Celestial Calendar
2008

Ephemeris

Meteor Showers

Eclipses

Occultations

Ephemeris

Ephemeris excerpt courtesy of
NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Planetary Ephemeris

Date TDT Event
 (h:m)
Jan 3 04 Earth at Perihelion 
 3 08 Moon at Apogee: 405328 km
 8 11:38 NEW MOON 
 15 19:47 FIRST QUARTER 
 19 09 Moon at Perigee: 366436 km
 20 00 Mars 1.1°S of Moon: Occn.
 22 05 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.6°E
 22 13:35 FULL MOON 
 25 06 Saturn 3.0°N of Moon
 30 05:07 LAST QUARTER 
  31 04 Moon at Apogee: 404532 km
Feb 4 06 Jupiter 4.0°N of Moon
 4 12 Venus 4.3°N of Moon
 6 18 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
 7 03:45 NEW MOON 
 7 03:56 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.960
 10 20 Neptune-Sun Conjunction 
 14 01 Moon at Perigee: 370216 km
 14 03:36 FIRST QUARTER 
 16 08 Mars 1.6°S of Moon
 21 03:29 Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.107
 21 03:31 FULL MOON 
 21 12 Saturn 2.8°N of Moon
 24 09 Saturn at Opposition 
 28 01 Moon at Apogee: 404442 km
 29 02:21 LAST QUARTER 
Mar 3 01 Jupiter 3.6°N of Moon
 3 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.1°W
 5 14 Mercury 0.2°N of Moon: Occn.
 5 19 Venus 0.2°S of Moon: Occn.
 7 17:15 NEW MOON 
 9 05 Uranus-Sun Conjunction 
 10 22 Moon at Perigee: 366302 km
 14 10:48 FIRST QUARTER 
 15 03 Mars 1.7°S of Moon
 19 15 Saturn 2.6°N of Moon
 20 05:50 Vernal Equinox 
 21 12 Venus at Aphelion 
 21 18:40 FULL MOON 
 26 20 Moon at Apogee: 405094 km
 29 21:47 LAST QUARTER 
 30 17 Jupiter 3.2°N of Moon
Apr 5 01 Venus 4.7°S of Moon
 6 03:56 NEW MOON 
 7 19 Moon at Perigee: 361083 km
 12 06 Mars 1.2°S of Moon: Occn.
 12 18:34 FIRST QUARTER 
 15 19 Saturn 2.6°N of Moon
 16 07 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
 20 10:26 FULL MOON 
 23 10 Moon at Apogee: 405945 km
 27 05 Jupiter 2.8°N of Moon
 28 14:10 LAST QUARTER 
May 5 12:19 NEW MOON 
 6 03 Moon at Perigee: 357772 km
 10 14 Mars 0.2°S of Moon: Occn.
 12 03:48 FIRST QUARTER 
 13 00 Saturn 2.8°N of Moon
 13 00 Mars at Aphelion 
 14 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.8°E
 20 02:12 FULL MOON 
 20 14 Moon at Apogee: 406404 km
 24 11 Jupiter 2.5°N of Moon
 28 02:53 LAST QUARTER 
Jun 3 13 Moon at Perigee: 357251 km
 3 19:24 NEW MOON 
 7 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
 8 02 Mars 1.1°N of Moon: Occn.
 9 04 Venus at Superior Conjunction 
 9 09 Saturn 3.1°N of Moon
 10 15:03 FIRST QUARTER 
 16 18 Moon at Apogee: 406229 km
 18 17:31 FULL MOON 
 20 13  Jupiter 2.4°N of Moon
 21 00:01 Summer Solstice 
 26 12:07 LAST QUARTER 
Jul 1 18 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.8°W
 1 21 Moon at Perigee: 359513 km
 3 02:20 NEW MOON 
 4 05 Earth at Aphelion 
 6 18 Mars 2.6°N of Moon
 6 22 Saturn 3.5°N of Moon
 9 09 Jupiter at Opposition 
 10 04:33 FIRST QUARTER 
 11 20 Venus at Perihelion 
 14 04 Moon at Apogee: 405452 km
 17 12 Jupiter 2.6°N of Moon
 18 08:00 FULL MOON 
 25 18:41 LAST QUARTER 
 29 20 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
 29 23 Moon at Perigee: 363887 km
Aug 1 10:14 NEW MOON 
 1 10:25 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.036
 2 15 Venus 2.3°N of Moon
 3 13 Saturn 3.8°N of Moon
 4 12 Mars 4.0°N of Moon
 8 20:18 FIRST QUARTER 
 10 20 Moon at Apogee: 404558 km
 13 14 Jupiter 2.8°N of Moon
 15 01 Neptune at Opposition 
 16 21:10 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.805
 16 21:18 FULL MOON 
 23 23:52 LAST QUARTER 
 26 04 Moon at Perigee: 368693 km
 30 19:59 NEW MOON 
Sep 1 21 Venus 5.3°N of Moon
 1 23 Mercury 2.9°N of Moon
 4 02 Saturn-Sun Conjunction 
 7 14:03 FIRST QUARTER 
 7 15 Moon at Apogee: 404210 km
 9 20 Jupiter 2.8°N of Moon
 11 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.9°E
 13 11 Uranus at Opposition 
 15 09:15 FULL MOON 
 20 03 Moon at Perigee: 368890 km
 22 05:10 LAST QUARTER 
  22 15:46 Autumnal Equinox 
 27 20 Saturn 4.5°N of Moon
 29 08:13 NEW MOON 
Oct 2 02 Venus 5.1°N of Moon
 5 11 Moon at Apogee: 404716 km
 6 21 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction 
 7 07 Jupiter 2.5°N of Moon
  7 09:04 FIRST QUARTER 
 14 20:04 FULL MOON 
 17 06 Moon at Perigee: 363828 km
 21 12:02 LAST QUARTER 
 22 09 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°W
 28 23:15 NEW MOON 
Nov 1 08 Venus 2.6°N of Moon
 2 05 Moon at Apogee: 405723 km
 3 22 Jupiter 1.9°N of Moon
 6 04:05 FIRST QUARTER 
 13 06:19 FULL MOON 
 14 10 Moon at Perigee: 358973 km
 19 21:38 LAST QUARTER 
 25 17 Mercury at Superior Conjunction 
 27 16:56 NEW MOON 
 29 17 Moon at Apogee: 406480 km
Dec 1 15 Jupiter 1.3°N of Moon
 1 16 Venus 0.8°S of Moon: Occn.
 5 21:29 FIRST QUARTER 
 5 22 Mars-Sun Conjunction 
 12 16:39 FULL MOON 
 12 22 Moon at Perigee: 356568 km
 19 10:34 LAST QUARTER 
 21 12:05 Winter Solstice 
 26 18 Moon at Apogee: 406602 km
 27 12:24 NEW MOON 
 29 09 Jupiter 0.6°N of Moon: Occn.
 31 21 Venus 3.4°S of Moon

Meteor Showers

Meteor shower information courtesy of
IMO 2008 Calendar

Active Dates	Shower Name	Peak	ZHR
Quadrantids (QUA)	Jan 01 - Jan 05	Jan 04	120
a-Centaurids (ACE)	Jan 28 - Feb 21	Feb 08	5
d-Leonids (DLE)	Feb 15 - Mar 10	Feb 25	2
?-Normids (GNO)	Feb 25 - Mar 22	Mar 13	4
Lyrids (LYR)	Apr 16 - Apr 25	Apr 22	18
p-Puppids (PPU)	Apr 15 - Apr 28	Apr 23	Var
?-Aquariids (ETA)	Apr 19 - May 28	May 05	70+*
?-Lyrids (ELY)	May 03 - May 12	May 08	3
June Bootids (JBO)	Jun 22 - Jul 02	Jun 27	Var
Piscis Austrinids (PAU)	Jul 15 - Aug 10	Jul 27	5
South. d-Aquariids (SDA)	Jul 12 - Aug 19	Jul 27	20
a-Capricornids (CAP)	Jul 03 - Aug 15	Jul 29	4
Perseids (PER)*	Jul 17 - Aug 24	Aug 12	100
?-Cygnids (KCG)	Aug 03 - Aug 25	Aug 17	3
a-Aurigids (AUR)	Aug 25 - Sep 08	Aug 31	7
September Perseids (SPE)	Sep 05 - Sep 17	Sep 09	5
d-Aurigids (DAU)	Sep 18 - Oct 10	Oct 03	3
Draconids (GIA)	Oct 06 - Oct 10	Oct 08	Var
e-Geminids (EGE)	Oct 14 - Oct 27	Oct 18	2
Orionids (ORI)	Oct 02 - Nov 07	Oct 21	30*
Leo Minorids (LMI)	Oct 19 - Oct 27	Oct 24	2
Southern Taurids (STA)	Sep 25 - Nov 25	Nov 05	5
Northern Taurids (NTA)	Sep 25 - Nov 25	Nov 12	5
Leonids (LEO)	Nov 10 - Nov 23	Nov 17	20+*
a-Monocerotids (AMO)	Nov 15 - Nov 25	Nov 21	Var
Dec Phoenicids (PHO)	Nov 28 - Dec 09	Dec 06	Var
Puppid/Velids (PUP)	Dec 01 - Dec 15	(Dec 06)	10
Monocerotids (MON)	Nov 27 - Dec 17	Dec 08	2
s-Hydrids (HYD)	Dec 03 - Dec 15	Dec 11	3
Geminids (GEM)	Dec 07 - Dec 17	Dec 13	120
Coma Berenicids (COM)	Dec 12 - Jan 23	Dec 20	5
Ursids (URS)	Dec 17 - Dec 26	Dec 22	10

Eclipses

NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Eclipse Page

February 7	February 21	August 1	August 16
Annular Solar	Total Lunar	Total Solar	Partial Lunar

Occultations of Bright Stars by the Moon

IOTA Occultation Predictions Page

Occultations of Planets by the Moon

IOTA Major Planet Occultation Page

Refer to IOTA Time-ctitical events on the IOTA home page near event time.

Occultations of The Pleiades (M45) by The Moon

IOTA Pleiades Occultation Page


Occultations of Asteroids by the Moon

IOTA Asteroids Occultation Page