Astronomical Events 2001

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

Quadrantids Meteor Showers

Wed, Jan 3, 2001, 11:13 UTC · active Dec 28, 2000 to Jan 11, 2001

Up to 80 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 55% lit.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sat, Jan 6, 2001, 02:05 UTC

02:05 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 2.0° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sat, Jan 6, 2001, 15:09 UTC

15:09 UTC · magnitude -2.7 · 2.9° apart
Total Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Tue, Jan 9, 2001, 20:20 UTC

Greatest eclipse 20:20 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Supermoon: Wolf Moon Supermoons

Tue, Jan 9, 2001, 20:24 UTC

Full moon at 357,406 km, 20:24 UTC.
Mercury and Neptune close together Planets

Sun, Jan 14, 2001, 02:02 UTC

02:02 UTC · magnitude -0.9 · 2.1° apart
Venus at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Wed, Jan 17, 2001, 07:55 UTC

07:55 UTC · magnitude -4.4
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Jan 17, 2001, 22:40 UTC

22:40 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 3.4° apart
Mercury and Uranus close together Planets

Mon, Jan 22, 2001, 19:54 UTC

19:54 UTC · magnitude -0.9 · 0.4° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Jan 25, 2001, 19:57 UTC

19:57 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.3° apart
Neptune in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Fri, Jan 26, 2001, 03:35 UTC

03:35 UTC · magnitude 8.0
Moon near Mercury Planets

Fri, Jan 26, 2001, 04:50 UTC

04:50 UTC · magnitude -0.7 · 2.9° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Sun, Jan 28, 2001, 13:35 UTC

13:35 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Feb 2, 2001, 10:29 UTC

10:29 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 2.0° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Fri, Feb 2, 2001, 23:40 UTC

23:40 UTC · magnitude -2.5 · 3.0° apart
Supermoon: Snow Moon Supermoons

Thu, Feb 8, 2001, 07:11 UTC

Full moon at 356,994 km, 07:11 UTC.
Uranus in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Fri, Feb 9, 2001, 11:45 UTC

11:45 UTC · magnitude 5.9
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Tue, Feb 13, 2001, 00:16 UTC

00:16 UTC · magnitude 4.6
Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, Feb 15, 2001, 10:59 UTC

10:59 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 2.6° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Wed, Feb 21, 2001, 00:15 UTC

00:15 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 2.1° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Feb 22, 2001, 05:19 UTC

05:19 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Thu, Mar 1, 2001, 18:54 UTC

18:54 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 1.9° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Fri, Mar 2, 2001, 09:57 UTC

09:57 UTC · magnitude -2.3 · 2.7° apart
Mercury and Uranus close together Planets

Sat, Mar 10, 2001, 09:55 UTC

09:55 UTC · magnitude 0.2 · 0.1° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sun, Mar 11, 2001, 06:13 UTC

06:13 UTC · magnitude 0.2
Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, Mar 15, 2001, 21:14 UTC

21:14 UTC · magnitude 0.2 · 1.8° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Mar 20, 2001, 08:40 UTC

08:40 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 2.3° apart
March Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Tue, Mar 20, 2001, 13:31 UTC

13:31 UTC.
Moon near Uranus Planets

Wed, Mar 21, 2001, 15:00 UTC

15:00 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.6° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, Mar 22, 2001, 19:54 UTC

19:54 UTC · magnitude -0.0 · 2.1° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Thu, Mar 29, 2001, 04:24 UTC

04:24 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Mar 29, 2001, 22:29 UTC

22:29 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 2.3° apart
Venus at inferior conjunction Planets

Fri, Mar 30, 2001, 04:23 UTC

04:23 UTC · magnitude -4.0
Moon near Mars Planets

Fri, Apr 13, 2001, 02:05 UTC

02:05 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 1.3° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Apr 16, 2001, 17:14 UTC

17:14 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.6° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Wed, Apr 18, 2001, 00:45 UTC

00:45 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.9° apart
Lyrids Meteor Showers

Sun, Apr 22, 2001, 09:27 UTC · active Apr 13, 2001 to Apr 30, 2001

Up to 18 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 2% lit.
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Mon, Apr 23, 2001, 09:27 UTC

09:27 UTC · magnitude -2.2
Moon near Saturn Planets

Wed, Apr 25, 2001, 16:10 UTC

16:10 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 1.4° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Apr 26, 2001, 13:40 UTC

13:40 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 1.8° apart
Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Sat, May 5, 2001, 22:59 UTC · active Apr 18, 2001 to May 27, 2001

Up to 50 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 97% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, May 10, 2001, 19:35 UTC

19:35 UTC · magnitude -1.4 · 1.9° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, May 14, 2001, 01:35 UTC

01:35 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.9° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Tue, May 15, 2001, 09:57 UTC

09:57 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 3.1° apart
Mercury and Jupiter close together Planets

Wed, May 16, 2001, 12:02 UTC

12:02 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 2.8° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Tue, May 22, 2001, 04:34 UTC

04:34 UTC · magnitude 0.5
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, May 24, 2001, 07:40 UTC

07:40 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 1.2° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, May 24, 2001, 20:10 UTC

20:10 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 2.8° apart
Saturn in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Fri, May 25, 2001, 08:52 UTC

08:52 UTC · magnitude 0.9
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Jun 6, 2001, 20:05 UTC

20:05 UTC · magnitude -2.2 · 3.9° apart
Venus at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Fri, Jun 8, 2001, 05:20 UTC

05:20 UTC · magnitude -4.3
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, Jun 10, 2001, 08:59 UTC

08:59 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, Jun 11, 2001, 17:49 UTC

17:49 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 3.2° apart
Mars at opposition Planets

Wed, Jun 13, 2001, 16:22 UTC

16:22 UTC · magnitude -2.4
Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Thu, Jun 14, 2001, 13:20 UTC

13:20 UTC · magnitude -1.9
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Sat, Jun 16, 2001, 13:27 UTC

13:27 UTC · magnitude 5.3
Moon near Venus Planets

Sun, Jun 17, 2001, 23:44 UTC

23:44 UTC · magnitude -4.2 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Tue, Jun 19, 2001, 21:49 UTC

21:49 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 0.9° apart
June Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Thu, Jun 21, 2001, 07:37 UTC

07:37 UTC.
Total Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Thu, Jun 21, 2001, 12:04 UTC

Greatest eclipse 12:04 UTC.
Partial Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Thu, Jul 5, 2001, 14:55 UTC

Greatest eclipse 14:55 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sat, Jul 7, 2001, 15:05 UTC

15:05 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.9° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sun, Jul 8, 2001, 23:54 UTC

23:54 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 3.2° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Mon, Jul 9, 2001, 17:08 UTC

17:08 UTC · magnitude 0.4
Mercury and Jupiter close together Planets

Fri, Jul 13, 2001, 09:17 UTC

09:17 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 1.9° apart
Venus and Saturn close together Planets

Sun, Jul 15, 2001, 05:12 UTC

05:12 UTC · magnitude -4.1 · 0.7° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Tue, Jul 17, 2001, 13:14 UTC

13:14 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Tue, Jul 17, 2001, 17:35 UTC

17:35 UTC · magnitude -4.1 · 0.3° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Jul 19, 2001, 00:10 UTC

00:10 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, Jul 19, 2001, 13:09 UTC

13:09 UTC · magnitude -0.7 · 1.0° apart
Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Sun, Jul 29, 2001, 01:08 UTC · active Jul 11, 2001 to Aug 23, 2001

Up to 25 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 67% lit.
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers

Mon, Jul 30, 2001, 02:14 UTC · active Jul 2, 2001 to Aug 14, 2001

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 77% lit.
Neptune at opposition Planets

Mon, Jul 30, 2001, 11:18 UTC

11:18 UTC · magnitude 7.8
Moon near Neptune Planets

Fri, Aug 3, 2001, 20:02 UTC

20:02 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.8° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sun, Aug 5, 2001, 04:29 UTC

04:29 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 3.0° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Sun, Aug 5, 2001, 21:52 UTC

21:52 UTC · magnitude -2.0
Venus and Jupiter close together Planets

Mon, Aug 6, 2001, 00:55 UTC

00:55 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.2° apart
Perseids Meteor Showers

Sun, Aug 12, 2001, 15:56 UTC · active Jul 16, 2001 to Aug 24, 2001

Up to 100 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 47% lit.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Tue, Aug 14, 2001, 02:40 UTC

02:40 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 0.2° apart
Uranus at opposition Planets

Wed, Aug 15, 2001, 14:39 UTC

14:39 UTC · magnitude 5.7
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Wed, Aug 15, 2001, 19:49 UTC

19:49 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 0.4° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Thu, Aug 16, 2001, 12:45 UTC

12:45 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.9° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Mon, Aug 20, 2001, 01:22 UTC

01:22 UTC · magnitude -0.7 · 3.5° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Fri, Aug 31, 2001, 00:37 UTC

00:37 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.8° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sat, Sep 1, 2001, 08:19 UTC

08:19 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Mon, Sep 10, 2001, 12:32 UTC

12:32 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Wed, Sep 12, 2001, 12:24 UTC

12:24 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 1.0° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Sat, Sep 15, 2001, 08:15 UTC

08:15 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 3.2° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Tue, Sep 18, 2001, 22:20 UTC

22:20 UTC · magnitude 0.1
September Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Sat, Sep 22, 2001, 23:04 UTC

23:04 UTC.
Moon near Mars Planets

Tue, Sep 25, 2001, 00:40 UTC

00:40 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Thu, Sep 27, 2001, 05:57 UTC

05:57 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Fri, Sep 28, 2001, 12:50 UTC

12:50 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 3.1° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sun, Oct 7, 2001, 18:29 UTC

18:29 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 0.5° apart
Draconids Meteor Showers

Mon, Oct 8, 2001, 15:05 UTC · active Oct 6, 2001 to Oct 10, 2001

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 67% lit.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Wed, Oct 10, 2001, 00:24 UTC

00:24 UTC · magnitude -2.3 · 1.4° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Sun, Oct 14, 2001, 01:40 UTC

01:40 UTC · magnitude 5.3
Moon near Venus Planets

Mon, Oct 15, 2001, 04:54 UTC

04:54 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 3.5° apart
Orionids Meteor Showers

Sun, Oct 21, 2001, 08:12 UTC · active Oct 2, 2001 to Nov 7, 2001

Up to 20 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 24% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Tue, Oct 23, 2001, 20:05 UTC

20:05 UTC · magnitude -0.0 · 0.1° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 12:59 UTC

12:59 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 3.2° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Oct 25, 2001, 19:09 UTC

19:09 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 3.3° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 16:27 UTC

16:27 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Mercury and Venus close together Planets

Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 22:20 UTC

22:20 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sat, Nov 3, 2001, 21:57 UTC

21:57 UTC · magnitude 0.6 · 0.6° apart
Mercury and Venus close together Planets

Sat, Nov 3, 2001, 23:45 UTC

23:45 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.7° apart
Southern Taurids Meteor Showers

Mon, Nov 5, 2001, 08:41 UTC · active Sep 9, 2001 to Nov 20, 2001

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 82% lit.
Mars and Neptune close together Planets

Mon, Nov 5, 2001, 16:04 UTC

16:04 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 2.1° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Tue, Nov 6, 2001, 07:19 UTC

07:19 UTC · magnitude -2.5 · 1.7° apart
Northern Taurids Meteor Showers

Mon, Nov 12, 2001, 07:57 UTC · active Oct 20, 2001 to Dec 10, 2001

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 11% lit.
Moon near Venus Planets

Wed, Nov 14, 2001, 03:49 UTC

03:49 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 2.7° apart
Leonids Meteor Showers

Sat, Nov 17, 2001, 13:32 UTC · active Nov 6, 2001 to Nov 30, 2001

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 6% lit.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Nov 20, 2001, 21:54 UTC

21:54 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 3.4° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Nov 21, 2001, 20:37 UTC

20:37 UTC · magnitude 0.3 · 2.4° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Nov 22, 2001, 03:30 UTC

03:30 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 3.5° apart
Mars and Uranus close together Planets

Mon, Nov 26, 2001, 20:12 UTC

20:12 UTC · magnitude 0.4 · 0.7° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sat, Dec 1, 2001, 01:49 UTC

01:49 UTC · magnitude 0.5 · 0.5° apart
Saturn at opposition Planets

Mon, Dec 3, 2001, 10:35 UTC

10:35 UTC · magnitude 0.4
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Mon, Dec 3, 2001, 10:50 UTC

10:50 UTC · magnitude -2.6 · 1.6° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Tue, Dec 4, 2001, 21:40 UTC

21:40 UTC · magnitude -1.2
Geminids Meteor Showers

Fri, Dec 14, 2001, 03:24 UTC · active Dec 4, 2001 to Dec 19, 2001

Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 1% lit.
Annular Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Fri, Dec 14, 2001, 20:52 UTC

Greatest eclipse 20:52 UTC.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Dec 18, 2001, 07:54 UTC

07:54 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 3.5° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Wed, Dec 19, 2001, 13:30 UTC

13:30 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 3.6° apart
December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Fri, Dec 21, 2001, 19:21 UTC

19:21 UTC.
Ursids Meteor Showers

Sat, Dec 22, 2001, 11:50 UTC · active Dec 16, 2001 to Dec 25, 2001

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 47% lit.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Dec 28, 2001, 07:35 UTC

07:35 UTC · magnitude 0.6 · 0.2° apart
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Sun, Dec 30, 2001, 10:29 UTC

Greatest eclipse 10:29 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sun, Dec 30, 2001, 13:57 UTC

13:57 UTC · magnitude -2.7 · 1.2° apart