Sky Calendar 2028

Sky Calendar 2028

 

Date Local
Time
Event
Jan 01  Sa 04:52 Moon Apogee: 405600 km
  01  Sa   Venus: 35.1° E
  04  Tu 10:52 Quadrantid Shower: ZHR = 120
  05  We 02:40 First Quarter
  05  We 13:59 Perihelion: 0.9833 AU
  08  Sa 15:28 Moon-Pleiades: 0.6° S
  09  Su 00:59 Mercury-Mars: 0.7° N
  10  Mo 03:36 Moon North Dec.: 26.6° N
  12  We 05:03 Full Moon
  12  We 05:13 Partial Lunar Eclipse
  12  We 22:26 Moon Descending Node
  13  Th 07:04 Moon-Beehive: 2.1° N
  13  Th 08:47 Moon Perigee: 359000 km
  17  Mo 17:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.8° E
  18  Tu 20:26 Last Quarter
  22  Sa 00:46 Moon-Antares: 0.4° S
  22  Sa 22:35 Moon South Dec.: 26.6° S
  26  We 08:31 Moon Ascending Node
  26  We 16:08 Annular Solar Eclipse
  26  We 16:12 New Moon
  28  Fr 16:31 Moon Apogee: 406400 km
  30  Su 15:01 Moon-Venus: 6° S
Feb 01  Tu   Venus: 40.9° E
  02  We 09:40 Mercury Inferior Conj.
  03  Th 20:10 First Quarter
  05  Sa 00:48 Moon-Pleiades: 0.6° S
  06  Su 13:59 Moon North Dec.: 26.6° N
  09  We 09:56 Moon Descending Node
  09  We 18:32 Moon-Beehive: 2.1° N
  10  Th 16:04 Full Moon
  10  Th 20:53 Moon Perigee: 356700 km
  17  Th 09:08 Last Quarter
  18  Fr 06:37 Moon-Antares: 0.4° S
  19  Sa 04:24 Moon South Dec.: 26.6° S
  22  Tu 14:11 Moon Ascending Node
  23  We 00:55 Moon-Mercury: 0.2° N
  24  Th 17:26 Moon Apogee: 406600 km
  25  Fr 11:37 New Moon
  27  Su 16:59 Mercury Elongation: 26.9° W
  28  Mo 18:41 Venus-Saturn: 3.4° N
  29  Tu 16:48 Moon-Venus: 4.7° S
Mar 01  We   Venus: 44.9° E
  03  Fr 07:48 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° S
  04  Sa 10:02 First Quarter
  04  Sa 22:13 Moon North Dec.: 26.5° N
  07  Tu 19:06 Moon Descending Node
  08  We 05:24 Moon-Beehive: 2.2° N
  10  Fr 09:23 Moon Perigee: 357600 km
  11  Sa 02:06 Full Moon
  12  Su 17:15 Jupiter Opposition
  16  Th 15:06 Moon-Antares: 0.6° S
  17  Fr 12:25 Moon South Dec.: 26.4° S
  18  Sa 01:23 Last Quarter
  20  Mo 04:18 Vernal Equinox
  20  Mo 18:19 Moon Ascending Node
  21  Tu 03:13 Mars Conjunction
  22  We 14:59 Venus Elongation: 46.1° E
  23  Th 01:24 Moon Apogee: 406100 km
  26  Su 06:31 New Moon
  26  Su 12:24 Neptune Conjunction
  30  Th 06:59 Moon-Venus: 1° S
  30  Th 14:17 Moon-Pleiades: 0.3° S
Apr 01  Sa 05:04 Moon North Dec.: 26.2° N
  01  Sa   Venus: 45.7° E
  02  Su 21:15 First Quarter
  03  Mo 19:45 Venus-Pleiades: 0.2° S
  04  Tu 00:08 Moon Descending Node
  04  Tu 14:52 Moon-Beehive: 2.4° N
  07  Fr 18:02 Moon Perigee: 361400 km
  09  Su 12:27 Full Moon
  12  We 00:45 Mercury Superior Conj.
  13  Th 00:20 Moon-Antares: 0.9° S
  13  Th 20:51 Moon South Dec.: 26.1° S
  16  Su 18:37 Last Quarter
  16  Su 19:56 Moon Ascending Node
  19  We 17:13 Moon Apogee: 405100 km
  20  Th 13:48 Saturn Conjunction
  22  Sa 09:20 Lyrid Shower: ZHR = 20
  24  Mo 21:47 New Moon
  26  We 20:05 Moon-Pleiades: 0.1° S
  28  Fr 02:20 Moon-Venus: 1.8° N
  28  Fr 10:04 Moon North Dec.: 26° N
May 01  Mo 00:47 Moon Descending Node
  01  Mo 03:33 Mercury-Pleiades: 1.8° S
  01  Mo   Venus: 36.7° E
  01  Mo 21:00 Moon-Beehive: 2.7° N
  02  Tu 04:26 First Quarter
  04  Th 22:34 Eta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 60
  05  Fr 12:31 Moon Perigee: 366500 km
  08  Mo 21:49 Full Moon
  09  Tu 07:59 Mercury Elongation: 21.4° E
  10  We 10:04 Moon-Antares: 1° S
  11  Th 05:45 Moon South Dec.: 26° S
  13  Sa 22:46 Moon Ascending Node
  16  Tu 12:43 Last Quarter
  17  We 11:55 Moon Apogee: 404300 km
  24  We 10:16 New Moon
  25  Th 16:09 Moon North Dec.: 25.9° N
  28  Su 02:40 Moon Descending Node
  29  Mo 02:30 Moon-Beehive: 2.9° N
  31  We 02:37 Uranus Conjunction
  31  We 08:18 Moon Perigee: 369800 km
  31  We 09:36 First Quarter
Jun 01  Th 12:06 Venus Inferior Conj.
  01  Th   Venus: 0.8° W
  02  Fr 04:41 Mercury Inferior Conj.
  06  Tu 18:48 Moon-Antares: 1° S
  07  We 08:09 Full Moon
  07  We 13:56 Moon South Dec.: 25.9° S
  07  We 19:03 Mars-Pleiades: 4.1° S
  10  Sa 04:18 Moon Ascending Node
  14  We 00:38 Venus-Mars: 2° N
  14  We 06:46 Moon Apogee: 404200 km
  15  Th 06:27 Last Quarter
  20  Tu 12:15 Moon-Pleiades: 0.1° S
  20  Tu 22:02 Summer Solstice
  21  We 04:18 Mercury-Aldebaran: 1.4° N
  21  We 06:26 Moon-Mars: 3.7° S
  21  We 12:38 Mars-Aldebaran: 5.6° N
  22  Th 00:15 Moon North Dec.: 25.9° N
  22  Th 20:28 New Moon
  24  Sa 08:42 Moon Descending Node
  25  Su 09:20 Moon-Beehive: 3° N
  26  Mo 06:14 Moon Perigee: 366500 km
  26  Mo 20:59 Mercury Elongation: 22.2° W
  29  Th 14:11 First Quarter
  29  Th 19:18 Mercury-Mars: 3.3° N
Jul 01  Sa   Venus: 35.9° W
  04  Tu 01:48 Moon-Antares: 1° S
  04  Tu 07:59 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
  04  Tu 20:46 Moon South Dec.: 25.9° S
  06  Th 20:11 Full Moon
 
Date Local
Time
Event
  06  Th 20:20 Partial Lunar Eclipse
  07  Fr 11:34 Moon Ascending Node
  12  We 00:26 Moon Apogee: 404900 km
  13  Th 03:08 Venus-Aldebaran: 1° N
  14  Fr 22:57 Last Quarter
  17  Mo 21:37 Moon-Pleiades: 0.2° S
  19  We 09:49 Moon North Dec.: 25.9° N
  20  Th 02:04 Moon-Mars: 1.7° S
  21  Fr 18:09 Moon Descending Node
  22  Sa 04:56 Total Solar Eclipse
  22  Sa 05:02 New Moon
  24  Mo 00:14 Moon Perigee: 361600 km
  25  Tu 15:01 Mercury Superior Conj.
  28  Fr 00:20 Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20
  28  Fr 19:40 First Quarter
  31  Mo 07:27 Moon-Antares: 1° S
Aug 01  Tu 02:38 Moon South Dec.: 25.9° S
  01  Tu   Venus: 45.4° W
  03  Th 18:20 Moon Ascending Node
  05  Sa 10:10 Full Moon
  08  Tu 14:54 Moon Apogee: 405900 km
  10  Th 18:59 Venus Elongation: 45.8° W
  12  Sa 16:14 Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90
  13  Su 13:45 Last Quarter
  14  Mo 06:12 Moon-Pleiades: 0.1° S
  15  Tu 19:21 Moon North Dec.: 25.9° N
  17  Th 04:17 Moon-Venus: 4.3° S
  17  Th 20:48 Moon-Mars: 0.4° N
  18  Fr 04:04 Moon Descending Node
  20  Su 12:44 New Moon
  21  Mo 06:10 Moon Perigee: 358100 km
  22  Tu 06:46 Moon-Mercury: 4.7° N
  25  Fr 06:20 Mars-Pollux: 5.9° S
  27  Su 03:36 First Quarter
  27  Su 13:09 Moon-Antares: 1.1° S
  27  Su 23:44 Mercury-Jupiter: 2.2° N
  28  Mo 08:28 Moon South Dec.: 25.8° S
  30  We 22:39 Moon Ascending Node
Sep 01  Fr   Venus: 44.4° W
  04  Mo 01:48 Full Moon
  04  Mo 22:03 Moon Apogee: 406400 km
  06  We 11:59 Mercury Elongation: 27.1° E
  08  Fr 12:38 Venus-Mars: 2.3° N
  10  Su 13:09 Moon-Pleiades: 0.1° N
  12  Tu 02:46 Last Quarter
  12  Tu 03:18 Moon North Dec.: 25.7° N
  12  Tu 17:19 Venus-Beehive: 2.5° S
  14  Th 11:05 Moon Descending Node
  15  Fr 14:19 Moon-Mars: 2.6° N
  15  Fr 15:10 Moon-Beehive: 3.1° N
  15  Fr 20:23 Moon-Venus: 1.1° N
  16  Sa 04:38 Mars-Beehive: 0.5° S
  18  Mo 16:23 Moon Perigee: 357000 km
  18  Mo 20:24 New Moon
  19  Tu 15:47 Mercury-Spica: 5.6° N
  20  We 08:06 Moon-Mercury: 1.2° N
  22  Fr 13:45 Autumnal Equinox
  23  Sa 20:22 Moon-Antares: 1.3° S
  24  Su 15:21 Moon South Dec.: 25.6° S
  25  Mo 15:10 First Quarter
  27  We 00:21 Moon Ascending Node
  30  Sa 03:33 Neptune Opposition
  30  Sa 14:35 Jupiter Conjunction
Oct 01  Su   Venus: 39.9° W
  01  Su 23:38 Moon Apogee: 406200 km
  02  Mo 08:44 Venus-Regulus: 0.1° S
  02  Mo 12:32 Mercury Inferior Conj.
  03  Tu 18:25 Full Moon
  07  Sa 18:49 Moon-Pleiades: 0.3° N
  09  Mo 09:11 Moon North Dec.: 25.4° N
  11  We 13:37 Moon Descending Node
  11  We 13:57 Last Quarter
  12  Th 23:50 Moon-Beehive: 3.4° N
  14  Sa 05:41 Moon-Mars: 4.7° N
  15  Su 17:41 Moon-Venus: 5.8° N
  17  Tu 02:41 Moon Perigee: 359000 km
  18  We 00:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.2° W
  18  We 04:57 New Moon
  21  Sa 05:41 Moon-Antares: 1.5° S
  21  Sa 08:34 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20
  21  Sa 23:48 Moon South Dec.: 25.4° S
  22  Su 15:33 Mercury-Jupiter: 1° N
  23  Mo 19:54 Mars-Regulus: 1° N
  24  Tu 01:55 Moon Ascending Node
  25  We 06:53 First Quarter
  29  Su 08:55 Moon Apogee: 405600 km
  30  Mo 18:14 Saturn Opposition
Nov 01  We   Venus: 33.6° W
  02  Th 10:17 Full Moon
  03  Fr 23:33 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° N
  05  Su 08:03 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10
  05  Su 13:08 Moon North Dec.: 25.3° N
  07  Tu 13:08 Moon Descending Node
  09  Th 05:13 Moon-Beehive: 3.7° N
  09  Th 22:26 Last Quarter
  10  Fr 02:06 Venus-Jupiter: 0.6° N
  12  Su 07:20 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
  14  Tu 06:53 Moon Perigee: 363600 km
  16  Th 02:17 Venus-Spica: 3.8° N
  16  Th 14:18 New Moon
  17  Fr 13:38 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
  18  Sa 08:22 Moon South Dec.: 25.2° S
  20  Mo 02:30 Mercury Superior Conj.
  20  Mo 05:34 Moon Ascending Node
  24  Fr 01:15 First Quarter
  26  Su 01:10 Moon Apogee: 404700 km
Dec 01  Fr 06:45 Moon-Pleiades: 0.5° N
  01  Fr   Venus: 26.9° W
  02  Sa 02:40 Full Moon
  02  Sa 19:12 Moon North Dec.: 25.2° N
  03  Su 21:53 Uranus Opposition
  04  Mo 16:14 Moon Descending Node
  06  We 10:41 Moon-Beehive: 3.9° N
  09  Sa 06:39 Last Quarter
  11  Mo 13:43 Moon Perigee: 369100 km
  14  Th 02:49 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120
  14  Th 08:33 Moon-Venus: 5.1° N
  15  Fr 17:37 Moon South Dec.: 25.2° S
  16  Sa 03:06 New Moon
  17  Su 13:41 Moon Ascending Node
  21  Th 09:20 Winter Solstice
  22  Fr 11:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10
  22  Fr 12:14 Jupiter-Spica: 3.3° N
  23  Sa 03:11 Venus-Antares: 5.5° N
  23  Sa 22:00 Moon Apogee: 404400 km
  23  Sa 22:45 First Quarter
  28  Th 15:35 Moon-Pleiades: 0.4° N
  30  Sa 03:35 Moon North Dec.: 25.2° N
  31  Su 01:59 Mercury Elongation: 19.6° E
  31  Su 17:48 Full Moon
  31  Su 17:52 Total Lunar Eclipse
  31  Su 23:49 Moon Descending Node

 

 

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All SKYCAL astronomical calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Special thanks to National Space Club summer intern Sumit Dutta for his valuable assistance in developing the Sky Events Calendar (July 2007).

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