SKYWATCH 3
SKY DIARY
ASTRONOMICAL
EVENTS IN 2009
Updated
31st December 2009
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ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS IN 2009
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© Derek Haselden 2008
This page has been provided to publicise some news about the astronomy related items, namely interesting or noteworthy astronomical events taking place in 2009. The items listed here are by no means exhaustive since astronomy is very represented by many other websites - it is not my intention to overly duplicate that material.
There now follows a list of some of the interesting astronomical events that take place in the year 2009. The list was compiled mainly with the Southampton, UK area in mind but most items will apply to many other parts of the world as well. However, many seasonal items like the longest and shortest days will only apply to Northern Hemisphere observers. All times listed are UT (GMT). New and Full Moon's are marked with bold text.
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
JANUARY 2009
02d --- Moon 5° north of Uranus
03d 12h Quadrantid meteors maximum
04d --- Earth is at perihelion
04d 12h Moon - first quarter
04d 14h Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (19°)
07d 17h Grazing lunar occultation of the star Alcyone, Moon occults The Pleiades
10d 11h Moon is at perigee
11d --- Mercury stationary
11d 03h Full Moon
14d 21h Venus is at greatest eastern elongation (47°)
15d 08h Moon 6° south of Saturn
18d 03h Moon - last quarter
18d 19h Mercury 3° north of Jupiter
20d 16h Mercury is at inferior conjunction
23d --- Venus 1.4° north of Uranus
23d 00h Moon is at apogee
24d 06h Jupiter is at conjunction with the Sun
25d 03h Moon 0.7° south of Mars
25d 09h Moon 5° south of Mercury
26d 05h Moon 0.0° north of Jupiter
26d 08h New Moon
26d 08h Annular solar eclipse (Not visible from the UK)
27d --- Moon 1.8° north of Neptune
27d 06h Mercury 4° north of Mars
30d --- Moon 5° north of Uranus
30d 09h Moon 2° north of Venus
31d 07h Five of Saturn's moons very closely grouped
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
FEBRUARY 2009
01d --- Mercury stationary
02d 23h Moon - first quarter
04d --- Moon occults The Pleiades
07d 20h Moon is at perigee
09d 14h Penumbral Lunar eclipse (not visible from the UK)
09d 15h Full Moon
11d 16h Moon 6° south of Saturn
12d --- Neptune is at conjunction with the Sun
13d 21h Mercury is at greatest western elongation (26°)
16d 22h Moon - last quarter
17d 16h Mars 0.6° south of Jupiter
19d 16h Venus attains great brilliance, magnitude -4.5
19d 17h Moon is at apogee
22d 22h Moon 1° north of Mercury
23d 01h Moon 0.7° north of Jupiter
23d 07h Moon 2° north of Mars
24d 07h Mercury 0.6° south of Jupiter
25d 02h New Moon
28d 00h Moon 1° south of Venus
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
MARCH 2009
02d 03h Mercury 0.6° south of Mars
04d 08h Moon - first quarter
05d --- Venus stationary
06d --- Venus 0.6° south of Neptune
07d 15h Moon is at perigee
08d --- Mars 0.8° south of Neptune
08d 20h Saturn is at opposition
09d --- Mercury 0.9° south of Neptune
10d 22h Moon 6° south of Saturn
11d 03h Full Moon
13d --- Uranus is at conjunction with the Sun
18d 18h Moon - last quarter
19d 13h Moon is at apogee
20d 12h Vernal equinox
22d 21h Moon 1° north of Jupiter
23d --- Moon 2° north of Neptune
24d 11h Moon 4° north of Mars
26d 07h Moon 6° north of Mercury
26d 19h Moon 4° south of Venus
26h 16h New Moon
27d 19h Venus is at inferior conjunction
29d 03h Mercury 9° south of Venus
31d 03h Mercury is at superior conjunction
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
APRIL 2009
02d 02h Moon is at perigee
02d 15h Moon - first quarter
04d --- Pluto stationary
07d 03h Moon 5° south of Saturn
09d 15h Full Moon
15d --- Mars 0.5° south of Uranus
15d --- Venus stationary
16d 09h Moon is at apogee
17d 14h Moon - last quarter
19d 15h Moon 2° north of Jupiter
20d --- Moon 2° north of Neptune
21d 23h Venus 4° north of Mars
22d --- Moon 5° north of Uranus
22d 13h Moon 1° north of Venus
22d 14h Moon 5° north of Mars
25d 03h New Moon
26d --- Moon occults The Pleiades
26d 08h Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (20°)
26d 16h Moon 2° north of Mercury
28d 06h Moon is at perigee
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
MAY 2009
01d 21h Moon - first quarter
02d 08h Venus attains great brilliance, magnitude -4.4
04d 07h Moon 6° south of Saturn
07d --- Mercury stationary
09d 04h Full Moon
14d 03h Moon is at apogee
17d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
17d 06h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
17d 07h Moon - last quarter
18d 10h Mercury is at inferior conjunction
19d --- Moon 5° north of Uranus
21d 03h Moon 6° north of Venus
21d 15h Moon 6° north of Mars
23d 22h Moon 7° north of Mercury
24d 12h New Moon
25d --- Jupiter 0.4° south of Neptune
26d 04h Moon is at perigee
29d --- Neptune stationary
30d --- Mercury stationary
31d 03h Moon - first quarter
31d 13h Moon 6° south of Saturn
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
JUNE 2009
05d 20h Venus is at greatest western elongation (46°)
07d 18h Full Moon
10d 16h Moon is at apogee
13d 12h Mercury is at greatest western elongation (24°)
13d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
13d 16h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
15d --- Jupiter stationary
15d 22h Moon - last quarter
16d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
19d --- Venus 2° south of Mars
19d 13h Moon 8° north of Venus
19d 14h Moon 6° north of Mars
21d 06h Summer solstice
21d 07h Moon 7° north of Mercury
21d 13h Venus 2° south of Mars
22d 20h New Moon
23d 08h Pluto is at opposition
23d 12h Moon is at perigee
27d 22h Moon 6° south of Saturn
29d 11h Moon - first quarter
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
JULY 2009
01d --- Uranus stationary
04d --- Earth is at aphelion
07d 09h Full Moon
07d 09h Penumbral Lunar eclipse (not visible from the UK)
07d 21h Moon is at apogee
10d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
10d 20h Moon 4° north of Jupiter
13d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
13d --- Jupiter 0.6° south of Neptune
14d 02h Mercury is at superior conjunction
15d 10h Moon - last quarter
18d --- Moon occults The Pleiades, grazing occultation of Alcyone
18d 10h Moon 5° north of Mars
19d 04h Moon 6° north of Venus
21d 20h Moon is at perigee
22d 03h Total Solar eclipse (not visible from the UK)
22d 03h New Moon
22d 19h Moon 3° south of Mercury
25d 10h Moon 6° south of Saturn
28d 22h Moon - first quarter
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
AUGUST 2009
04d 01h Moon is at apogee
06d 01h Penumbral Lunar eclipse (visible from the UK, Eastern US, Europe, Africa)
06d 01h Full Moon
06d 20h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
07d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
09d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
12d 13h Perseid meteors maximum
13d 19h Moon - last quarter
14d 18h Jupiter is at opposition
16d 03h Moon 3° north of Mars
17d 15h Mercury 3° south of Saturn
17d 21h Neptune is at opposition
17d 21h Moon 2° north of Venus
19d 05h Moon is at perigee
20d 10h New Moon
22d 01h Moon 6° south of Saturn
22d 10h Moon 3° south of Mercury
24d 16h Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (27°)
27d 12h Moon - first quarter
31d 11h Moon is at apogee
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
SEPTEMBER 2009
02d 19h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
03d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
04d 16h Full Moon
05d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
06d --- Mercury stationary
11d --- Pluto stationary
12d 02h Moon - last quarter
13d 16h Moon 1° north of Mars
16d 08h Moon is at perigee
16d 16h Moon 3° south of Venus
17d --- Saturn is at conjunction
17d 10h Uranus is at opposition
18d 17h Moon 6° south of Saturn
18d 19h New Moon
19d 00h Moon 1° south of Mercury
20d 10h Mercury is at inferior conjunction
22d 09h Mercury 4° south of Saturn
22d 21h Autumnal equinox
26d 05h Moon - first quarter
28d --- Mercury stationary
28d 04h Moon is at apogee
29d 22h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
30d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
OCTOBER 2009
03d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
04d 06h Full Moon
06d 01h Mercury is at greatest western elongation (18°)
08d 07h Mercury 0.3° south of Saturn
11d 09h Moon - last quarter
12d --- Moon 1.2° south of Mars
12d 01h Moon 1° south of Saturn
13d --- Jupiter stationary
13d 11h Venus 0.5° south of Saturn
13d 12h Moon is at perigee
16d 08h Moon 6° south of Saturn
16d 14h Moon 6° south of Venus
17d 05h Moon 7° south of Mercury
18d 06h New Moon
20d --- Orionid meteors maximum
25d 23h Moon is at apogee
26d 01h Moon - first quarter
27d --- Moon 3° north of Neptune
27d 07h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
30d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
NOVEMBER 2009
02d 19h Full Moon
04d --- Neptune stationary
05d 08h Mercury is at superior conjunction
07d 08h Moon is at perigee
09d 04h Moon 3° south of Mars
09d 16h Moon - last quarter
12d 20h Moon 7° south of Saturn
15d 16h Moon 6° south of Venus
16d 19h New Moon
17d 09h Moon 3° south of Mercury
17d --- Leonid meteors maximum
22d 20h Moon is at apogee
23d 20h Moon 3° north of Jupiter
24d 22h Moon - first quarter
26d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
DECEMBER 2009
02d --- Uranus stationary
02d 07h Full Moon
04d 14h Moon is at perigee
07d 00h Moon 5° south of Mars
09d 00h Moon - last quarter
10d 05h Moon 7° south of Saturn
13d 20h Geminid meteors maximum
15d 22h Moon 3° south of Venus
16d 12h New Moon
18d 08h Moon 1° north of Mercury
18d 18h Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (20°)
20d --- Jupiter 0.6° south of Neptune
20d 15h Moon is at apogee
21d 12h Moon 4° north of Neptune
21d 12h Moon 4° north of Jupiter
21d 18h Winter solstice
24d --- Moon 6° north of Uranus
24d --- Pluto is at opposition
24d 18h Moon - first quarter
26d --- Mercury stationary
31d 19h Partial Lunar eclipse (visible from the UK)
31d 19h Full Moon
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 |
April 2009 | May 2009 | June 2009
July 2009 | August 2009 | September 2009 |
October 2009 | November 2009 | December 2009
