NASA - SKYCAL - Sky Events Calendar 2011 Date Local Time Event Jan 01 Sa Venus: 46.8° W 02 Su 04:37 Moon-Antares: 2.6° S 03 Mo 01:02 Moon-Mercury: 4° N 04 Tu 06:29 Perihelion: 0.9833 AU 04 Tu 19:22 Partial Solar Eclipse (Not visible from Australia) 04 Tu 19:33 New Moon 09 Su 01:29 Venus Elongation: 47° W 10 Mo 00:29 Mercury Elongation: 23.3° W 10 Mo 16:08 Moon Apogee: 405000 km 12 We 22:01 First Quarter 15 Sa 23:09 Moon-Pleiades: 1.3° N 20 Th 07:51 Full Moon 22 Sa 10:40 Moon Perigee: 362800 km 26 We 23:27 Last Quarter 29 Sa 10:23 Moon-Antares: 2.7° S 30 Su 14:06 Moon-Venus: 3.7° N Feb 01 Tu Venus: 45.4° W 03 Th 13:01 New Moon 05 Sa 03:19 Mars Conjunction 07 Mo 09:43 Moon Apogee: 405900 km 11 Fr 17:48 First Quarter 12 Sa 08:02 Moon-Pleiades: 1.5° N 12 Sa 20:30 Stockport star party 18 Fr 19:06 Full Moon 19 Sa 17:57 Moon Perigee: 358200 km 22 Tu 11:32 Moon-Spica: 2.8° N 25 Fr 09:56 Last Quarter 25 Fr 15:56 Moon-Antares: 2.9° S 25 Fr 18:57 Mercury Superior Conj. Mar 01 Tu 14:10 Moon-Venus: 1.7° S 01 Tu Venus: 41.3° W 05 Sa 07:16 New Moon 06 Su 18:20 Moon Apogee: 406600 km 11 Fr 15:05 Moon-Pleiades: 1.8° N 13 Su 03:36 Moon North Dec.: 23.8° N 13 Su 10:15 First Quarter 16 We 06:46 Mercury-Jupiter: 2° N 20 Su 04:40 Full Moon 20 Su 05:39 Moon Perigee: 356600 km 21 Mo 09:51 Autumnal Equinox 21 Mo 21:30 Moon-Spica: 2.5° N 23 We 11:29 Mercury Elongation: 18.6° E 26 Sa 22:37 Last Quarter 31 Th 23:55 Moon-Venus: 6.6° S Apr 01 Fr Venus: 35.2° W 02 Sa 19:30 Moon Apogee: 406700 km 03 Su 03:00 Daylight saving finishes 04 Mo 00:02 New Moon 04 Mo 08:48 Saturn Opposition 07 Th 00:36 Jupiter Conjunction 07 Th 19:49 Moon-Pleiades: 2.1° N 10 Su 04:55 Mercury Inferior Conj. 11 Mo 21:35 First Quarter 17 Su 15:29 Moon Perigee: 358100 km 18 Mo 07:04 Moon-Spica: 2.5° N 18 Mo 12:14 Full Moon 20 we 03:42 Mercury-Mars: 0.6° N 25 Mo 12:17 Last Quarter 30 Sa 03:32 Moon Apogee: 406000 km May 01 Su 23:00 Mars-Jupiter: 0.4° N 01 Su Venus: 28.3° W 04 We 01:51 New Moon 07 Sa 20:00 Stockport Star Party 08 Su 13:59 Mercury Elongation: 26.6° W 09 Mo 00:07 Mercury-Venus: 1.4° N 11 We 15:33 First Quarter 12 Th 09:34 Venus-Jupiter: 0.6° N 12 Th 15:03 Mercury-Jupiter: 2.1° N 16 Mo 03:08 Moon-Spica: 2.6° N 15 Su 20:48 Moon Perigee: 362100 km 17 Tu 20:39 Full Moon 18 We 16:21 Mercury-Venus: 1.4° N 21 Sa 17:35 Mercury-Mars: 2.1° N 23 Mo 18:38 Venus-Mars: 1° N 25 We 04:22 Last Quarter 27 Fr 19:28 Moon Apogee: 405000 km 31 Tu 05:34 Moon-Mars: 4.2° S 31 Tu 13:30 Moon-Venus: 4.8° S Jun 01 We Venus: 20.6° W 02 Th 06:33 New Moon 02 Th 06:47 Partial Solar Eclipse Not visible from Australia 09 Th 11:41 First Quarter 10 Fr 00:22 Venus-Pleiades: 5.1° S 12 Su 01:27 Moon-Spica: 2.7° N 12 Su 11:12 Moon Perigee: 367200 km 13 Mo 09:00 Mercury Superior Conj. 16 Th 05:43 Total Lunar Eclipse Totality starts 04:52 Totality ends 06:33 Moon sets 07:29 16 Th 05:43 Full Moon 17 Fr 21:45 Venus-Aldebaran: 4.7° N 21 Tu 10:57 Mars-Pleiades: 4.3° S 22 We 02:46 Winter Solstice 23 Th 21:18 Last Quarter 24 Fr 13:43 Moon Apogee: 404300 km 28 Tu 16:22 Moon-Pleiades: 2.1° N 28 Tu 17:10 Mercury-Pollux: 4.8° S 29 We 18:59 Moon-Mars: 1.9° S Date LocalTime Event Jul 01 Fr 18:09 Partial Solar Eclipse Not visible from Australia 01 Fr 18:24 New Moon 01 Fr Venus: 12.6° W 04 Mo 20:29 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU 05 Tu 04:45 Mars-Aldebaran: 5.4° N 07 Th 03:02 Mercury-Beehive: 0.2° S 07 Th 23:34 Moon Perigee: 369600 km 08 Fr 15:59 First Quarter 09 Sa 07:14 Moon-Spica: 2.6° N 15 Fr 16:09 Full Moon 20 We 14:29 Mercury Elongation: 26.8° E 22 Fr 08:16 Moon Apogee: 404400 km 23 Sa 14:32 Last Quarter 26 Tu 00:58 Moon-Pleiades: 2.2° N 26 Tu 22:16 Mercury-Regulus: 2.8° S 28 Th 02:22 Moon-Mars: 0.5° N 31 Su 04:10 New Moon Aug 01 Mo 20:50 Moon-Mercury: 1.5° N 01 Mo Venus: 4.2° W 03 We 06:29 Moon Perigee: 365800 km 05 Fr 12:38 Moon-Spica: 2.5° N 06 Sa 20:00 Stockport star party 06 Sa 20:38 First Quarter 14 Su 04:27 Full Moon 16 Tu 21:11 Venus Superior Conj. 17 We 10:26 Mercury Inferior Conj. 19 Fr 01:53 Moon Apogee: 405200 km 22 Mo 07:25 Last Quarter 21 Su 23:40 Moon-Pleiades: 2.5° N 23 Tu 07:16 Neptune Opposition 25 Th 23:06 Moon-Mars: 2.8° N 29 Mo 12:34 New Moon 31 We 03:05 Moon Perigee: 360900 km Sep 01 Th 19:36 Moon-Spica: 2.2° N 01 Th Venus: 4.6° E 03 Sa 15:29 Mercury Elongation: 18.1° W 05 Mo 03:09 First Quarter 08 Th 18:15 Mars-Pollux: 5.9° S 09 Fr 11:48 Mercury-Regulus: 0.7° N 12 Mo 18:57 Full Moon 15 Th 15:53 Moon Apogee: 406100 km 18 Su 16:16 Moon-Pleiades: 2.8° N 20 Tu 23:09 Last Quarter 23 Fr 17:53 Moon-Mars: 4.9° N 23 Fr 18:35 Spring Equinox 26 Mo 09:11 Uranus Opposition 27 Tu 20:39 New Moon 28 We 10:31 Moon Perigee: 357600 km 29 Th 05:37 Mercury Superior Conj. Oct 01 Sa 10:23 Mars-Beehive: 0.4° S 01 Sa Venus: 12.4° E 02 Su 02:00 Daylight saving begins 04 Tu 13:45 First Quarter 12 We 12:36 Full Moon 12 We 22:13 Moon Apogee: 406400 km 14 Fr 21:43 Saturn Conjunction 15 Sa 23:19 Moon-Pleiades: 3° N 20 Th 14:01 Last Quarter 26 We 22:56 Moon Perigee: 357100 km 27 Th 16:56 New Moon 28 Fr 15:41 Moon-Venus: 1.8° N 29 Sa 11:49 Jupiter Opposition Nov 01 Tu Venus: 20.2° E 02 We 11:54 Mercury-Venus: 2° N 03 Th 02:08 First Quarter 05 Sa 20:30 Stockport star Party 08 Tu 23:50 Moon Apogee: 406200 km 10 Th 18:21 Venus-Antares: 3.9° N 10 Th 19:00 Mercury-Antares: 1.9° N 11 Fr 04:51 Mars-Regulus: 1.3° N 11 Fr 06:46 Full Moon 11 Fr 21:57 Saturn-Spica: 4.3° N 12 Sa 05:13 Moon-Pleiades: 3.1° N 13 Su 18:19 Mercury-Venus: 2° N 14 Mo 19:29 Mercury Elongation: 22.7° E 19 Sa 01:39 Last Quarter 23 We 03:51 Moon-Spica: 2.1° N 24 Th 08:54 Moon Perigee: 359700 km 25 Fr 16:40 New Moon 25 Fr 16:52 Partial Solar Eclipse Not visible from Australia 27 Su 14:59 Moon-Venus: 2.8° S Dec 01 Th Venus: 27.3° E 02 Fr 20:22 First Quarter 04 Su 19:15 Mercury Inferior Conj. 06 Tu 11:43 Moon Apogee: 405400 km 09 Fr 11:56 Moon-Pleiades: 3.1° N 10 Sa 23:15 Start of Lunar Eclipse 11 Sa 00:36 Start of totality 11 Su 01:02 Mid eclipse 11 Su 01:07 Full Moon 11 Su 01:28 Totality ends 18 Su 11:18 Last Quarter 20 Tu 12:07 Moon-Spica: 2.1° N 22 Th 13:26 Moon Perigee: 364800 km 22 Th 16:00 Winter Solstice 23 Fr 13:29 Mercury Elongation: 21.8° W 23 Fr 14:20 Moon-Mercury: 2.6° N 24 Sa 21:06 Mercury-Antares: 6.6° N 25 Su 04:36 New Moon 27 Tu 21:22 Moon-Venus: 6.7° S All event times are given for Australian Central Time Zone (ACST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on from Jan1- April 3 and October 2-December 31. All SKYCAL astronomical calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Conversion from UTC to ACST by Anthony C. Beresford 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)"