THE ASTRONOMICAL YEAR 2012 A CALENDAR OF CELESTIAL EVENTS
JANUARY QUADRANTIDS METEOR SHOWER JANUARY 3-4
[1]
S 1
M 2
[3]
[2]
T 3
[6]
[5]
[4]
W 4
[7]
[8]
T
F
S
5
6
7
QUADRANDTIDS METEOR SHOWER
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
FULL [5] MOON 15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
NEW [1] MOON
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
FEBRUARY
BEST CHANCE TO SEE
MERCURY FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 12
[1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
T
[6]
[5]
[4]
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
5
6
7
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
NEW [1] MOON
* BEST CHANCE TO SEE
MERCURY
26
27
FULL [5] MOON
28
29
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
MARCH
MARS AT OPPOSITION
MARCH 3
EQUINOX
MARCH
MARCH 20
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS & JUPITER
[1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
[6]
[5]
[4]
T
MARCH 14
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
1
2
S 3
MARS AT OPPOSITION 9
10
15
16
17
22
23
24
30
31
4
5
6
7
8
11
12
13
14
FULL MOON
[5]
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS & JUPITER 18
19
20
21
NEW [1] MOON
MARCH EQUINOX
25
26
27
28
29
[1]
NEW MOON
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[5]
FULL MOON
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
SATURN APRIL
LYRIDS
AT OPPOSITION ASTRONOMY DAY PT 1 APRIL 28
METEOR SHOWER
APRIL
APRIL 21-22
[1]
S 1
2
[3]
[2]
M
[6]
[5]
[4]
T 3
15
W 4
[7]
[8]
T 5
F 6
S 7
FULL [5] MOON 8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
NEW [1] MOON
SATURN AT OPPOSITION 22
23
24
25
26
27
LYRIDS
ASTRONOMY D AY PA R T 1
METEOR SHOWER
29
28
30
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
MAY
MAY 20
ANNUAL
SOLAR ECLIPSE
ETA AQUARIDS METEOR SHOWER M AY 5 - 6
[1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
T
1
[5]
[4]
[6]
W
2
[7]
[8]
T
F
3
4
S
5 ETA AQUARIDS
METEOR SHOWER 7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
31
6
FULL [5] MOON
NEW [1] MOON
27
ANNUAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
*
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
JUNE
TRANSIT OF
VENUS
JUNE ACROSS THE 5-6 SUN
JUNE
PARTIAL
20
LUNAR
SOLSTICE [1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
3
4 FULL [1] MOON
JUNE 4
[6]
[5]
[4]
T
ECLIPSE
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S
1
2
5
6
7
8
9
PARTIAL LUNAR TRANSIT OF VENUS ACROSS THE SUN ECLIPSE
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
28
29
30
NEW [1] MOON 24
25
26
JUNE SOLSTICE 27
[1]
NEW MOON
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[5]
FULL MOON
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
SOUTHERN DELTA
AQUARIDS
METEOR SHOWER
JULY [1]
S 1
[2]
M 2
JULY 28-29
[3]
T 3
[6]
[5]
[4]
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S
4
5
6
7
FULL [5] MOON 8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
27
28
NEW [1] MOON 22
23
24
25
26
SOUTHERN DELTA
AQUARIDS METEOR SHOWER 29
30
31
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
PERSEIDS
NEPTUNE AUGUST AT OPPOSITION 24
METEOR SHOWER AUGUST 12-13
AUGUST
CURIOSITY 6
AUGUST
ROVER AT MARS
[1]
S
5
[3]
[2]
M
6
[5]
[4]
T
[6]
[7]
W
[8]
T
1
2
7
8
14
15
F
S
3
4
9
10
11
16
17
18
FULL [5] MOON
CURIOSITY ROVER
AT MARS 12
13
NEW [1] MOON 19
20
21
22
23
24
25
NEPTUNE AT OPPOSITION 26
27
28
29
30
[1]
NEW MOON
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[5]
FULL MOON
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
31
FULL [5] MOON
SEPTEMBER 22
URANUS AT
SEPTEMBER
29
OPPOSITION
SEPTEMBER EQUINOX
[1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
[4]
T
[6]
[5]
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
NEW [1] MOON 23
SEPTEMBER
EQUINOX
24
25
26
27
28
29
URANUS AT OPPOSITION 30
FULL MOON
[1]
NEW MOON
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[5]
FULL MOON
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
[5]
ASTRONOMY DAY PT 2 APRIL 28
ORIONIDS METEOR SHOWER
OCTOBER
OCTOBER 21-22
[1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
T
[6]
[5]
[4]
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
23
24
25
26
27
NEW [1] MOON 21
ORIONIDS
28
ASTRONOMY D AY PA R T 2
22
METEOR SHOWER
29
30
FULL [5] MOON
31
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
NOVEMBER 13
PENUMBRAL LUNAR ECLIPSE NOVEMBER 28
SOLAR
NOVEMBER 27
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS & SATURN
ECLIPSE
NOVEMBER [1]
S
4
11
M
5
12
[3]
[2]
T
6
13
NEW [1] MOON
[6]
[5]
[4]
TOTAL
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S
1
2
3
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
22
23
24
29
30
TOTAL
SOLAR ECLIPSE 18
19
20
21
25
26
27
28
CONJUNCTION OF VENUS & SATURN
FULL [5] MOON
PENUMBRAL
LUNAR ECLIPSE
[1]
NEW MOON
[5]
FULL MOON
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT
JUPITER AT OPPOSITION
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
3
DECEMBER
GEMINIDS
21
METEOR SHOWER
SOLSTICE
DECEMBER 13-14
[1]
S
[3]
[2]
M
T
[6]
[5]
[4]
W
[7]
[8]
T
F
S 1
JUPITER AT OPPOSITION 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
NEW [1] MOON
GEMINIDS METEOR SHOWER 16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
FULL [5] MOON 30
31
[1]
NEW MOON
[3]
FIRST QUARTER
[5]
FULL MOON
[7]
LAST QUARTER
[2]
WAXING CRESCENT
[4]
WAXING GIBBOUS
[6]
WANING GIBBOUS
[8]
WANING CRESCENT