Astronomical Events 2014

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

Moon near Venus Planets

Thu, Jan 2, 2014, 11:14 UTC

11:14 UTC · magnitude -4.3 · 2.0° apart
Quadrantids Meteor Showers

Fri, Jan 3, 2014, 14:47 UTC · active Dec 28, 2013 to Jan 11, 2014

Up to 80 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 7% lit.
Jupiter at opposition Planets

Sun, Jan 5, 2014, 19:36 UTC

19:36 UTC · magnitude -2.7
Moon near Uranus Planets

Tue, Jan 7, 2014, 11:44 UTC

11:44 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 2.9° apart
Venus at inferior conjunction Planets

Sat, Jan 11, 2014, 12:30 UTC

12:30 UTC · magnitude -4.1
Moon near Mars Planets

Thu, Jan 23, 2014, 04:24 UTC

04:24 UTC · magnitude 0.4 · 3.5° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sat, Jan 25, 2014, 13:44 UTC

13:44 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 0.6° apart
Moon near Venus Planets

Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 03:05 UTC

03:05 UTC · magnitude -4.5 · 2.2° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Fri, Jan 31, 2014, 09:58 UTC

09:58 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Moon near Mercury Planets

Sat, Feb 1, 2014, 05:05 UTC

05:05 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 3.9° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, Feb 3, 2014, 21:40 UTC

21:40 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.6° apart
Mercury and Neptune close together Planets

Tue, Feb 4, 2014, 12:34 UTC

12:34 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 2.5° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Sat, Feb 15, 2014, 20:21 UTC

20:21 UTC · magnitude 4.6
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Feb 19, 2014, 22:24 UTC

22:24 UTC · magnitude -0.2 · 3.0° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Feb 21, 2014, 22:10 UTC

22:10 UTC · magnitude 1.3 · 0.3° apart
Neptune in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Sun, Feb 23, 2014, 18:01 UTC

18:01 UTC · magnitude 8.0
Moon near Venus Planets

Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 05:19 UTC

05:19 UTC · magnitude -4.6 · 0.3° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Thu, Feb 27, 2014, 20:05 UTC

20:05 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 2.8° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, Mar 3, 2014, 10:10 UTC

10:10 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.3° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Fri, Mar 14, 2014, 06:27 UTC

06:27 UTC · magnitude 0.2
Moon near Mars Planets

Wed, Mar 19, 2014, 01:40 UTC

01:40 UTC · magnitude -1.0 · 3.1° apart
March Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Thu, Mar 20, 2014, 16:56 UTC

16:56 UTC.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 03:09 UTC

03:09 UTC · magnitude 1.1 · 0.2° apart
Mercury and Neptune close together Planets

Sat, Mar 22, 2014, 18:33 UTC

18:33 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 1.2° apart
Venus at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sat, Mar 22, 2014, 21:10 UTC

21:10 UTC · magnitude -4.4
Moon near Venus Planets

Thu, Mar 27, 2014, 08:02 UTC

08:02 UTC · magnitude -4.3 · 3.4° apart
Uranus in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Wed, Apr 2, 2014, 06:55 UTC

06:55 UTC · magnitude 5.9
Mars at opposition Planets

Tue, Apr 8, 2014, 21:11 UTC

21:11 UTC · magnitude -1.5
Venus and Neptune close together Planets

Sat, Apr 12, 2014, 03:27 UTC

03:27 UTC · magnitude -4.2 · 0.7° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Mon, Apr 14, 2014, 16:32 UTC

16:32 UTC · magnitude -1.4 · 3.3° apart
Total Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Tue, Apr 15, 2014, 07:46 UTC

Greatest eclipse 07:46 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Thu, Apr 17, 2014, 07:09 UTC

07:09 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 0.4° apart
Lyrids Meteor Showers

Tue, Apr 22, 2014, 12:48 UTC · active Apr 14, 2014 to Apr 30, 2014

Up to 18 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 48% lit.
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 03:30 UTC

03:30 UTC · magnitude -2.2
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sun, Apr 27, 2014, 10:19 UTC

10:19 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 2.0° apart
Partial Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 06:03 UTC

Greatest eclipse 06:03 UTC, magnitude 0.99.
Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Tue, May 6, 2014, 02:17 UTC · active Apr 19, 2014 to May 27, 2014

Up to 50 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 40% lit.
Saturn at opposition Planets

Sat, May 10, 2014, 17:17 UTC

17:17 UTC · magnitude 0.9
Moon near Mars Planets

Sun, May 11, 2014, 11:54 UTC

11:54 UTC · magnitude -0.9 · 2.8° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Wed, May 14, 2014, 12:02 UTC

12:02 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 0.6° apart
Venus and Uranus close together Planets

Thu, May 15, 2014, 23:07 UTC

23:07 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.2° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sat, May 24, 2014, 19:09 UTC

19:09 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 1.8° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Sun, May 25, 2014, 07:14 UTC

07:14 UTC · magnitude 0.5
Moon near Venus Planets

Sun, May 25, 2014, 14:32 UTC

14:32 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 2.2° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Sat, Jun 7, 2014, 23:49 UTC

23:49 UTC · magnitude -0.4 · 1.5° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Tue, Jun 10, 2014, 18:32 UTC

18:32 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 0.6° apart
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Thu, Jun 19, 2014, 22:50 UTC

22:50 UTC · magnitude 5.2
Moon near Uranus Planets

Sat, Jun 21, 2014, 02:10 UTC

02:10 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 1.6° apart
June Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Sat, Jun 21, 2014, 10:51 UTC

10:51 UTC.
Moon near Venus Planets

Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 13:14 UTC

13:14 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 1.3° apart
Moon near Mars Planets

Sun, Jul 6, 2014, 01:30 UTC

01:30 UTC · magnitude 0.1 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Tue, Jul 8, 2014, 02:10 UTC

02:10 UTC · magnitude 1.2 · 0.4° apart
Supermoon: Buck Moon Supermoons

Sat, Jul 12, 2014, 11:24 UTC

Full moon at 358,975 km, 11:24 UTC.
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sat, Jul 12, 2014, 18:21 UTC

18:21 UTC · magnitude 0.4
Moon near Uranus Planets

Fri, Jul 18, 2014, 08:50 UTC

08:50 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 1.3° apart
Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 19:34 UTC

19:34 UTC · magnitude -1.8
Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers

Tue, Jul 29, 2014, 04:22 UTC · active Jul 11, 2014 to Aug 23, 2014

Up to 25 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 5% lit.
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers

Wed, Jul 30, 2014, 05:28 UTC · active Jul 2, 2014 to Aug 14, 2014

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 10% lit.
Moon near Mars Planets

Sun, Aug 3, 2014, 11:09 UTC

11:09 UTC · magnitude 0.4 · 2.2° apart
Moon near Saturn Planets

Mon, Aug 4, 2014, 10:24 UTC

10:24 UTC · magnitude 1.3 · 0.1° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Fri, Aug 8, 2014, 16:23 UTC

16:23 UTC · magnitude -2.0
Supermoon: Sturgeon Moon Supermoons

Sun, Aug 10, 2014, 18:09 UTC

Full moon at 356,898 km, 18:09 UTC.
Perseids Meteor Showers

Tue, Aug 12, 2014, 19:11 UTC · active Jul 16, 2014 to Aug 24, 2014

Up to 100 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 94% lit.
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 16:24 UTC

16:24 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 1.1° apart
Venus and Jupiter close together Planets

Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 04:28 UTC

04:28 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.2° apart
Moon near Mercury Planets

Wed, Aug 27, 2014, 03:14 UTC

03:14 UTC · magnitude -0.4 · 3.2° apart
Neptune at opposition Planets

Fri, Aug 29, 2014, 14:20 UTC

14:20 UTC · magnitude 7.8
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sun, Aug 31, 2014, 19:05 UTC

19:05 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 0.3° apart
Supermoon: Harvest Moon Supermoons

Tue, Sep 9, 2014, 01:38 UTC

Full moon at 359,182 km, 01:38 UTC.
Moon near Uranus Planets

Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 01:05 UTC

01:05 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 1.1° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation east (evening) Planets

Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 22:15 UTC

22:15 UTC · magnitude 0.1
September Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 02:29 UTC

02:29 UTC.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sun, Sep 28, 2014, 04:37 UTC

04:37 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 0.7° apart
Uranus at opposition Planets

Tue, Oct 7, 2014, 20:36 UTC

20:36 UTC · magnitude 5.7
Moon near Uranus Planets

Wed, Oct 8, 2014, 10:02 UTC

10:02 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 1.1° apart
Total Lunar Eclipse Eclipses

Wed, Oct 8, 2014, 10:54 UTC

Greatest eclipse 10:54 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
Draconids Meteor Showers

Wed, Oct 8, 2014, 18:29 UTC · active Oct 6, 2014 to Oct 10, 2015

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 100% lit.
Mercury at inferior conjunction Planets

Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 20:40 UTC

20:40 UTC · magnitude 5.4
Orionids Meteor Showers

Tue, Oct 21, 2014, 11:39 UTC · active Oct 2, 2014 to Nov 7, 2014

Up to 20 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 6% lit.
Partial Solar Eclipse Eclipses

Thu, Oct 23, 2014, 21:44 UTC

Greatest eclipse 21:44 UTC, magnitude 0.81.
Venus at superior conjunction Planets

Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 07:40 UTC

07:40 UTC · magnitude -3.9
Moon near Saturn Planets

Sat, Oct 25, 2014, 16:02 UTC

16:02 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 1.0° apart
Mercury at greatest elongation west (morning) Planets

Sat, Nov 1, 2014, 12:40 UTC

12:40 UTC · magnitude -0.5
Moon near Uranus Planets

Tue, Nov 4, 2014, 17:40 UTC

17:40 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 1.2° apart
Southern Taurids Meteor Showers

Wed, Nov 5, 2014, 12:10 UTC · active Sep 9, 2014 to Nov 20, 2014

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 97% lit.
Northern Taurids Meteor Showers

Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 11:28 UTC · active Oct 20, 2014 to Dec 10, 2014

Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 70% lit.
Leonids Meteor Showers

Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 17:03 UTC · active Nov 6, 2014 to Nov 30, 2014

Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 23% lit.
Saturn in conjunction with the Sun Planets

Tue, Nov 18, 2014, 08:08 UTC

08:08 UTC · magnitude 1.3
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, Dec 1, 2014, 23:22 UTC

23:22 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 1.2° apart
Mercury at superior conjunction Planets

Mon, Dec 8, 2014, 10:00 UTC

10:00 UTC · magnitude -1.2
Geminids Meteor Showers

Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 06:59 UTC · active Dec 4, 2014 to Dec 19, 2014

Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 52% lit.
Moon near Saturn Planets

Fri, Dec 19, 2014, 20:59 UTC

20:59 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 1.5° apart
December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

Sun, Dec 21, 2014, 23:03 UTC

23:03 UTC.
Ursids Meteor Showers

Mon, Dec 22, 2014, 15:25 UTC · active Dec 17, 2014 to Dec 25, 2014

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

Fri, Dec 26, 2014, 13:19 UTC

13:19 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 4.0° apart
Moon near Uranus Planets

Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 04:29 UTC

04:29 UTC · magnitude 5.8 · 0.9° apart