Astronomical Events 2018

This astronomical calendar for year 2018 contains dates for important and notable celestial events that include moon phases, eclipses, conjunctions, etc. This is a vital list of astronomical events that one should not miss for the year. Mark your calendar, grab your telescope or binoculars and take a look at some of year 2018's best astronomical events.

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This is a quick pick for the best astronomical events due in 2018. A number of astronomical events await sky gazers this year and this is the best possible list that hopefully all of us would live to look at. The astronomical events are listed on a monthly basis for the year 2018 for easy reference.



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Major Astronomical Events

JANUARY 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 22.7°W
January 1
20:00pm
1:00pm
01:30am
Moon at Perigee: 356566 km
January 1
21:54pm
2:54pm
03:24am
FULL MOON
January 2
02:24am
7:24pm
07:54am
Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU
January 3
06:00am
11:00pm
11:30am
Beehive 2.3°N of Moon
January 3
19:50pm
12:50pm
01:20am
Quadrantid Meteor Shower
January 3
20:00pm
1:00pm
01:30am
Moon at Ascending Node
January 4
07:48am
12:48am
1:18pm
Regulus 0.9°S of Moon
January 5
07:24am
12:2apm
12:54pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
January 8
22:25pm
3:25pm
03:55am
Venus at Superior Conjunction
January 9
06:00am
11:00pm
11:30am
Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon
January 11
05:59am
10:59pm
11:29am
Mars 4.6°S of Moon
January 11
10:03am
03:03am
3:33pm
Mercury 0.7° of Saturn
January 13
08:00am
01:00am
1:30pm
Moon at Apogee: 406461 km
January 15
02:10am
7:10pm
07:40am
Saturn 2.6°S of Moon
January 15
02:13am
7:13pm
07:43am
Mercury 3.4°S of Moon
January 15
07:24am
12:24am
12:54pm
NEW MOON
January 17
02:17am
7:17pm
07:47am
Moon at Descending Node
January 18
14:28pm
07:28am
7:58pm
Venus at Aphelion
January 23
17:00pm
10:00am
10:30pm
FIRST QUARTER MOON
January 24
22:20pm
3:20pm
03:50am
Mercury at Aphelion
January 25
11:00am
04:00am
4:30pm
Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon
January 27
10:09am
03:09am
3:39pm
Moon at Perigee: 358995 km
January 30
09:54am
02:54am
3:24pm
Beehive 2.3°N of Moon
January 31
07:19am
12:19am
12:49pm
FULL MOON
January 31
13:27pm
06:27am
6:57pm
Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.315
January 31
13:30pm
06:30am
7:00pm
Moon at Ascending Node
January 31
18:46pm
11:46am
12:16am

FEBRUARY 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Regulus 0.9°S of Moon
February 1
18:24pm
11:24am
11:54pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
February 7
15:54pm
08:54am
9:24pm
Jupiter 4.3°S of Moon
February 7
19:47pm
12:47pm
01:17am
Mars 4.4°S of Moon
February 9
05:12am
10:12pm
10:42am
Moon at Apogee: 405701 km
February 11
14:16pm
07:16am
7:46pm
Saturn 2.5°S of Moon
February 11
14:46pm
07:46am
8:16pm
Mars 5.0°N of Antares
February 11
16:40pm
9:40am
10:10pm
Moon at Descending Node
February 14
21:11pm
2:11pm
02:41am
Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.599
February 15
20:51pm
1:51pm
02:21am
NEW MOON
February 15
21:05pm
2:05pm
02:35am
Mercury at Superior Conjunction
February 17
12:00pm
05:00am
5:30pm
FIRST QUARTER MOON
February 23
08:09am
01:09am
1:39pm
Aldebaran 0.7°S of Moon
February 23
17:07pm
10:07am
10:37pm
Moon at Perigee: 363938 km
February 27
14:48pm
07:48am
8:18pm
Beehive 2.3°N of Moon
February 27
17:28pm
10:28am
10:58pm
Moon at Ascending Node
February 28
05:03am
10:03pm
10:33am

MARCH 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Regulus 0.9°S of Moon
March 1
05:09am
10:09pm
10:39am
FULL MOON
March 2
00:51am
5:51pm
06:21am
Mercury 1.1° of Venus
March 4
06:00am
11:00pm
11:30am
Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
March 4
14:00pm
07:00am
7:30pm
Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon
March 7
06:57am
11:57pm
12:27pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
March 9
11:20am
04:20am
4:50pm
Mars 3.8°S of Moon
March 10
00:37am
5:37pm
06:07am
Mercury at Perihelion
March 10
11:00am
04:00am
04:30pm
Saturn 2.2°S of Moon
March 11
02:37am
7:37pm
08:07am
Moon at Apogee: 404682 km
March 11
09:13am
02:13am
2:43pm
Moon at Descending Node
March 14
03:47am
8:47pm
09:17am
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.4°E
March 15
15:00pm
08:00am
8:30pm
NEW MOON
March 17
13:12pm
06:12am
6:42pm
Venus 3.7°N of Moon
March 18
19:07pm
12:07pm
12:37am
Mercury 3.8° of Venus
March 19
08:00am
01:00am
1:30pm
Vernal Equinox
March 20
16:15pm
09:15am
9:45pm
Aldebaran 0.9°S of Moon
March 22
22:33pm
3:33pm
04:03am
FIRST QUARTER MOON
March 24
15:35pm
08:35am
9:05pm
Moon at Perigee: 369104 km
March 26
17:17pm
10:17am
10:47pm
Beehive 2.2°N of Moon
March 27
00:52am
5:52pm
06:22am
Moon at Ascending Node
March 27
10:56am
03:56am
4:26pm
Regulus 1.0°S of Moon
March 28
13:38pm
06:38am
7:08pm
FULL MOON
March 31
12:37pm
05:37am
6:07pm

APRIL 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
April 1
18:00pm
11:00am
11:30pm
Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon
April 3
14:14pm
07:14am
7:44pm
Saturn at Aphelion
April 3
17:00pm
10:00am
10:30pm
Saturn 1.9°S of Moon
April 7
12:50pm
05:50am
6:20pm:
Mars 3.1°S of Moon
April 7
18:15pm
11:15am
11:45pm
Moon at Apogee: 404145 km
April 8
05:32am
10:32pm
11:02am
LAST QUARTER MOON
April 8
07:18am
12:18am
12:48pm
Moon at Descending Node
April 10
08:09pm
01:09am
1:39pm
Mercury 3.9°N of Moon
April 14
09:24am
02:24am
2:54pm
NEW MOON
April 16
01:57am
6:57pm
07:27am
Venus 5.4°N of Moon
April 17
19:29pm
12:29pm
12:59am
Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
April 18
15:00pm
08:00am
8:30pm
Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon
April 19
04:45am
9:45pm
10:15am
Moon at Perigee: 368713 km
April 20
14:44pm
07:44am
8:14pm
Lyrid Meteor Shower
April 22
18:00pm
11:00am
11:30pm
FIRST QUARTER MOON
April 22
21:46pm
2:46pm
03:16am
Beehive 1.9°N of Moon
April 23
06:17am
11:17pm
11:47am
Moon at Ascending Node
April 23
12:19pm
05:19am
5:49pm
Venus 3.4°S of Pleiades
April 24
16:47pm
09:47am
10:17pm
Regulus 1.2°S of Moon
April 24
19:39pm
12:39pm
01:09am
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.0°W
April 29
18:00pm
11:00am
11:30pm
FULL MOON
April 30
00:58am
5:58pm
06:28am
Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon
April 30
17:16pm
10:16am
10:46pm

MAY 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Venus 6.3°N of Aldebaran
May 2
13:29pm
06:29am
6:59pm
Saturn 1.7°S of Moon
May 4
20:31pm
1:31pm
02:01am
Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
May 5
07:00am
12:00am
12:30pm
Moon at Apogee: 404458 km
May 6
00:35am
5:35pm
06:05am
Mars 2.7°S of Moon
May 6
07:24am
12:24am
12:54pm
Moon at Descending Node
May 7
10:23am
03:23am
3:53pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
May 8
02:09am
7:09pm
07:39am
Jupiter at Opposition
May 9
00:00am
5:00pm
05:30am
Mercury 2.4°N of Moon
May 13
17:21pm
10:21am
10:51pm
NEW MOON
May 15
11:48am
04:48am
5:18pm
Venus at Perihelion
May 16
01:00am
6:00pm
06:30am
Venus 4.8°N of Moon
May 17
18:11pm
11:11am
11:41pm
Moon at Perigee: 363777 km
May 17
21:06pm
2:06pm
02:36am
Beehive 1.7°N of Moon
May 20
11:57am
04:57am
05:27pm
Moon at Ascending Node
May 20
13:13pm
06:13am
6:43pm
Regulus 1.4°S of Moon
May 22
00:53am
5:53pm
06:23am
FIRST QUARTER MOON
May 22
03:49am
8:49pm
09:19am
Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon
May 27
17:39pm
10:39am
11:09pm
FULL MOON
May 29
14:20pm
07:20am
7:50pm

JUNE 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Saturn 1.6°S of Moon
June 1
01:20am
6:20pm
06:50am
Moon at Apogee: 405316 km
June 2
16:34pm
9:34am
10:04pm
Mars 3.2°S of Moon
June 3
11:58am
04:58am
5:28pm
Moon at Descending Node
June 3
12:39pm
05:39am
6:09pm
Mercury at Superior Conjunction
June 6
02:00am
7:00pm
07:30am
Mercury at Perihelion
June 6
10:00am
03:00am
3:30pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
June 6
18:32pm
11:32am
12:02am
Venus 4.6°S of Pollux
June 8
03:37am
8:37pm
09:07am
NEW MOON
June 13
19:43pm
12:43pm
01:13am
Moon at Perigee: 359507 km
June 14
23:55pm
4:55pm
05:25am
Venus 2.3°N of Moon
June 16
13:13pm
06:13am
6:43pm
Moon at Ascending Node
June 16
17:50pm
10:50am
11:20pm
Beehive 1.5°N of Moon
June 16
19:38pm
12:38pm
01:08am
Regulus 1.7°S of Moon
June 18
07:25am
12:25am
12:55pm
Venus 0.4°N of Beehive
June 20
02:21am
7:21pm
07:51am
FIRST QUARTER MOON
June 20
10:51am
03:51am
4:21pm
Summer Solstice
June 21
10:07am
03:07am
3:37pm
Jupiter 4.2°S of Moon
June 23
18:47pm
11:47am
12:17am
Mercury 4.7°S of Pollux
June 24
21:37pm
2:37pm
03:07am
Saturn at Opposition
June 27
12:00pm
05:00am
5:30pm
Saturn 1.8°S of Moon
June 28
03:59am
8:59pm
09:29am
FULL MOON
June 28
04:53am
9:53pm
10:23am
Moon at Apogee: 406061 km
June 30
02:43am
7:43pm
08:13am
Moon at Descending Node
June 30
16:44pm
09:44am
10:14pm

JULY 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Mars 4.8°S of Moon
July 1
01:43am
6:43pm
07:13am
Mercury 0.6°S of Beehive
July 4
05:39am
10:39pm
11:09am
LAST QUARTER MOON
July 6
07:51am
12:51am
01:21pm
Earth at Aphelion: 1.01670 AU
July 6
17:00pm
10:00am
10:30pm
Venus 0.9°N of Regulus
July 9
23:34pm
4:34pm
05:04am
Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon
July 10
09:30am
02:30am
3:00pm
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 26.4°E
July 12
05:00am
10:00pm
10:30am
NEW MOON
July 13
02:48am
7:48pm
08:18am
Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.337
July 13
03:01am
8:01pm
08:31am
Moon at Perigee: 357432 km
July 13
08:28am
01:28am
1:58pm
Moon at Ascending Node
July 14
02:50am
7:50pm
08:20am
Mercury 2.2°S of Moon
July 14
22:04pm
3:04pm
03:34am
Regulus 1.7°S of Moon
July 15
16:14pm
09:14am
9:44pm
Venus 1.6°S of Moon
July 16
03:31am
8:31pm
09:01am
FIRST QUARTER MOON
July 19
19:52pm
12:52pm
01:22am
Mercury at Aphelion
July 20
10:00am
3:00am
03:30pm
Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon
July 20
23:57pm
4:57pm
05:27pm
Mercury 1.2°S of Regulus
July 24
16:49pm
09:49am
10:19pm
Saturn 2.0°S of Moon
July 25
06:10am
11:10pm
11:40am
Mars at Opposition
July 27
06:00am
11:00pm
11:30am
Moon at Apogee: 406223 km
July 27
05:44am
10:44pm
11:14am
FULL MOON
July 27
20:20pm
1:20pm
01:50am
Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.609
July 27
20:22pm
1:22pm
01:52am
Moon at Descending Node
July 27
22:40pm
3:40pm
04:10am
Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
July 28
09:00am
02:00am
2:30pm

AUGUST 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
LAST QUARTER MOON
August 4
18:18pm
11:18am
11:48pm
Aldebaran 1.1°S of Moon
August 6
18:35pm
11:35am
12:05am
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
August 9
02:00am
7:00pm
07:30am
Moon at Ascending Node
August 10
13:40am
06:40am
7:10pm
Moon at Perigee: 358083 km
August 10
18:05pm
11:05am
11:35pm
Partial Solar Eclipse; mag=0.737
August 11
09:46am
02:46am
3:16pm
NEW MOON
August 11
09:58am
02:58am
3:28pm
Perseid Meteor Shower
August 13
01:00am
6:00pm
06:30am
Venus 6.3°S of Moon
August 14
13:35pm
06:35am
7:05pm
Jupiter 4.5°S of Moon
August 17
10:38pm
03:38am
4:08pm
Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°E
August 17
16:00pm
09:00am
9:30pm
FIRST QUARTER MOON
August 18
07:49am
12:49am
01:19pm
Mercury 4.8°S of Beehive
August 21
02:09pm
7:09pm
07:39am
Saturn 2.1°S of Moon
August 21
09:55am
02:55am
03:25pm
Moon at Apogee: 405744 km
August 23
11:23am
04:23am
4:53pm
Moon at Descending Node
August 24
04:51am
9:51pm
10:21am
FULL MOON
August 26
11:56am
04:56am
5:26pm
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.3°W
August 26
20:00pm
1:00pm
01:30am

SEPTEMBER 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Venus 1.0°S of Spica
September 1
04:45am
9:45pm
10:15am
Mercury at Perihelion
September 2
10:00am
03:00am
3:30pm
Aldebaran 1.2°S of Moon
September 3
01:34am
6:34pm
07:04am
LAST QUARTER MOON
September 3
02:37am
7:37pm
08:07am
Moon at Ascending Node
September 6
22:42pm
3:42pm
04:12am
Beehive 1.4°N of Moon
September 7
02:13am
7:13pm
07:43am
Neptune at Opposition
September 7
17:00pm
10:00am
10:30pm
Moon at Perigee: 361355 km
September 8
01:21am
6:21pm
06:51am
NEW MOON
September 9
18:01pm
11:01am
11:31pm
Jupiter 4.4°S of Moon
September 14
02:21am
7:21pm
07:51am
Mars at Perihelion
September 16
12:00pm
5:00am
05:30pm
FIRST QUARTER MOON
September 16
23:15pm
4:15pm
04:45am
Saturn 2.1°S of Moon
September 17
16:46pm
9:46am
10:16pm
Moon at Apogee: 404875 km
September 20
00:54am
5:54pm
06:24am
Mars 4.8°S of Moon
September 20
06:38am
11:38pm
12:08pm
Moon at Descending Node
September 20
09:30am
02:30am
3:00pm
Mercury at Superior Conjunction
September 21
02:00am
7:00pm
07:30am
Autumnal Equinox
September 23
01:54am
6:54pm
07:24am
FULL MOON
September 25
02:52am
7:52pm
08:22am
Aldebaran 1.4°S of Moon
September 30
07:06am
12:06am
12:36pm

OCTOBER 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
LAST QUARTER MOON
October 2
09:45am
02:45am
3:15pm
Moon at Ascending Node
October 4
03:10am
8:10pm
08:40am
Beehive 1.3°N of Moon
October 4
09:51am
02:51am
3:21pm
Regulus 1.8°S of Moon
October 5
21:58pm
2:58pm
03:28am
Moon at Perigee: 366396 km
October 5
22:29pm
3:29pm
03:59am
NEW MOON
October 9
03:47am
8:47pm
09:17am
Jupiter 4.1°S of Moon
October 11
21:21pm
2:21pm
02:51am
Saturn 1.8°S of Moon
October 15
03:01am
8:01pm
08:31am
Mercury 6.2° of Venus
October 16
03:00am
8:00pm
08:30am
FIRST QUARTER MOON
October 16
18:02pm
11:02am
11:32pm
Moon at Descending Node
October 17
12:03pm
05:03am
5:33pm
Moon at Apogee: 404227 km
October 17
19:16pm
12:16pm
12:46am
Mars 1.9°S of Moon
October 18
13:01pm
06:01am
6:31pm
Orionid Meteor Shower
October 21
17:00pm
10:00am
10:30pm
Uranus at Opposition
October 24
01:00am
6:00pm
06:30am
FULL MOON
October 16
16:45pm
9:45am
10:15pm
Venus at Inferior Conjunction
October 26
14:00am
07:00am
7:30pm
Aldebaran 1.6°S of Moon
October 27
13:04pm
06:04am
6:34pm
Mercury 3.1° of Jupiter
October 29
06:00am
11:00pm
11:30am
Moon at Ascending Node
October 31
03:46am
8:46pm
09:16am
Beehive 1.0°N of Moon
October 31
15:24pm
08:24am
08:54pm
LAST QUARTER MOONbr>
October 31
16:40pm
09:40am
10:10pm
Moon at Perigee: 370201 km
October 31
20:05pm
1:05pm
01:35am

NOVEMBER 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Regulus 2.1°S of Moon
November 2
04:16am
9:16pm
09:46am
S Taurid Meteor Shower
November 5
18:00pm
11:00am
11:30pm
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 23.3°E
November 6
15:00am
08:00am
8:30pm
NEW MOON
November 7
16:02pm
9:02am
9:32pm
Mercury 1.8°N of Antares
November 9
04:58am
9:58pm
10:28am
Saturn 1.4°S of Moon
November 11
15:46pm
08:46am
9:16pm
N Taurid Meteor Shower
November 12
17:00pm
10:00pm
10:30pm
Moon at Descending Node
November 13
14:04pm
07:04am
7:34pm
Moon at Apogee: 404341 km
November 14
15:57pm
08:57am
9:27pm
Venus 0.2°S of Spica
November 14
23:14pm
4:14pm
04:44am
FIRST QUARTER MOON
November 15
14:54pm
07:54am
8:24pm
Mars 1.0°N of Moon: Occn.
November 16
04:16am
9:16pm
09:46am
Leonid Meteor Shower
November 17
23:00pm
4:00pm
04:30am
FULL MOON
November 23
05:39am
10:39pm
11:09am
Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon
November 23
21:11pm
2:11pm
02:41am
Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
November 26
06:00am
11:00pm
11:30am
Moon at Perigee: 366623 km
November 26
12:10pm
05:10am
5:40pm
Moon at Ascending Node
November 27
05:18am
10:18pm
10:48am
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
November 27
09:00am
02:00am
2:30pm
Beehive 0.8°N of Moon
November 27
20:57pm
1:57pm
02:27am
Mercury at Perihelion
November 29
09:00am
02:00am
2:30pm
Regulus 2.3°S of Moon
November 29
09:27am
02:27am
2:57pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
November 30
00:19am
5:19pm
05:49am

DECEMBER 2018

EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Venus 3.6°S of Moon
December 3
18:42pm
11:42am
12:12am
Mercury 1.9°S of Moon
December 5
21:06pm
2:06pm
02:36am
NEW MOON
December 7
07:20am
12:20am
12:50pm
Saturn 1.1°S of Moon: Occn.
December 9
05:30am
10:30pm
11:00am
Moon at Descending Node
December 10
17:57am
10:57am
11:27pm
Moon at Apogee: 405177 km
December 12
12:25pm
05:25am
5:55pm
Geminid Meteor Shower
December 14
12:00pm
05:00am
5:30pm
Mars 3.6°N of Moon
December 14
23:21pm
4:21pm
04:51am
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 21.3°W
December 15
11:00am
04:00am
4:30pm
FIRST QUARTER MOON
December 15
11:49am
04:49am
5:19pm
Aldebaran 1.7°S of Moon
December 21
07:31am
12:31am
01:01pm
Mercury 0.8° of Jupiter
December 21
20:00pm
1:00pm
01:30am
Winter Solstice
December 21
22:22pm
3:22pm
03:52am
Mercury 5.8°N of Antares
December 22
08:05am
01:05am
1:35pm
Jupiter 5.1°N of Antares
December 22
15:03pm
08:03am
8:33pm
FULL MOON
December 22
17:49pm
10:49am
11:19pm
Ursid Meteor Shower
December 22
21:00pm
2:00pm
02:30am
Moon at Perigee: 361060 km
December 24
09:52am
02:52am
3:22pm
Moon at Ascending Node
December 24
11:54am
04:54am
5:24pm
Beehive 0.6°N of Moon
December 25
04:52am
9:52pm
10:22am
Regulus 2.5°S of Moon
December 26
16:06pm
09:06am
9:36pm
Venus at Perihelion
December 26
18:00pm
11:00am
11:30pm
LAST QUARTER MOON
December 29
09:34am
02:34am
3:04pm

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