Astronomical Events 2009

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

Quadrantids Meteor Showers

Sat, Jan 3, 2009, 09:38 UTC · active Dec 28, 2008 to Jan 11, 2009

Up to 80 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 39% lit.
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Sun, Jan 4, 2009, 13:55 UTC

13:55 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Supermoon: Wolf Moon Supermoons

Sun, Jan 11, 2009, 03:26 UTC

Full moon at 357,969 km, 03:26 UTC.
Venus at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Wed, Jan 14, 2009, 22:38 UTC

22:38 UTC · magnitude -4.4
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Tue, Jan 20, 2009, 15:59 UTC

15:59 UTC · magnitude 4.6
Venus and Uranus close together Planets

Thu, Jan 22, 2009, 21:19 UTC

21:19 UTC · magnitude -4.5 · 1.2° apart
Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 07:16 UTC

07:16 UTC · magnitude -1.9
Moon near Mars Planets

Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 02:45 UTC

02:45 UTC · magnitude 1.3 · 0.7° apart
Annular Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Mon, Jan 26, 2009, 07:58 UTC

Greatest eclipse 07:58 UTC.
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Jan 27, 2009, 16:54 UTC

16:54 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 1.6° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Fri, Jan 30, 2009, 09:05 UTC

09:05 UTC · magnitude -4.5 · 2.5° apart
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Mon, Feb 9, 2009, 14:38 UTC

Greatest eclipse 14:38 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Neptune in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Thu, Feb 12, 2009, 12:47 UTC

12:47 UTC · magnitude 8.0
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Fri, Feb 13, 2009, 20:50 UTC

20:50 UTC · magnitude 0.0
Mars and Jupiter close together Planets

Tue, Feb 17, 2009, 18:30 UTC

18:30 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Sun, Feb 22, 2009, 21:19 UTC

21:19 UTC · magnitude -0.1 · 1.0° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 00:37 UTC

00:37 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 0.7° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Mon, Feb 23, 2009, 06:29 UTC

06:29 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 1.5° apart
Mercury and Jupiter close together Planets

Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 06:36 UTC

06:36 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Sat, Feb 28, 2009, 00:02 UTC

00:02 UTC · magnitude -4.6 · 1.2° apart
Mercury and Mars close together Planets

Mon, Mar 2, 2009, 00:43 UTC

00:43 UTC · magnitude -0.1 · 0.6° apart
Mercury and Neptune close together Planets

Thu, Mar 5, 2009, 08:44 UTC

08:44 UTC · magnitude -0.2 · 1.6° apart
Mars and Neptune close together Planets

Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 12:58 UTC

12:58 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.8° apart
Saturn at opposition Planets

Sun, Mar 8, 2009, 16:14 UTC

16:14 UTC · magnitude 0.6
Uranus in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 01:42 UTC

01:42 UTC · magnitude 5.9
March Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Fri, Mar 20, 2009, 11:43 UTC

11:43 UTC.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sun, Mar 22, 2009, 20:24 UTC

20:24 UTC · magnitude -2.0 · 1.4° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 11:49 UTC

11:49 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 1.9° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Tue, Mar 24, 2009, 10:24 UTC

10:24 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 3.7° apart
Venus at inferior conjunction Planets

Fri, Mar 27, 2009, 19:27 UTC

19:27 UTC · magnitude -4.0
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Tue, Mar 31, 2009, 03:32 UTC

03:32 UTC · magnitude -2.0
Mars and Uranus close together Planets

Wed, Apr 15, 2009, 10:27 UTC

10:27 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.4° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sun, Apr 19, 2009, 14:37 UTC

14:37 UTC · magnitude -2.2 · 2.1° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, Apr 19, 2009, 21:54 UTC

21:54 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.2° apart
Lyrids Meteor Showers

Wed, Apr 22, 2009, 07:43 UTC · active Apr 13, 2009 to Apr 30, 2009

Up to 18 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 10% lit.
Moon near Venus Planets

Wed, Apr 22, 2009, 13:22 UTC

13:22 UTC · magnitude -4.5 · 1.0° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Sun, Apr 26, 2009, 07:47 UTC

07:47 UTC · magnitude 0.3
Moon near Mercury Planets

Sun, Apr 26, 2009, 15:49 UTC

15:49 UTC · magnitude 0.3 · 1.9° apart
Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Tue, May 5, 2009, 21:13 UTC · active Apr 18, 2009 to May 27, 2009

Up to 50 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 89% lit.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sun, May 17, 2009, 05:27 UTC

05:27 UTC · magnitude -2.3 · 2.7° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sun, May 17, 2009, 06:50 UTC

06:50 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.4° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:03 UTC

10:03 UTC · magnitude 6.0
Jupiter and Neptune close together Planets

Tue, May 26, 2009, 16:04 UTC

16:04 UTC · magnitude -2.4 · 0.4° apart
Venus at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Fri, Jun 5, 2009, 20:23 UTC

20:23 UTC · magnitude -4.3
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 11:57 UTC

11:57 UTC · magnitude 0.6
Moon near Neptune Planets

Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 13:57 UTC

13:57 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.7° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Sat, Jun 13, 2009, 15:09 UTC

15:09 UTC · magnitude -2.5 · 3.2° apart
Venus and Mars close together Planets

Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 05:06 UTC

05:06 UTC · magnitude -4.2 · 2.0° apart
June Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Sun, Jun 21, 2009, 05:45 UTC

05:45 UTC.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Tue, Jul 7, 2009, 09:38 UTC

Greatest eclipse 09:38 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Jupiter and Neptune close together Planets

Fri, Jul 10, 2009, 14:48 UTC

14:48 UTC · magnitude -2.7 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Fri, Jul 10, 2009, 19:14 UTC

19:14 UTC · magnitude -2.7 · 3.3° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Fri, Jul 10, 2009, 19:19 UTC

19:19 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.7° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Tue, Jul 14, 2009, 02:18 UTC

02:18 UTC · magnitude -2.1
Total Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Wed, Jul 22, 2009, 02:35 UTC

Greatest eclipse 02:35 UTC.
Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Tue, Jul 28, 2009, 23:18 UTC · active Jul 11, 2009 to Aug 22, 2009

Up to 25 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 51% lit.
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers

Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 00:25 UTC · active Jul 2, 2009 to Aug 14, 2009

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 61% lit.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 00:39 UTC

Greatest eclipse 00:39 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 19:22 UTC

19:22 UTC · magnitude -2.8 · 3.1° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 23:54 UTC

23:54 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.6° apart
Perseids Meteor Showers

Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 14:07 UTC · active Jul 16, 2009 to Aug 24, 2009

Up to 100 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 63% lit.
Jupiter at opposition Planets

Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 18:53 UTC

18:53 UTC · magnitude -2.9
Moon near Mars Planets

Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 03:22 UTC

03:22 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 3.2° apart
Mercury and Saturn close together Planets

Mon, Aug 17, 2009, 03:47 UTC

03:47 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 2.9° apart
Neptune at opposition Planets

Mon, Aug 17, 2009, 20:44 UTC

20:44 UTC · magnitude 7.8
Moon near Venus Planets

Mon, Aug 17, 2009, 21:30 UTC

21:30 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.7° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Sat, Aug 22, 2009, 09:22 UTC

09:22 UTC · magnitude 0.2 · 2.6° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Mon, Aug 24, 2009, 16:07 UTC

16:07 UTC · magnitude 0.3
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Wed, Sep 2, 2009, 19:05 UTC

19:05 UTC · magnitude -2.8 · 2.9° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Thu, Sep 3, 2009, 04:54 UTC

04:54 UTC · magnitude 7.8 · 2.6° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Sun, Sep 13, 2009, 16:19 UTC

16:19 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 1.1° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Wed, Sep 16, 2009, 15:40 UTC

15:40 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 3.0° apart
Uranus at opposition Planets

Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 09:39 UTC

09:39 UTC · magnitude 5.7
Saturn in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Thu, Sep 17, 2009, 15:05 UTC

15:05 UTC · magnitude 1.1
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Sun, Sep 20, 2009, 10:03 UTC

10:03 UTC · magnitude 5.0
September Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Tue, Sep 22, 2009, 21:18 UTC

21:18 UTC.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Tue, Sep 29, 2009, 22:02 UTC

22:02 UTC · magnitude -2.7 · 2.8° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 11:09 UTC

11:09 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.6° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Tue, Oct 6, 2009, 01:30 UTC

01:30 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Mercury and Saturn close together Planets

Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 04:43 UTC

04:43 UTC · magnitude -0.7 · 0.3° apart
Draconids Meteor Showers

Thu, Oct 8, 2009, 13:21 UTC · active Oct 6, 2009 to Oct 10, 2009

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 80% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Mon, Oct 12, 2009, 00:50 UTC

00:50 UTC · magnitude 0.7 · 1.1° apart
Venus and Saturn close together Planets

Tue, Oct 13, 2009, 08:33 UTC

08:33 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.5° apart
Orionids Meteor Showers

Wed, Oct 21, 2009, 06:31 UTC · active Oct 2, 2009 to Nov 7, 2009

Up to 20 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 10% lit.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 06:15 UTC

06:15 UTC · magnitude -2.5 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Oct 27, 2009, 18:45 UTC

18:45 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 2.8° apart
Southern Taurids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 5, 2009, 07:01 UTC · active Sep 9, 2009 to Nov 20, 2009

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 92% lit.
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Thu, Nov 5, 2009, 08:07 UTC

08:07 UTC · magnitude -1.4
Moon near Mars Planets

Mon, Nov 9, 2009, 03:49 UTC

03:49 UTC · magnitude 0.3 · 3.2° apart
Northern Taurids Meteor Showers

Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 06:18 UTC · active Oct 20, 2009 to Dec 9, 2009

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 22% lit.
Leonids Meteor Showers

Tue, Nov 17, 2009, 11:53 UTC · active Nov 6, 2009 to Nov 30, 2009

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 1% lit.
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Mon, Nov 23, 2009, 19:19 UTC

19:19 UTC · magnitude -2.3 · 3.4° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Tue, Nov 24, 2009, 03:05 UTC

03:05 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 3.1° apart
Geminids Meteor Showers

Mon, Dec 14, 2009, 01:47 UTC · active Dec 4, 2009 to Dec 19, 2009

Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 6% lit.
Moon near Mercury Planets

Fri, Dec 18, 2009, 07:35 UTC

07:35 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 1.4° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Fri, Dec 18, 2009, 17:37 UTC

17:37 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Jupiter and Neptune close together Planets

Mon, Dec 21, 2009, 04:25 UTC

04:25 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 0.5° apart
Moon near Jupiter Planets

Mon, Dec 21, 2009, 11:35 UTC

11:35 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 3.8° apart
Moon near Neptune Planets

Mon, Dec 21, 2009, 11:35 UTC

11:35 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 3.3° apart
December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Mon, Dec 21, 2009, 17:46 UTC

17:46 UTC.
Ursids Meteor Showers

Tue, Dec 22, 2009, 10:13 UTC · active Dec 16, 2009 to Dec 25, 2009

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 29% lit.
Supermoon: Blue Moon Supermoons

Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 19:12 UTC

Full moon at 359,721 km, 19:12 UTC.
Partial Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 19:23 UTC

Greatest eclipse 19:23 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.