This is a quick pick for the best astronomical events due in 2021. 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 2026 for easy reference.
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Moon at Perigee: 360348 km
January 1
21:43 PM
01:43 PM
03:13 AM
FULL MOON
January 3
10:03 AM
02:03 AM
03:33 PM
Earth at Perihelion: 0.98330 AU
January 3
17:00 PM
10:30 PM
09:00 AM
Quadrantid Meteor Shower
January 3
22:00 PM
02:00 PM
03:30 AM
Jupiter 3.7°S of Moon
January 3
22:01 PM
02:01 PM
03:31 AM
Pollux 3.0°N of Moon
January 4
03:28 AM
07:28 PM
08:58 AM
Mercury at Aphelion
January 6
11:00 AM
03:00 AM
04:30 PM
Venus at Superior Conjunction
January 6
16:00 PM
08:00 AM
09:30 PM
Regulus 0.5°S of Moon
January 6
16:20 PM
09:50 PM
08:20 AM
Moon at Descending Node
January 7
11:22 AM
03:22 AM
04:52 PM
Mars in Conjunction with Sun
January 9
10:00 PM
02:00 AM
03:30 PM
Jupiter at Opposition
January 10
08:00 AM
12:00 AM
01:30 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
January 10
15:48 PM
07:48 AM
09:18 PM
Spica 1.6°N of Moon
January 10
23:50 PM
03:50 PM
05:20 AM
Moon at Apogee: 405437 km
January 13
20:48 PM
12:48 PM
02:18 AM
Antares 0.6°N of Moon
January 14
19:28 PM
11:28 AM
12:58 AM
NEW MOON
January 18
19:52 PM
11:52 AM
01:22 AM
Mercury at Superior Conjunction
January 21
16:00 PM
08:00 AM
09:30 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
January 22
00:03 AM
04:03 PM
05:33 AM
Venus at Aphelion
January 22
20:00 PM
12:00 PM
01:30 AM
Saturn 4.3°S of Moon
January 23
12:31 PM
04:31 AM
06:01 PM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
January 26
04:47 AM
08:47 PM
10:17 AM
Pleiades 1.1°S of Moon
January 27
21:07 PM
01:07 PM
02:37 AM
Jupiter 3.8°S of Moon
January 31
02:31 AM
06:31 PM
08:01 AM
Pollux 3.0°N of Moon
January 31
13:45 PM
05:45 AM
07:15 PM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
FULL MOON
February 1
22:09 PM
02:09 PM
03:39 AM
Regulus 0.4°S of Moon
February 3
02:48 AM
06:48 PM
08:18 AM
Moon at Descending Node
February 3
19:18 PM
11:18 AM
12:48 AM
Spica 1.8°N of Moon
February 7
08:26 AM
12:26 AM
01:56 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
February 9
12:43 PM
04:43 AM
06:13 PM
Moon at Apogee: 404577 km
February 10
16:52 PM
08:52 AM
10:22 PM
Antares 0.7°N of Moon
February 11
03:19 AM
07:19 PM
08:49 AM
NEW MOON
February 17
12:01 AM
04:01 AM
05:31 PM
Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.963
February 17
12:12 PM
04:12 AM
05:42 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
February 18
06:19 AM
10:19 PM
11:49 AM
Mercury 0.1°N of Moon: Occn.
February 18
23:03 PM
03:03 PM
04:33 AM
Mercury at Perihelion
February 19
11:00 AM
03:00 AM
04:30 PM
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E
February 19
18:00 PM
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
Saturn 4.6°S of Moon
February 19
23:54 PM
03:54 PM
05:24 AM
Pleiades 1.2°S of Moon
February 24
02:43 AM
06:43 PM
08:13 AM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
February 24
12:28 PM
04:28 AM
05:58 PM
Moon at Perigee: 370132 km
February 24
23:18 PM
03:18 PM
04:48 AM
Jupiter 4.0°S of Moon
February 27
06:26 AM
10:26 PM
11:56 AM
Pollux 3.0°N of Moon
February 27
21:34 PM
01:34 PM
03:04 AM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Regulus 0.4°S of Moon
March 2
12:00 PM
04:00 AM
05:30 PM
Moon at Descending Node
March 3
04:35 AM
08:35 PM
10:05 AM
Total Lunar Eclipse; mag=1.151
March 3
11:34 AM
03:34 AM
05:04 pm
FULL MOON
March 3
11:38 AM
03:38 AM
05:08 PM
Spica 1.8°N of Moon
March 6
17:24 PM
09:24 AM
10:54 PM
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
March 7
11:00 AM
03:00 AM
04:30 PM
Antares 0.7°N of Moon
March 10
11:32 AM
03:32 AM
05:02 PM
Moon at Apogee: 404385 km
March 10
13:43 PM
05:43 AM
07:13 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
March 11
09:39 AM
01:39 AM
03:09 PM
Mercury 3.4°N of Mars
March 15
19:00 PM
11:00 AM
12:30 AM
Mercury 2.0°N of Moon
March 17
14:07 PM
06:07 AM
07:37 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
March 17
15:22 PM
07:22 AM
08:52 PM
Mars 1.5°S of Moon
March 17
21:51 PM
01:51 PM
03:21 AM
NEW MOON
March 19
01:23 AM
05:23 PM
06:53 AM
Venus 4.6°S of Moon
March 20
12:39 AM
04:39 AM
06:09 PM
Vernal Equinox
March 20
14:46 PM
06:46 AM
08:16 PM
Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
March 22
10:00 AM
02:00 AM
03:30 PM
Moon at Perigee: 366858 km
March 22
11:40 AM
03:40 AM
05:10 PM
Pleiades 1.1°S of Moon
March 23
08:32 AM
12:32 AM
02:02 PM
Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
March 25
08:00 AM
12:00 AM
01:30 PM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
March 25
19:18 PM
11:18 AM
12:48 AM
Mars at Perihelion: 1.38126 AU
March 26
07:00 AM
11:00 PM
12:30 PM
Jupiter 3.9°S of Moon
March 26
12:13 PM
04:13 AM
05:43 PM
Pollux 3.0°N of Moon
March 27
03:18 AM
07:18 PM
08:48 AM
Regulus 0.4°S of Moon
March 29
19:00 PM
11:00 AM
12:30 AM
Moon at Descending Node
March 30
11:34 AM
03:34 AM
05:04 PM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
FULL MOON
May 1
17:23 PM
09:23 AM
10:53 PM
Antares 0.5°N of Moon
May 4
02:20 AM
06:20 PM
07:50 AM
Moon at Apogee: 405843 km
May 4
22:30 PM
02:30 PM
04:00 AM
Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
May 5
08:00 AM
12:00 AM
01:30 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
May 9
21:10 PM
01:10 PM
02:40 AM
Moon at Ascending Node
May 11
04:36 AM
08:36 PM
10:06 AM
Mercury at Superior Conjunction
May 14
14:00 PM
06:00 AM
07:30 PM
Venus at Perihelion
May 15
04:00 AM
08:00 PM
09:30 AM
NEW MOON
May 16
20:01 PM
12:01 PM
01:31 AM
Moon at Perigee: 358074 km
May 17
13:48 PM
05:48 AM
07:18 PM
Mercury at Perihelion
May 18
10:00 AM
02:00 AM
03:30 PM
Venus 2.9°S of Moon
May 19
01:50 AM
05:50 PM
07:20 AM
Jupiter 3.1°S of Moon
May 20
12:39 PM
04:39 AM
06:09 PM
Pollux 3.4°N of Moon
May 20
16:30 PM
08:30 AM
10:00 PM
Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
May 22
16:00 PM
08:00 AM
09:30 PM
Regulus 0.0°N of Moon
May 23
06:41 AM
10:41 PM
12:11 PM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
May 23
11:11 AM
03:11 AM
04:41 PM
Moon at Descending Node
May 23
15:26 PM
07:26 AM
08:56 PM
Spica 1.9°N of Moon
May 27
14:09 PM
06:09 AM
07:39 PM
Antares 0.4°N of Moon
May 31
08:32 AM
12:32 AM
02:02 PM
FULL MOON
May 31
08:45 AM
12:45 AM
02:15 PM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Moon at Apogee: 406369 km
June 1
04:32 AM
08:32 PM
10:02 AM
Moon at Ascending Node
June 7
06:19 AM
10:19 PM
11:49 AM
Venus 4.6°S of Pollux
June 7
16:17 PM
08:17 AM
09:47 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
June 8
10:00 AM
02:00 AM
03:30 PM
Venus 1.6°N of Jupiter
June 9
20:00 PM
12:00 PM
01:30 AM
Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon
June 13
13:15 PM
05:15 AM
06:45 PM
Moon at Perigee: 357196 km
June 14
23:18 PM
03:18 PM
04:48 AM
NEW MOON
June 15
02:54 AM
06:54 PM
08:24 AM
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.5°E
June 15
20:00 PM
12:00 PM
01:30 AM
Mercury 2.6°S of Moon
June 16
19:32 PM
11:32 AM
01:02 AM
Pollux 3.6°N of Moon
June 17
02:08 AM
06:08 PM
07:38 AM
Jupiter 2.5°S of Moon
June 17
06:54 AM
10:54 PM
12:24 PM
Venus 0.3°S of Moon: Occn.
June 17
20:21 PM
12:21 PM
01:51 AM
Regulus 0.3°N of Moon
June 19
14:31 PM
06:31 AM
08:01 PM
Moon at Descending Node
June 19
17:57 PM
09:57 AM
11:27 PM
Summer Solstice
June 21
08:25 AM
12:25 AM
01:55 PM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
June 21
21:55 PM
01:55 PM
03:25 AM
Spica 2.2°N of Moon
June 23
20:11 PM
12:11 PM
01:41 AM
Mercury 3.8°S of Jupiter
June 25
12:00 PM
04:00 AM
05:30 PM
Antares 0.5°N of Moon
June 27
14:32 PM
06:32 AM
08:02 PM
Moon at Apogee: 406267 km
June 28
07:11 AM
11:11 PM
12:41 PM
Mars 4.3°S of Pleiades
June 28
18:32 PM
10:32 AM
12:02 AM
FULL MOON
June 29
23:57 PM
03:57 PM
05:27 AM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Mercury at Aphelion
July 1
10:00 AM
02:00 AM
03:30 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
July 4
07:51 AM
11:51 PM
01:21 PM
Earth at Aphelion: 1.01664 AU
July 6
18:00 PM
10:00 AM
11:30 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
July 7
19:29 PM
11:29 AM
12:59 AM
Venus 0.9°N of Regulus
July 9
14:36 PM
06:36 AM
08:06 PM
Pleiades 1.1°S of Moon
July 10
22:54 PM
02:54 PM
04:24 AM
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
July 13
01:00 AM
05:00 PM
06:30 AM
Moon at Perigee: 359111 km
July 13
07:50 AM
11:50 PM
01:20 PM
NEW MOON
July 14
09:43 AM
01:43 AM
03:13 PM
Regulus 0.5°N of Moon
July 17
00:07 AM
04:07 PM
05:37 AM
Moon at Descending Node
July 17
00:27 AM
04:27 PM
05:57 AM
Venus 2.0°N of Moon
July 17
16:31 PM
08:31 AM
10:01 PM
Spica 2.4°N of Moon
July 21
03:21 AM
07:21 PM
08:51 AM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
July 21
11:06 AM
04:06 AM
04:36 PM
Antares 0.6°N of Moon
July 24
21:00 PM
02:00 PM
02:30 AM
Moon at Apogee: 405549 km
July 25
16:45 PM
09:45 AM
10:15 PM
Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
July 28
10:00 AM
03:00 AM
03:30 PM
Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
July 29
12:00 AM
05:00 AM
05:30 PM
FULL MOON
July 29
14:36 AM
07:36 AM
08:06 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
July 31
11:54 AM
04:54 AM
05:24 PM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.5°W
August 2
08:00 AM
01:00 AM
01:30 PM
LAST QUARTER MOON
August 6
02:21 AM
07:21 PM
07:51 AM
Pleiades 1.2°S of Moon
August 7
06:23 AM
11:23 PM
11:53 AM
Mars 4.4°S of Moon
August 9
05:31 AM
10:31 PM
11:01 AM
Moon at Perigee: 363288 km
August 10
11:18 AM
04:18 AM
04:48 PM
Pollux 3.6°N of Moon
August 10
22:38 PM
03:38 PM
04:08 AM
Mercury 2.1°S of Moon
August 11
12:48 PM
05:48 AM
06:18 PM
NEW MOON
August 12
17:37 PM
10:37 AM
11:07 PM
Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.039
August 12
17:46 PM
10:46 AM
11:16 PM
Perseid Meteor Shower
August 13
02:00 AM
07:00 PM
07:30 AM
Moon at Descending Node
August 13
09:56 AM
02:56 AM
03:26 PM
Mercury at Perihelion
August 14
09:00 AM
02:00 AM
02:30 PM
Venus at Greatest Elong: 45.9°E
August 15
06:00 AM
11:00 PM
11:30 AM
Venus 2.1°N of Moon
August 16
08:47 AM
01:47 AM
02:17 PM
Spica 2.4°N of Moon
August 17
11:49 AM
04:49 AM
05:19 PM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
August 20
02:46 AM
07:46 PM
08:16 AM
Antares 0.6°N of Moon
August 21
04:18 AM
09:18 PM
09:48 AM
Moon at Apogee: 404644 km
August 22
08:20 AM
01:20 AM
01:50 PM
Mercury at Superior Conjunction
August 27
17:00 PM
10:00 AM
10:30 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
August 27
18:47 PM
11:47 AM
12:17 AM
Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.930
August 28
04:13 AM
09:13 PM
09:43 AM
FULL MOON
August 28
04:18 AM
09:18 PM
09:48 AM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
Moon at Perigee: 369338 km
October 1
20:41 PM
01:41 PM
02:11 AM
LAST QUARTER MOON
October 3
13:25 PM
06:25 AM
06:55 PM
Saturn at Opposition
October 4
12:00 AM
05:00 AM
05:30 PM
Pollux 3.8°N of Moon
October 4
12:27 PM
05:27 AM
05:57 PM
Mars 1.2°S of Moon: Occn.
October 5
05:30 AM
10:30 PM
11:00 AM
Jupiter 0.2°S of Moon: Occn.
October 6
10:18 AM
03:18 AM
03:48 PM
Moon at Descending NodeV
October 7
01:19 AM
06:19 PM
06:49 AM
Regulus 0.6°N of Moon
October 7
02:57 AM
07:57 PM
08:27 AM
NEW MOON
October 10
15:50 PM
08:50 AM
09:20 PM
Venus 3.1°S of Moon
October 12
02:30 AM
07:30 PM
08:00 AM
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.2°E
October 12
10:00 AM
03:00 AM
03:30 PM
Mercury 2.1°N of Moon
October 12
20:08 PM
01:08 PM
01:38 AM
Antares 0.4°N of Moon
October 14
20:25 PM
01:25 PM
01:55 AM
Moon at Apogee: 404639 km
October 16
22:56 PM
03:56 PM
04:26 AM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
October 18
16:13 PM
09:13 AM
09:43 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
October 21
08:53 AM
01:53 AM
02:23 PM
Orionid Meteor Shower
October 21
18:00 PM
11:00 AM
11:30 PM
Venus at Inferior Conjunction
October 24
03:00 AM
08:00 PM
08:30 AM
FULL MOON
October 26
04:12 AM
09:12 PM
09:42 AM
Pleiades 1.0°S of Moon
October 28
01:11 AM
06:11 PM
06:41 AM
Moon at Perigee: 364411 km
October 28
18:01 PM
11:01 AM
11:31 PM
Pollux 4.0°N of Moon
October 31
18:00 PM
11:00 AM
11:30 PM
EVENTS
DATE
GMT TIME
PACIFIC TIME
INDIA TIME
LAST QUARTER MOON
November 1
20:28 PM
01:28 PM
01:58 AM
Mars 1.1°N of Moon: Occn.
November 2
14:23 PM
07:23 AM
07:53 PM
Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn.
November 2
23:11 PM
04:11 PM
04:41 AM
Moon at Descending Node
November 3
03:02 AM
08:02 PM
08:32 AM
Regulus 0.8°N of Moon
November 3
08:40 AM
01:40 AM
02:10 PM
Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
November 4
14:00 PM
07:00 AM
07:30 PM
S Taurid Meteor Shower
November 5
19:00 PM
12:00 PM
12:30 AM
Venus 1.1°N of Moon: Occn.
November 7
11:31 AM
04:31 AM
05:01 PM
Spica 2.4°N of Moon
November 7
12:40 PM
05:40 AM
06:10 PM
NEW MOON
November 9
07:02 AM
12:02 AM
12:32 PM
Mercury at Perihelion
November 10
09:00 AM
02:00 AM
02:30 PM
Venus 0.1°S of Spica
November 10
13:49 PM
06:49 AM
07:19 PM
Antares 0.3°N of Moon
November 11
03:58 AM
08:58 PM
09:28 AM
N Taurid Meteor Shower
November 12
18:00 PM
11:00 AM
11:30 PM
Moon at Apogee: 405619 km
November 13
17:50 PM
10:50 AM
11:20 PM
Mars 1.2°N of Jupiter
November 16
04:00 AM
09:00 PM
09:30 AM
FIRST QUARTER MOON
November 17
11:48 AM
04:48 AM
05:18 PM
Moon at Ascending Node
November 17
11:49 AM
04:49 AM
05:19 PM
Leonid Meteor Shower
November 18
00:00 AM
05:00 PM
05:30 AM
Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°W
November 20
23:00 PM
04:00 PM
04:30 AM
Pleiades 0.9°S of Moon
November 24
11:18 AM
04:18 AM
04:48 PM
FULL MOON
November 24
14:53 PM
07:53 AM
08:23 PM
Mars 1.6°N of Regulus
November 25
07:47 AM
12:47 AM
01:17 PM
Moon at Perigee: 359348 km
November 25
20:58 PM
01:58 PM
02:28 AM
Uranus at Opposition
November 25
23:00 PM
04:00 PM
04:30 AM
Pollux 4.2°N of Moon
November 28
01:27 AM
06:27 PM
06:57 AM
Moon at Descending Node
November 30
03:34 AM
08:34 PM
09:04 AM
Jupiter 1.2°N of Moon: Occn.
November 30
09:18 AM
02:18 AM
02:48 PM
Regulus 1.1°N of Moon
November 30
14:35 PM
07:35 AM
08:05 PM
Mars 3.3°N of Moon
November 30
19:32 PM
12:32 PM
01:02 AM