Sky Calendar 2021

Sky Calendar 2021

 

Date Local
Time
Event
Jan 01  Fr 08:05 Moon-Beehive: 2.5° S
  01  Fr   Venus: 20.2° W
  02  Sa 09:59 Perihelion: 0.9833 AU
  03  Su 15:47 Quadrantid Shower: ZHR = 120
  06  We 10:37 Last Quarter
  09  Sa 16:39 Moon Perigee: 367400 km
  10  Su 21:14 Moon Descending Node
  11  Mo 21:11 Moon-Venus: 1.5° N
  12  Tu 09:18 Moon South Dec.: 24.9° S
  13  We 06:00 New Moon
  20  We 22:02 First Quarter
  21  Th 14:11 Moon Apogee: 404400 km
  24  Su 02:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.6° E
  24  Su 03:26 Saturn Conjunction
  24  Su 22:47 Moon Ascending Node
  26  Tu 16:39 Moon North Dec.: 24.9° N
  28  Th 15:50 Moon-Beehive: 2.4° S
  28  Th 20:16 Full Moon
  29  Fr 01:51 Jupiter Conjunction
Feb 01  Mo   Venus: 13° W
  03  We 20:33 Moon Perigee: 370100 km
  04  Th 18:37 Last Quarter
  07  Su 01:29 Moon Descending Node
  08  Mo 14:39 Mercury Inferior Conj.
  08  Mo 16:34 Moon South Dec.: 25° S
  11  Th 20:06 New Moon
  18  Th 11:22 Moon Apogee: 404500 km
  18  Th 23:47 Moon-Mars: 4.1° N
  19  Fr 19:47 First Quarter
  21  Su 02:44 Moon Ascending Node
  23  Tu 01:12 Moon North Dec.: 25.1° N
  23  Tu 08:38 Mercury-Saturn: 4° N
  25  Th 01:16 Moon-Beehive: 2.5° S
  27  Sa 09:17 Full Moon
Mar 01  Mo   Venus: 6.3° W
  02  Tu 06:19 Moon Perigee: 365400 km
  04  Th 00:32 Mars-Pleiades: 2.6° S
  05  Fr 06:11 Mercury-Jupiter: 0.3° N
  06  Sa 01:56 Moon Descending Node
  06  Sa 02:30 Last Quarter
  06  Sa 11:59 Mercury Elongation: 27.3° W
  07  Su 21:45 Moon South Dec.: 25.2° S
  10  We 00:02 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
  10  We 16:35 Moon-Jupiter: 4.3° N
  11  Th 00:36 Neptune Conjunction
  11  Th 02:02 Moon-Mercury: 3.9° N
  13  Sa 11:21 New Moon
  18  Th 07:04 Moon Apogee: 405300 km
  19  Fr 19:48 Moon-Mars: 2.1° N
  20  Sa 05:31 Moon Ascending Node
  20  Sa 11:37 Vernal Equinox
  20  Sa 21:15 Mars-Aldebaran: 6.9° N
  21  Su 16:40 First Quarter
  22  Mo 10:35 Moon North Dec.: 25.3° N
  24  We 11:58 Moon-Beehive: 2.7° S
  26  Fr 08:17 Venus Superior Conj.
  28  Su 20:48 Full Moon
  30  Tu 08:12 Moon Perigee: 360300 km
Apr 01  Th   Venus: 2° E
  02  Fr 04:41 Moon Descending Node
  04  Su 04:08 Moon South Dec.: 25.4° S
  04  Su 12:02 Last Quarter
  06  Tu 10:34 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
  07  We 09:15 Moon-Jupiter: 4.7° N
  12  Mo 04:31 New Moon
  14  We 19:47 Moon Apogee: 406100 km
  16  Fr 07:53 Moon Ascending Node
  17  Sa 14:09 Moon-Mars: 0.1° N
  18  Su 18:02 Moon North Dec.: 25.5° N
  19  Mo 03:31 Mercury Superior Conj.
  20  Tu 08:59 First Quarter
  20  Tu 20:25 Moon-Beehive: 3° S
  22  Th 14:16 Lyrid Shower: ZHR = 20
  27  Tu 05:31 Full Moon
  27  Tu 17:24 Moon Perigee: 357400 km
  29  Th 11:17 Moon Descending Node
  30  Fr 23:15 Uranus Conjunction
May 01  Sa 11:37 Moon South Dec.: 25.6° S
  01  Sa   Venus: 9.4° E
  03  Mo 19:02 Moon-Saturn: 4.4° N
  03  Mo 21:50 Last Quarter
  04  Tu 05:01 Mercury-Pleiades: 2.2° S
  04  Tu 23:00 Moon-Jupiter: 4.9° N
  05  We 03:30 Eta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 60
  11  Tu 21:00 New Moon
  11  Tu 23:54 Moon Apogee: 406500 km
  13  Th 12:29 Moon Ascending Node
  13  Th 19:59 Moon-Mercury: 2.4° N
  16  Su 00:25 Moon North Dec.: 25.6° N
  16  Su 06:47 Moon-Mars: 1.6° S
  17  Mo 07:59 Mercury Elongation: 22° E
  18  Tu 03:08 Moon-Beehive: 3.1° S
  19  We 21:13 First Quarter
  26  We 03:52 Moon Perigee: 357300 km
  26  We 13:14 Full Moon
  26  We 13:19 Total Lunar Eclipse
  26  We 21:38 Moon Descending Node
  28  Fr 21:21 Moon South Dec.: 25.6° S
  29  Sa 05:01 Mercury-Venus: 0.4° N
  31  Mo 03:22 Moon-Saturn: 4.3° N
  31  Mo 13:39 Mars-Pollux: 5.3° S
Jun 01  Tu 10:57 Moon-Jupiter: 4.9° N
  01  Tu   Venus: 17.5° E
  02  We 09:24 Last Quarter
  08  Tu 04:27 Moon Apogee: 406200 km
  09  We 18:42 Moon Ascending Node
  10  Th 12:43 Annular Solar Eclipse
  10  Th 12:53 New Moon
  11  Fr 03:06 Mercury Inferior Conj.
  12  Sa 06:11 Moon North Dec.: 25.6° N
  12  Sa 08:44 Moon-Venus: 1.6° S
  13  Su 21:52 Moon-Mars: 3° S
  14  Mo 08:47 Moon-Beehive: 3.1° S
  18  Fr 05:54 First Quarter
  21  Mo 05:32 Summer Solstice
  21  Mo 17:57 Venus-Pollux: 5.2° S
  22  Tu 22:54 Mercury-Aldebaran: 6.4° N
  23  We 07:21 Mars-Beehive: 0.3° S
  23  We 08:07 Moon Descending Node
  23  We 11:58 Moon Perigee: 360000 km
  24  Th 20:40 Full Moon
  25  Fr 07:49 Moon South Dec.: 25.6° S
  27  Su 11:30 Moon-Saturn: 4.1° N
  28  Mo 20:38 Moon-Jupiter: 4.6° N
Jul 01  Th   Venus: 25.4° E
  01  Th 23:11 Last Quarter
  03  Sa 04:45 Venus-Beehive: 0.1° N
  04  Su 21:59 Mercury Elongation: 21.6° W
  05  Mo 16:48 Moon Apogee: 405300 km
  06  Tu 04:59 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
 
Date Local
Time
Event
  07  We 00:41 Moon Ascending Node
  08  Th 06:38 Moon-Mercury: 4.1° S
  09  Fr 12:05 Moon North Dec.: 25.6° N
  10  Sa 03:16 New Moon
  12  Mo 11:10 Moon-Venus: 3.5° S
  12  Mo 12:10 Moon-Mars: 4° S
  13  Tu 15:17 Venus-Mars: 0.5° N
  17  Sa 12:11 First Quarter
  20  Tu 15:22 Moon Descending Node
  21  We 12:30 Moon Perigee: 364500 km
  21  We 23:21 Venus-Regulus: 1.1° N
  22  Th 17:12 Moon South Dec.: 25.6° S
  24  Sa 04:37 Full Moon
  24  Sa 18:42 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
  26  Mo 03:17 Moon-Jupiter: 4.3° N
  28  We 05:17 Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20
  29  Th 16:09 Mars-Regulus: 0.6° N
  31  Sa 15:16 Last Quarter
Aug 01  Su   Venus: 33.1° E
  01  Su 16:00 Mercury Superior Conj.
  02  Mo 07:24 Saturn Opposition
  02  Mo 09:35 Moon Apogee: 404400 km
  03  Tu 04:51 Moon Ascending Node
  05  Th 18:46 Moon North Dec.: 25.7° N
  08  Su 15:50 New Moon
  11  We 09:00 Moon-Venus: 4.4° S
  12  Th 21:11 Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90
  15  Su 17:20 First Quarter
  16  Mo 18:04 Moon Descending Node
  17  Tu 11:23 Moon Perigee: 369100 km
  19  Th 00:24 Moon South Dec.: 25.8° S
  19  Th 05:03 Mercury-Mars: 0.1° N
  20  Fr 01:05 Jupiter Opposition
  21  Sa 00:19 Moon-Saturn: 3.8° N
  22  Su 06:52 Moon-Jupiter: 4.1° N
  22  Su 14:02 Full Moon
  30  Mo 04:22 Moon Apogee: 404100 km
  30  Mo 07:13 Moon Ascending Node
  30  Mo 09:13 Last Quarter
Sep 01  We   Venus: 39.9° E
  02  Th 02:23 Moon North Dec.: 25.9° N
  04  Sa 06:07 Moon-Beehive: 3.1° S
  05  Su 16:32 Venus-Spica: 1.6° N
  07  Tu 02:52 New Moon
  10  Fr 04:09 Moon-Venus: 4.1° S
  11  Sa 12:06 Moon Perigee: 368500 km
  12  Su 18:35 Moon Descending Node
  13  Mo 22:39 First Quarter
  14  Tu 05:59 Mercury Elongation: 26.8° E
  14  Tu 10:10 Neptune Opposition
  15  We 05:48 Moon South Dec.: 26° S
  17  Fr 04:37 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
  18  Sa 08:50 Moon-Jupiter: 4.1° N
  21  Tu 01:55 Full Moon
  21  Tu 04:03 Mercury-Spica: 1.4° S
  22  We 21:21 Autumnal Equinox
  26  Su 09:33 Moon Ascending Node
  26  Su 23:44 Moon Apogee: 404600 km
  29  We 03:57 Last Quarter
  29  We 10:26 Moon North Dec.: 26.1° N
Oct 01  Fr   Venus: 44.9° E
  01  Fr 15:08 Moon-Beehive: 3.3° S
  06  We 13:05 New Moon
  08  Fr 05:50 Mars Conjunction
  08  Fr 19:28 Moon Perigee: 363400 km
  09  Sa 18:12 Mercury Inferior Conj.
  09  Sa 20:36 Moon-Venus: 2.9° S
  09  Sa 21:35 Moon Descending Node
  12  Tu 11:09 Moon South Dec.: 26.2° S
  13  We 05:25 First Quarter
  14  Th 09:12 Moon-Saturn: 4.1° N
  15  Fr 11:58 Moon-Jupiter: 4.3° N
  16  Sa 15:24 Venus-Antares: 1.5° N
  20  We 16:57 Full Moon
  21  Th 13:30 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20
  23  Sa 13:47 Moon Ascending Node
  24  Su 17:30 Moon Apogee: 405600 km
  25  Mo 06:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.4° W
  26  Tu 18:04 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
  27  We 22:40 Moon-Pollux: 2.8° N
  28  Th 22:05 Last Quarter
  28  Th 23:32 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
  29  Fr 23:59 Venus Elongation: 47° E
Nov 01  Mo   Venus: 47° E
  02  Tu 02:17 Mercury-Spica: 4.1° N
  04  Th 22:15 New Moon
  05  Fr 01:13 Uranus Opposition
  05  Fr 12:59 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10
  05  Fr 23:23 Moon Perigee: 358800 km
  06  Sa 04:38 Moon Descending Node
  08  Mo 06:21 Moon-Venus: 1.1° S
  08  Mo 17:27 Moon South Dec.: 26.3° S
  10  We 15:27 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
  11  Th 13:46 First Quarter
  11  Th 18:12 Moon-Jupiter: 4.5° N
  12  Fr 12:16 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
  17  We 18:33 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
  19  Fr 09:58 Full Moon
  19  Fr 10:04 Partial Lunar Eclipse
  19  Fr 18:59 Moon Ascending Node
  21  Su 03:14 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
  22  Mo 23:43 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
  24  We 04:22 Moon-Pollux: 2.8° N
  25  Th 05:32 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
  27  Sa 13:28 Last Quarter
  29  Mo 05:35 Mercury Superior Conj.
Dec 01  We   Venus: 41.4° E
  03  Fr 15:58 Moon Descending Node
  04  Sa 08:34 Total Solar Eclipse
  04  Sa 08:43 New Moon
  04  Sa 11:01 Moon Perigee: 356800 km
  06  Mo 03:25 Moon South Dec.: 26.3° S
  07  Tu 01:48 Moon-Venus: 1.9° N
  08  We 02:52 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
  09  Th 07:07 Moon-Jupiter: 4.6° N
  11  Sa 02:36 First Quarter
  14  Tu 07:44 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120
  17  Fr 01:12 Moon Ascending Node
  18  Sa 03:16 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
  19  Su 05:36 Full Moon
  20  Mo 05:32 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
  21  Tu 10:20 Moon-Pollux: 2.9° N
  21  Tu 16:59 Winter Solstice
  22  We 11:28 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
  22  We 16:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10
  27  Mo 03:24 Last Quarter
  27  Mo 10:17 Mars-Antares: 4.5° N
  29  We 05:49 Mercury-Venus: 4.2° N
  31  Fr 02:07 Moon Descending Node
  31  Fr 21:13 Moon-Mars: 0.9° N

 

 

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All SKYCAL astronomical calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Special thanks to National Space Club summer intern Sumit Dutta for his valuable assistance in developing the Sky Events Calendar (July 2007).

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