Astronomical Events 1998

128 events in date order, in your time zone (showing UTC)

Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, Jan 1, 1998, 01:57 UTC

01:57 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 3.8° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Jan 1, 1998, 21:35 UTC

21:35 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 2.6° apart
Quadrantids Meteor Showers

Sat, Jan 3, 1998, 17:40 UTC · active Dec 28, 1997 to Jan 11, 1998

Up to 80 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 29% lit.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Mon, Jan 5, 1998, 12:05 UTC

12:05 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 0.2° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Tue, Jan 6, 1998, 14:13 UTC

14:13 UTC · magnitude -0.2
Venus at inferior conjunction Planets

Fri, Jan 16, 1998, 11:30 UTC

11:30 UTC · magnitude -4.1
Neptune in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Mon, Jan 19, 1998, 22:11 UTC

22:11 UTC · magnitude 8.0
Mars and Jupiter close together Planets

Wed, Jan 21, 1998, 07:23 UTC

07:23 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Mon, Jan 26, 1998, 23:57 UTC

23:57 UTC · magnitude -4.4 · 3.1° apart
Uranus in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Wed, Jan 28, 1998, 19:45 UTC

19:45 UTC · magnitude 5.9
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Jan 29, 1998, 16:19 UTC

16:19 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 2.0° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Fri, Jan 30, 1998, 00:24 UTC

00:24 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sun, Feb 1, 1998, 20:45 UTC

20:45 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.6° apart
Mercury and Neptune close together Planets

Mon, Feb 2, 1998, 16:16 UTC

16:16 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 2.0° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Sun, Feb 22, 1998, 08:35 UTC

08:35 UTC · magnitude -1.6
Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Mon, Feb 23, 1998, 11:02 UTC

11:02 UTC · magnitude -2.0
Moon near Venus Planets

Mon, Feb 23, 1998, 16:50 UTC

16:50 UTC · magnitude -4.6 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Feb 24, 1998, 05:05 UTC

05:05 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Tue, Feb 24, 1998, 20:45 UTC

20:45 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 3.3° apart
Total Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Thu, Feb 26, 1998, 17:28 UTC

Greatest eclipse 17:28 UTC.
Moon near Mars Planets

Fri, Feb 27, 1998, 22:45 UTC

22:45 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.7° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sun, Mar 1, 1998, 09:27 UTC

09:27 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.9° apart
Mercury and Mars close together Planets

Tue, Mar 10, 1998, 22:02 UTC

22:02 UTC · magnitude -1.1 · 1.0° apart
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Fri, Mar 13, 1998, 04:20 UTC

Greatest eclipse 04:20 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Fri, Mar 20, 1998, 03:56 UTC

03:56 UTC · magnitude -0.2
March Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Fri, Mar 20, 1998, 19:54 UTC

19:54 UTC.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Mar 23, 1998, 16:19 UTC

16:19 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 2.9° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Tue, Mar 24, 1998, 09:22 UTC

09:22 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 3.1° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Tue, Mar 24, 1998, 18:59 UTC

18:59 UTC · magnitude -4.4 · 0.1° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Mar 26, 1998, 11:19 UTC

11:19 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 0.8° apart
Venus at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Fri, Mar 27, 1998, 18:47 UTC

18:47 UTC · magnitude -4.4
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sun, Mar 29, 1998, 01:09 UTC

01:09 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 1.2° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Mon, Apr 6, 1998, 16:32 UTC

16:32 UTC · magnitude 5.4
Saturn in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Mon, Apr 13, 1998, 08:07 UTC

08:07 UTC · magnitude 1.1
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Apr 20, 1998, 00:50 UTC

00:50 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.7° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, Apr 20, 1998, 19:14 UTC

19:14 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 2.9° apart
Lyrids Meteor Showers

Wed, Apr 22, 1998, 15:57 UTC · active Apr 14, 1998 to Apr 30, 1998

Up to 18 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 20% lit.
Venus and Jupiter close together Planets

Thu, Apr 23, 1998, 01:57 UTC

01:57 UTC · magnitude -4.2 · 0.3° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Apr 23, 1998, 07:14 UTC

07:14 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Thu, Apr 23, 1998, 07:35 UTC

07:35 UTC · magnitude -4.2 · 0.1° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Fri, Apr 24, 1998, 19:22 UTC

19:22 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.8° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Mon, May 4, 1998, 16:41 UTC

16:41 UTC · magnitude 0.5
Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Wed, May 6, 1998, 05:29 UTC · active Apr 19, 1998 to May 27, 1998

Up to 50 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 76% lit.
Mars in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Tue, May 12, 1998, 19:21 UTC

19:21 UTC · magnitude 1.3
Mercury and Saturn close together Planets

Tue, May 12, 1998, 19:58 UTC

19:58 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 0.8° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, May 17, 1998, 06:40 UTC

06:40 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.5° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, May 18, 1998, 01:54 UTC

01:54 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 2.7° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Wed, May 20, 1998, 23:35 UTC

23:35 UTC · magnitude -2.2 · 0.3° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Fri, May 22, 1998, 22:45 UTC

22:45 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sat, May 23, 1998, 08:50 UTC

08:50 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Sun, May 24, 1998, 12:05 UTC

12:05 UTC · magnitude -0.6 · 2.7° apart
Venus and Saturn close together Planets

Thu, May 28, 1998, 20:36 UTC

20:36 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 0.3° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Wed, Jun 10, 1998, 06:58 UTC

06:58 UTC · magnitude -2.3
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sat, Jun 13, 1998, 11:30 UTC

11:30 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.3° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sun, Jun 14, 1998, 06:45 UTC

06:45 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 2.5° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Wed, Jun 17, 1998, 11:35 UTC

11:35 UTC · magnitude -2.4 · 0.8° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Jun 19, 1998, 21:05 UTC

21:05 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 1.9° apart
June Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Sun, Jun 21, 1998, 14:02 UTC

14:02 UTC.
Moon near Venus Planets

Sun, Jun 21, 1998, 15:44 UTC

15:44 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 3.2° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Fri, Jul 10, 1998, 17:09 UTC

17:09 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.3° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sat, Jul 11, 1998, 11:44 UTC

11:44 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 2.5° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Tue, Jul 14, 1998, 19:27 UTC

19:27 UTC · magnitude -2.6 · 0.9° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Fri, Jul 17, 1998, 03:23 UTC

03:23 UTC · magnitude 0.5
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Jul 17, 1998, 06:02 UTC

06:02 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 2.1° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Tue, Jul 21, 1998, 11:54 UTC

11:54 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 3.8° apart
Neptune at opposition Planets

Thu, Jul 23, 1998, 19:48 UTC

19:48 UTC · magnitude 7.8
Moon near Mercury Planets

Sat, Jul 25, 1998, 14:29 UTC

14:29 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 2.1° apart
Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Wed, Jul 29, 1998, 07:41 UTC · active Jul 11, 1998 to Aug 23, 1998

Up to 25 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 30% lit.
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers

Thu, Jul 30, 1998, 08:47 UTC · active Jul 3, 1998 to Aug 15, 1998

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 39% lit.
Uranus at opposition Planets

Mon, Aug 3, 1998, 06:38 UTC

06:38 UTC · magnitude 5.7
Venus and Mars close together Planets

Tue, Aug 4, 1998, 23:54 UTC

23:54 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.8° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Fri, Aug 7, 1998, 00:29 UTC

00:29 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Fri, Aug 7, 1998, 18:19 UTC

18:19 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 2.6° apart
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Sat, Aug 8, 1998, 02:25 UTC

Greatest eclipse 02:25 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Tue, Aug 11, 1998, 00:29 UTC

00:29 UTC · magnitude -2.8 · 0.8° apart
Perseids Meteor Showers

Wed, Aug 12, 1998, 22:28 UTC · active Jul 16, 1998 to Aug 24, 1998

Up to 100 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 71% lit.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Thu, Aug 13, 1998, 12:45 UTC

12:45 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 2.1° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Thu, Aug 13, 1998, 23:47 UTC

23:47 UTC · magnitude 4.8
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Aug 19, 1998, 19:22 UTC

19:22 UTC · magnitude 1.7 · 3.8° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Thu, Aug 20, 1998, 12:37 UTC

12:37 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 2.7° apart
Annular Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Sat, Aug 22, 1998, 02:06 UTC

Greatest eclipse 02:06 UTC.
Mercury and Venus close together Planets

Thu, Aug 27, 1998, 21:19 UTC

21:19 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 2.3° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Mon, Aug 31, 1998, 09:11 UTC

09:11 UTC · magnitude -0.2
Moon near Neptune Planets

Thu, Sep 3, 1998, 09:14 UTC

09:14 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Fri, Sep 4, 1998, 02:29 UTC

02:29 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 2.6° apart
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Sun, Sep 6, 1998, 11:10 UTC

Greatest eclipse 11:10 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Mon, Sep 7, 1998, 04:40 UTC

04:40 UTC · magnitude -2.9 · 0.5° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Wed, Sep 9, 1998, 18:54 UTC

18:54 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 1.9° apart
Mercury and Venus close together Planets

Fri, Sep 11, 1998, 04:01 UTC

04:01 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.3° apart
Jupiter at opposition Planets

Wed, Sep 16, 1998, 05:28 UTC

05:28 UTC · magnitude -2.9
Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, Sep 17, 1998, 11:22 UTC

11:22 UTC · magnitude 1.7 · 2.4° apart
September Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Wed, Sep 23, 1998, 05:37 UTC

05:37 UTC.
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Fri, Sep 25, 1998, 19:51 UTC

19:51 UTC · magnitude -1.6
Moon near Neptune Planets

Wed, Sep 30, 1998, 18:10 UTC

18:10 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Oct 1, 1998, 11:19 UTC

11:19 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 2.6° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sun, Oct 4, 1998, 09:44 UTC

09:44 UTC · magnitude -2.9 · 0.2° apart
Supermoon: Harvest Moon Supermoons

Mon, Oct 5, 1998, 20:11 UTC

Full moon at 358,111 km, 20:11 UTC.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Wed, Oct 7, 1998, 01:54 UTC

01:54 UTC · magnitude 0.6 · 1.7° apart
Draconids Meteor Showers

Thu, Oct 8, 1998, 21:35 UTC · active Oct 6, 1998 to Oct 10, 1998

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 86% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Fri, Oct 16, 1998, 02:59 UTC

02:59 UTC · magnitude 1.6 · 1.0° apart
Orionids Meteor Showers

Wed, Oct 21, 1998, 14:42 UTC · active Oct 2, 1998 to Nov 7, 1998

Up to 20 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 1% lit.
Saturn at opposition Planets

Fri, Oct 23, 1998, 14:59 UTC

14:59 UTC · magnitude 0.6
Moon near Neptune Planets

Wed, Oct 28, 1998, 02:02 UTC

02:02 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.2° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Wed, Oct 28, 1998, 19:27 UTC

19:27 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 2.4° apart
Venus at superior conjunction Planets

Fri, Oct 30, 1998, 04:33 UTC

04:33 UTC · magnitude -3.9
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sat, Oct 31, 1998, 16:32 UTC

16:32 UTC · magnitude -2.7 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Tue, Nov 3, 1998, 09:44 UTC

09:44 UTC · magnitude 0.6 · 1.6° apart
Supermoon: Hunter's Moon Supermoons

Wed, Nov 4, 1998, 05:18 UTC

Full moon at 356,653 km, 05:18 UTC.
Southern Taurids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 5, 1998, 15:10 UTC · active Sep 9, 1998 to Nov 20, 1998

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 97% lit.
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Wed, Nov 11, 1998, 09:11 UTC

09:11 UTC · magnitude -0.2
Northern Taurids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 12, 1998, 14:26 UTC · active Oct 20, 1998 to Dec 10, 1998

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 35% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Fri, Nov 13, 1998, 18:15 UTC

18:15 UTC · magnitude 1.5 · 0.5° apart
Leonids Meteor Showers

Tue, Nov 17, 1998, 20:01 UTC · active Nov 6, 1998 to Nov 30, 1998

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 2% lit.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Nov 24, 1998, 08:50 UTC

08:50 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 1.9° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Wed, Nov 25, 1998, 02:40 UTC

02:40 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 2.1° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sat, Nov 28, 1998, 01:00 UTC

01:00 UTC · magnitude -2.5 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Mon, Nov 30, 1998, 17:30 UTC

17:30 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 1.7° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Tue, Dec 1, 1998, 15:23 UTC

15:23 UTC · magnitude 5.4
Moon near Mars Planets

Sat, Dec 12, 1998, 08:59 UTC

08:59 UTC · magnitude 1.3 · 1.7° apart
Geminids Meteor Showers

Mon, Dec 14, 1998, 09:53 UTC · active Dec 4, 1998 to Dec 20, 1998

Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 18% lit.
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, Dec 17, 1998, 01:19 UTC

01:19 UTC · magnitude -0.3 · 2.5° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sun, Dec 20, 1998, 03:56 UTC

03:56 UTC · magnitude -0.4
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Dec 21, 1998, 15:49 UTC

15:49 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 1.7° apart
December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Tue, Dec 22, 1998, 01:56 UTC

01:56 UTC.
Moon near Uranus Planets

Tue, Dec 22, 1998, 10:10 UTC

10:10 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 1.8° apart
Ursids Meteor Showers

Tue, Dec 22, 1998, 18:18 UTC · active Dec 17, 1998 to Dec 26, 1998

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 14% lit.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Fri, Dec 25, 1998, 11:22 UTC

11:22 UTC · magnitude -2.3 · 1.1° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Mon, Dec 28, 1998, 00:15 UTC

00:15 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 2.0° apart