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JANUARY

01   First Quarter Moon  

03   Quadrantid Meteors

03   Jupiter 4.4° S of Moon

05   Earth at Perihelion 147,097,208km

09   Full Moon

16   Last Quarter Moon 

16   Saturn at quadrature

18   Jupiter at quadrature

23   New Moon

31   First Quarter Moon

FEBRUARY

06   Mercury at Superior Conjunction

07   Full Moon

14   Last Quarter Moon

20   Neptune in conjunction with the Sun

21   New Moon 

25   Venus 2.7° S of Moon

27   Jupiter 3.0° S of Moon

MARCH

01   First Quarter Moon

05   Mercury Greatest Elongation East 18°

08   Full Moon

15   Moon at Last Quarter

15   Jupiter 3.3° S of Venus

20   Vernal Equinox

21   Mercury Inferior Conjunction

22   New Moon

25   Uranus at conjunction

26   Jupiter 2.3° S of Moon

26   Venus 2.3° N of Moon

27   Venus Greatest Elongation E 46°

30   Moon at First Quarter

31   Pluto at quadrature

APRIL

06   Full Moon

13   Moon at Last Quarter

15   Saturn at opposition

18   Mercury Greatest Elongation West 27°

21   New Moon

22   Lyrid Meteor Shower

22   Jupiter 1.8° S of Moon

29   Moon at First Quarter

MAY

05   Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower

06   Full Moon

12   Moon at Last Quarter

13   Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun

20   Jupiter 1.3° S of Moon

21   New Moon

21   Solar Eclipse

27   Mercury at Superior Conjunction

28   Neptune at quadrature

28   Moon at First Quarter

JUNE

04   Full Moon

04   Lunar Eclipse

06   Transit of Venus

11   Moon at Last Quarter

11   Mars at quadrature

17   Jupiter 0.6° S of Moon

18   Venus 1.2° S of Moon

19   New Moon

21   Summer Solstice

27   Moon at First Quarter

28   Uranus at quadrature

JULY

01   Mercury Greatest Elongation East 25°

03   Full Moon

05   Earth at Aphelion 152,092,425km

11   Moon at Last Quarter

12   Saturn at quadrature  

15   Jupiter 0.2° N of Moon

15   Venus 3.1° S of Moon

19   New Moon

26   Moon at First Quarter

28   Mercury Inferior Conjunction

28   Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower

AUGUST

02   Full Moon

09   Moon at Last Quarter

11   Jupiter 1.0° N of Moon

12   Perseid Meteor Shower

13   Venus 0.3° N of Moon

15   Venus at Greatest Elongation West 45°

16   Mercury at Greatest Elongation West 18°

17   Saturn 2.9° N of Mars

17   New Moon

22   Mars 2.8° N of Moon

24   Moon at First Quarter

31   Full Moon

SEPTEMBER

04   Jupiter at quadrature

08   Jupiter 1.3° N of Moon

08   Moon at Last Quarter

09   Mercury at Superior Conjunction

12   Venus 4.7° N of Moon

16   New Moon

19   Mars 1.0° N of Moon

22   Autumnal Equinox

22   Moon at First Quarter

30   Full Moon

30   Pluto at quadrature

OCTOBER

05   Jupiter 1.7° N of Moon

08   Moon at Last Quarter

15   New Moon

18   Mars 1.1° S of Moon

21   Orionid Meteor Shower

22   Moon at First Quarter

26   Saturn at conjunction

26   Mercury Greatest Elongation East 24°

29   Full Moon

NOVEMBER

02   Jupiter 1.4° N of Moon

03   Taurid Meteor Shower

07   Moon at Last Quarter

13   New Moon

13   Solar Eclipse

17   Leonid Meteor Shower

17   Mercury at Inferior Conjunction   

20   Moon at First Quarter

26   Neptune at quadrature

28   Full Moon

28   Lunar Eclipse    

DECEMBER

04   Mercury at Greatest Elongation West 20°

06   Moon at Last Quarter

11   Venus 2.5° N of Moon

13   Geminid Meteor Shower

13   New Moon

20   Moon at First Quarter

21   Winter Solstice

25   Uranus at quadrature

26   Jupiter 0.9° N of Moon

28   Full Moon

30   Pluto at conjunction