sat 09:25:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.4° S
11 Sun 11:36:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.4° S
15 Thu 10:40:00 Moon at Descending Node
15 Thu 17:15:00 Saturn at Opposition
17 Sat 19:33:00 Last Quarter Moon
21 Wed 05:13:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2.4° N
21 Wed 12:25:00 Summer Solstice
21 Wed 21:55:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
22 Thu 22:23:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.5° S
23 Fri 18:49:00 Moon at Perigee: 357,900 km
24 Sat 10:31:00 New Moon
24 Sat 19:12:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.4° N
26 Mon 19:18:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 3.2° N
28 Wed 00:26:00 Moon at Ascending Node
28 Wed 08:26:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.1° N

July

01 Sat 08:51:00 First Quarter Moon
01 Sat 15:28:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 2.9° S
01 Sat Venus: 43.7° W
04 Tue 08:59:00 Earth at Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
05 Wed 08:21:00 Venus conjunction Pleiades: 6.7° S
06 Thu 12:27:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,900 km
07 Fri 11:34:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.6° S
08 Sat 18:49:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.4° S
09 Sun 12:07:00 Full Moon
10 Mon 09:33:00 Mercury conjunction Beehive Cluster: 0.1° N
12 Wed 13:17:00 Moon at Descending Node
14 Fri 02:06:00 Venus conjunction Aldebaran: 3.1° N
17 Mon 03:26:00 Last Quarter Moon
20 Thu 07:37:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.4° S
20 Thu 19:13:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2.7° N
22 Sat 01:09:00 Moon at Perigee: 361,200 km
22 Sat 06:11:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.4° N
23 Sun 17:46:00 New Moon
25 Tue 08:47:00 Moon at Ascending Node
25 Tue 16:49:00 Mercury conjunction Moon: 0.9° S
25 Tue 18:14:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0°
26 Wed 01:07:00 Mercury conjunction Regulus: 0.9° S
27 Thu 07:59:00 Mars at Conjunction with Sun
28 Fri 10:41:00 Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
29 Sat 04:15:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 3.4° S
30 Sun 11:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 27.2° E
30 Sun 23:23:00 First Quarter Moon

August

01 Tue Venus: 38.4° W
03 Thu 01:55:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,000 km
03 Thu 15:31:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.8° S
05 Sat 02:17:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.4° S
08 Tue 02:11:00 Full Moon
08 Tue 02:22:00 Partial Lunar Eclipse
08 Tue 18:56:00 Moon at Descending Node
13 Sun 02:35:00 Perseids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 90
15 Tue 09:15:00 Last Quarter Moon
16 Wed 14:39:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.4° S
18 Fri 14:50:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.4° N
18 Fri 21:14:00 Moon at Perigee: 366,100 km
19 Sat 12:45:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2.3° N
20 Sun 15:15:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 3.2° N
21 Mon 18:34:00 Moon at Ascending Node
22 Tue 02:26:00 Total Solar Eclipse
22 Tue 02:30:00 New Moon
25 Fri 21:00:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 3.7° S
27 Sun 04:32:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
29 Tue 16:13:00 First Quarter Moon
30 Wed 19:25:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km
30 Wed 22:23:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.9° S

September

01 Fri 10:03:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.4° S
01 Fri 14:10:00 Venus conjunction Beehive Cluster: 1.5° S
01 Fri Venus: 31.7° W
05 Tue 02:41:00 Moon at Descending Node
05 Tue 12:18:00 Neptune at Opposition
06 Wed 15:03:00 Full Moon
10 Sun 13:30:00 Mercury conjunction Regulus: 0.7° S
11 Mon 05:39:00 Jupiter conjunction Spica: 3.1° N
12 Tue 17:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 17.9° W
12 Tue 20:09:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.4° S
13 Wed 14:25:00 Last Quarter Moon
14 Thu 00:04:00 Moon at Perigee: 369,900 km
14 Thu 21:00:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.4° N
16 Sat 22:50:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 3.2° N
17 Sun 02:26:00 Mercury conjunction Mars: 0.1° N
18 Mon 02:28:00 Moon at Ascending Node
18 Mon 08:56:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 0.6° N
18 Mon 12:32:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.1° S
20 Wed 05:30:00 Venus conjunction Regulus: 0.5° N
20 Wed 13:30:00 New Moon
22 Fri 15:51:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4° S
23 Sat 04:02:00 Autumnal Equinox
27 Wed 08:09:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.8° S
27 Wed 14:49:00 Moon at Apogee: 404,300 km
28 Thu 10:54:00 First Quarter Moon
28 Thu 18:06:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.5° S

October

01 Sun Venus: 24.5° W
02 Mon 10:05:00 Moon at Descending Node
06 Fri 00:15:00 Venus conjunction Mars: 0.2° N
06 Fri 02:40:00 Full Moon
09 Mon 04:33:00 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
09 Mon 13:51:00 Moon at Perigee: 366,900 km
10 Tue 02:05:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.6° S
12 Thu 02:21:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.6° N
12 Thu 20:25:00 Last Quarter Moon
14 Sat 04:29:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 3° N
15 Sun 06:10:00 Moon at Ascending Node
15 Sun 18:54:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.2° S
17 Tue 18:04:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 1.9° S
18 Wed 08:21:00 Venus conjunction Moon: 2.1° S
20 Fri 01:24:00 Uranus at Opposition
20 Fri 03:12:00 New Moon
21 Sat 18:54:00 Orionids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 20
24 Tue 19:54:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.6° S
25 Wed 10:25:00 Moon at Apogee: 405,200 km
26 Thu 02:13:00 Moon at South Declination: 19.7° S
27 Fri 02:02:00 Jupiter at Conjunction with Sun
28 Sat 06:22:00 First Quarter Moon
29 Sun 14:41:00 Moon at Descending Node

November

01 Wed Venus: 16.8° W
02 Thu 21:58:00 Venus conjunction Spica: 3.5° N
04 Sat 13:23:00 Full Moon
05 Sun 19:22:00 South Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10
06 Mon 08:09:00 Moon at Perigee: 361,400 km
06 Mon 10:19:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.7° S
08 Wed 09:28:00 Moon at North Declination: 19.8° N
10 Fri 09:58:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2.7° N
11 Sat 04:37:00 Last Quarter Moon
11 Sat 06:40:00 Moon at Ascending Node
12 Sun 00:07:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.4° S
12 Sun 18:39:00 North Taurids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15
13 Mon 01:48:00 Mercury conjunction Antares: 2.2° N
15 Wed 08:40:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 3.4° S
18 Sat 00:56:00 Leonids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 15
18 Sat 19:42:00 New Moon
21 Tue 08:34:00 Saturn conjunction Moon: 3.3° S
22 Wed 02:52:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,100 km
22 Wed 10:06:00 Moon at South Declination: 20° S
24 Fri 07:59:00 Mercury Greatest Elongation: 22° E
25 Sat 16:22:00 Moon at Descending Node
27 Mon 01:03:00 First Quarter Moon
29 Wed 22:27:00 Mars conjunction Spica: 3.1° N

December

01 Fri Venus: 9.4° W
03 Sun 21:00:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.8° S
03 Sun 23:47:00 Full Moon
04 Mon 16:42:00 Moon at Perigee: 357,500 km
05 Tue 19:43:00 Moon at North Declination: 20° N
07 Thu 17:30:00 Beehive Cluster conjunction Moon: 2.5° N
08 Fri 08:39:00 Moon at Ascending Node
09 Sat 06:25:00 Regulus conjunction Moon: 0.7° S
10 Sun 15:51:00 Last Quarter Moon
13 Wed 09:40:00 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
14 Thu 00:27:00 Mars conjunction Moon: 4.5° S
14 Thu 14:07:00 Geminids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 120
14 Thu 22:26:00 Jupiter conjunction Moon: 4.7° S
18 Mon 14:31:00 New Moon
19 Tue 09:27:00 Moon at Apogee: 406,600 km
19 Tue 17:31:00 Moon at South Declination: 20.1° S
22 Fri 00:29:00 Winter Solstice
22 Fri 04:18:00 Saturn at Conjunction with Sun
22 Fri 18:04:00 Moon at Descending Node
22 Fri 23:00:00 Ursids Meteor Shower: ZHR = 10
26 Tue 17:20:00 First Quarter Moon
31 Sun 08:25:00 Aldebaran conjunction Moon: 0.7° S

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