Sky Events Calendar 2010 GLOSSARY Perigee Earth-Object distance smallest Apogee Earth=object distance greatest Perihelion Sun-Object distance smallest Inferior Conjunction When the planet and the earth are lined up with the Sun, and the planet is between the Sun and the Earth. Superior Conjunction When a planet and the Eart are lined up with the Sun, and the planet is not between the Sun and Earth. Opposition Object opposite Sun, visible all night Moon South/North Moon 's maximum excursion south or north of the equator Elongation Sun-Object angle AU Average Earth Sun distance = 1.0 AU Date Local Time Event Jan 01 Fr Venus: 2.5° W 01 Fr 05:21 start of partial Lunar Eclipse 01 Fr 05:43 Full Moon 01 Fr 05:52 mid eclipse ( 8.5%) 01 Fr 06:07 Moonset for Adelaide 02 Sa 07:06 Moon Perigee: 358700 km 03 Su 01:59 Moon-Beehive: 3.2° N 03 Su 07:29 Perihelion: 0.9833 AU 05 Tu 04:32 Mercury Inferior Conj. 07 Th 21:10 Last Quarter 11 Mo 23:13 Moon-Antares: 1.2° S 12 Tu 07:04 Venus Superior Conj. 12 Tu 19:03 Moon South Dec.: 25.8° S 15 Fr 17:37 Annular Solar Eclipse Not visible in Australia 15 Fr 17:41 New Moon 17 Su 12:10 Moon Apogee: 406400 km 23 Sa 21:23 First Quarter 25 Mo 21:30 Moon-Pleiades: 0° 27 We 07:34 Moon North Dec.: 25.8° N 27 We 15:29 Mercury Elongation: 24.8° W 30 Sa 05:41 Mars Opposition 30 Sa 13:18 Moon-Beehive: 3.1° N 30 Sa 16:48 Full Moon 30 Sa 19:33 Moon Perigee: 356600 km Feb 01 Mo Venus: 5.1° E 05 Fr 22:42 Mars-Beehive: 3° N 06 Sa 10:19 Last Quarter 08 Mo 04:59 Moon-Antares: 1.2° S 09 Tu 00:57 Moon South Dec.: 25.7° S 12 Fr 16:25 Moon-Mercury: 2.6° S 13 Sa 12:36 Moon Apogee: 406500 km 14 Su 13:21 New Moon 15 Mo 09:12 Neptune Conjunction 22 Mo 05:02 Moon-Pleiades: 0.1° N 22 Mo 11:12 First Quarter 23 Tu 16:30 Moon North Dec.: 25.7° N 27 Sa 00:33 Moon-Beehive: 3.2° N 28 Su 08:10 Moon Perigee: 357800 km 28 Su 22:17 Jupiter Conjunction Mar 01 Mo 03:08 Full Moon 01 Mo Venus: 11.8° E 07 Su 12:02 Moon-Antares: 1.4° S 08 Mo 02:12 Last Quarter 08 Mo 07:48 Moon South Dec.: 25.6° S 12 Fr 20:37 Moon Apogee: 406000 km 14 Su 23:35 Mercury Superior Conj. 16 Tu 07:31 New Moon 17 We 16:53 Uranus Conjunction 21 Su 04:02 Northern Spring Equinox 21 Su 10:38 Moon-Pleiades: 0.4° N 22 Mo 10:24 Saturn Opposition 22 Mo 22:45 Moon North Dec.: 25.4° N 23 Tu 21:30 First Quarter 26 Fr 00:27 Moon-Mars: 4.5° N 26 Fr 09:36 Moon-Beehive: 3.4° N 28 Su 15:26 Moon Perigee: 361900 km 30 Tu 12:55 Full Moon Apr 01 Th Venus: 19.3° E 03 Sa 20:47 Moon-Antares: 1.6° S 04 Su 03:00 Daylight saving finishes 04 Su 14:53 Moon South Dec.: 25.3° S 04 Su 17:55 Mercury-Venus: 3° N 06 Tu 19:07 Last Quarter 09 Fr 08:29 Mercury Elongation: 19.3° E 09 Fr 12:15 Moon Apogee: 405000 km 14 We 21:59 New Moon 16 Fr 22:25 Moon-Venus: 4.3° S 17 Sa 09:24 Mars-Beehive: 0.9° N 17 Sa 15:13 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° N 19 Mo 02:45 Moon North Dec.: 25.2° N 22 Th 03:50 First Quarter 22 Th 15:05 Moon-Beehive: 3.7° N 22 Th 18:57 Moon-Mars: 4.7° N 23 Fr 02:05 Lyrid Shower: ZHR = 20 25 Su 06:29 Moon Perigee: 367100 km 25 Su 14:51 Venus-Pleiades: 3.5° S 28 We 21:48 Full Moon 29 Th 02:08 Mercury Inferior Conj. May 01 Sa 05:14 Moon-Antares: 1.8° S 01 Sa Venus: 26.6° E 01 Sa 23:31 Moon South Dec.: 25.1° S 03 Mo 11:26 Venus-Aldebaran: 6.4° N 05 We 15:20 Eta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 60 06 Th 13:45 Last Quarter 07 Fr 07:23 Moon Apogee: 404200 km 14 Fr 10:34 New Moon 16 Su 08:37 Moon North Dec.: 25° N 16 Su 19:46 Moon-Venus: 0.1° S 19 We 20:33 Moon-Beehive: 4° N 20 Th 18:08 Moon Perigee: 369700 km 21 Fr 09:13 First Quarter 26 We 11:29 Mercury Elongation: 25.1° W 28 Fr 08:37 Full Moon 28 Fr 14:00 Moon-Antares: 1.9° S 29 Sa 07:39 Moon South Dec.: 25° S Jun 01 Tu Venus: 34° E 04 Fr 02:20 Moon Apogee: 404300 km 05 Sa 07:43 Last Quarter 07 Mo 09:45 Mars-Regulus: 0.8° N 09 We 00:29 Venus-Pollux: 4.7° S 10 Th 21:54 Mercury-Pleiades: 6° S 11 Fr 07:16 Moon-Pleiades: 0.6° N 12 Sa 18:36 Moon North Dec.: 25° N 12 Sa 20:45 New Moon 15 Tu 16:38 Moon-Venus: 3.9° N 16 We 00:24 Moon Perigee: 365900 km 19 Sa 14:00 First Quarter 20 Su 22:36 Venus-Beehive: 0.4° N 21 Mo 19:58 Northern Summer Solstice 24 Th 21:11 Moon-Antares: 1.9° S 25 Fr 14:39 Moon South Dec.: 25° S 26 Sa 19:46 Start of partial eclipse 26 Sa 21:00 Full Moon 26 Sa 21:09 Middle of Lunar Eclipse (54.2%) 26 Sa 22:30 End of Partial eclipse 28 Mo 21:19 Mercury Superior Conj. Jul 01 Th 19:42 Moon Apogee: 405000 km 01 Th Venus: 40.3° E 05 Mo 00:05 Last Quarter 07 We 00:29 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU 08 Th 17:56 Moon-Pleiades: 0.6° N 10 Sa 02:20 Moon North Dec.: 25° N 10 Sa 18:18 Venus-Regulus: 1° N 12 Mo 05:04 Total Solar Eclipse not visible in Australia 12 Mo 05:10 New Moon 13 Tu 20:51 Moon Perigee: 361100 km 13 Tu 22:05 Mercury-Beehive: 0.2° N 15 Th 10:36 Moon-Venus: 6° N 18 Su 19:41 First Quarter 22 Th 03:01 Moon-Antares: 1.9° S 22 Th 20:42 Moon South Dec.: 25° S 26 Mo 12:07 Full Moon 28 We 03:40 Mercury-Regulus: 0.3° S 28 We 17:08 Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20 29 Th 09:20 Moon Apogee: 406000 km 31 Sa 23:42 Mars-Saturn: 1.8° N Aug 01 Su Venus: 44.9° E 03 Tu 14:29 Last Quarter 05 Th 01:57 Moon-Pleiades: 0.6° N 06 Fr 11:19 Moon North Dec.: 25° N 07 Sa 10:29 Mercury Elongation: 27.4° E 09 Mo 00:15 Venus-Saturn: 2.8° N 10 Tu 12:38 New Moon 11 We 03:26 Moon Perigee: 357900 km 12 Th 11:04 Moon-Mercury: 2.3° N 13 Fr 21:37 Moon-Venus: 4.5° N 17 Tu 03:44 First Quarter 18 We 08:37 Moon-Antares: 2° S 19 Th 02:37 Moon South Dec.: 24.9° S 19 Th 13:45 Venus-Mars: 1.9° N 20 Fr 11:29 Venus Elongation: 46° E 20 Fr 18:07 Neptune Opposition 25 We 02:35 Full Moon 25 We 15:21 Moon Apogee: 406400 km Sep 01 We 07:41 Venus-Spica: 1° S 01 We 09:16 Moon-Pleiades: 0.9° N 01 We Venus: 45.3° E 02 Th 02:52 Last Quarter 02 Th 20:50 Moon North Dec.: 24.8° N 03 Fr 21:59 Mercury Inferior Conj. 06 Mo 02:33 Mars-Spica: 2.1° N 08 We 13:30 Moon Perigee: 357200 km 08 We 20:00 New Moon 11 Sa 22:35 Moon-Venus: 0.3° N 13 Mo 21:44 Mercury-Regulus: 5.7° S 14 Tu 15:25 Moon-Antares: 2.2° S 15 We 09:17 Moon South Dec.: 24.7° S 15 We 15:20 First Quarter 20 Mo 02:29 Mercury Elongation: 17.9° W 21 Tu 17:33 Moon Apogee: 406200 km 21 Tu 21:41 Jupiter Opposition 22 We 02:12 Uranus Opposition 23 Th 12:39 Northern Autumnal Equinox 23 Th 18:47 Full Moon 28 Tu 15:02 Moon-Pleiades: 1.1° N 30 Th 03:07 Moon North Dec.: 24.6° N Oct 01 Fr 09:48 Saturn Conjunction 01 Fr 13:22 Last Quarter 01 Fr 18:56 Venus-Mars: 6.5° N 01 Fr Venus: 34.7° E 03 Su 02:00 Daylight saving starts 07 Th 00:11 Moon Perigee: 359500 km 08 Fr 05:14 New Moon 10 Su 02:20 Moon-Venus: 3.3° S 10 Su 12:21 Moon-Mars: 3.6° N 12 Tu 01:09 Moon-Antares: 2.4° S 12 Tu 18:19 Moon South Dec.: 24.5° S 15 Fr 07:57 First Quarter 17 Su 11:05 Mercury Superior Conj. 19 Tu 04:48 Moon Apogee: 405400 km 22 Fr 02:20 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20 23 Sa 12:06 Full Moon 25 Mo 21:35 Moon-Pleiades: 1.3° N 27 We 09:06 Moon North Dec.: 24.3° N 29 Fr 11:33 Venus Inferior Conj. 30 Sa 23:16 Last Quarter Nov 01 Mo Venus: 7.6° W 04 Th 02:52 Moon Perigee: 364200 km 06 Sa 01:48 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10 06 Sa 14:22 New Moon 08 Mo 08:40 Moon-Mars: 1.7° N 08 Mo 11:11 Moon-Antares: 2.6° S 09 Tu 03:29 Moon South Dec.: 24.3° S 11 Th 06:46 Mars-Antares: 3.9° N 13 Sa 04:04 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15 14 Su 03:08 First Quarter 15 Mo 22:17 Moon Apogee: 404600 km 16 Tu 02:48 Mercury-Antares: 2.4° N 18 Th 04:02 Venus-Spica: 3.9° S 18 Th 05:22 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15 21 Su 02:09 Mercury-Mars: 1.7° N 22 Mo 03:57 Full Moon 22 Mo 04:33 Moon-Pleiades: 1.3° N 23 Tu 14:54 Moon North Dec.: 24.2° N 29 Mo 07:07 Last Quarter Dec 01 We 05:39 Moon Perigee: 369400 km 01 We Venus: 38.6° W 02 Th 02:29 Mercury Elongation: 21.5° E 03 Fr 07:05 Moon-Venus: 6.6° N 06 Mo 04:06 New Moon 06 Mo 12:40 Moon South Dec.: 24.2° S 07 Tu 14:45 Moon Ascending Node 07 Tu 19:18 Moon-Mercury: 1.9° S 13 Mo 19:04 Moon Apogee: 404400 km 14 Mo 00:29 First Quarter 14 Tu 21:32 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120 19 Su 13:25 Moon-Pleiades: 1.3° N 20 Mo 11:45 Mercury Inferior Conj. 20 Mo 23:07 Moon North Dec.: 24.2° N 21 Tu 18:43 Full Moon 21 Tu 18:48 Total Lunar Eclipse End of eclipse at Moonrise 22 We 10:08 Northern Winter Solstice 25 Sa 22:54 Moon Perigee: 368500 km 28 Tu 14:48 Last Quarter All event times are given for Australia Central Time (CST) with Daylight Saving allowed for.