Upcoming Astronomical Events

8th September 2010 - New Moon
9th September 2010 - Peak of Piscid meteor shower
11th September 2010 - Crescent Moon close to Venus in evening twilight
15th September 2010 - Moon at First Quarter
19th September 2010 - Best morning appearance of Mercury; furthest west from the Sun
21st September 2010 - Jupiter and Uranus at opposition
22nd September 2010 - Jupiter and Uranus in conjunction
23rd September 2010 - Full Moon; Autumn Equinox
28th September 2010 - Moon close to the Pleiades star cluster early this evening
1st October 2010 - Moon at Last Quarter
7th October 2010 - New Moon
14th October 2010 - Moon at First Quarter
17th October 2010 - Moon above Neptune this evening
19th October 2010 - Moon right of Jupiter and Uranus this evening
22nd October 2010 - Comet Hartley 2 brightest near star cluster M38 in Auriga; peak or Orionid meteor shower
23rd October 2010 - Full Moon
25th October 2010 - Moon below the Pleiades star cluster in morning twilight
26th October 2010 - Moon; Pleiades and star Aldebaran male a triangle in morning twilight
28th October 2010 - Comet Hartley 2 closest to Earth; may be visible in Gemini
30th October 2010 - Moon at Last Quarter; British Summer Time ends
31st October 2010 - British Summer Time ends at 0200BST; 0100GMT
1st November 2010 - Crescent Moon below Regulus in Leo in morning twilight
3rd November 2010 - Crescent Moon right of Saturn in morning twilight
4th November 2010 - Crescent Moon; Saturn and star Spica make a triangle in morning twilight
5th November 2010 - Peak of Taurid meteor shower
6th November 2010 - New Moon
13th November 2010 - Moon at First Quarter
16th November 2010 - Moon above Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces this evening
17th November 2010 - Venus close to star Spica in morning twilight
18th November 2010 - Peak of Leonid meteor shower
21st November 2010 - Full Moon close to the Pleiades star cluster this evening
28th November 2010 - Moon at Last Quarter
1st December 2010 - Crescent Moon right of Saturn in morning twilight
2nd December 2010 - Crescent Moon below star Spica and right of Venus in morning twilight
3rd December 2010 - Crescent Moon Spica and Venus make a triangle in morning twilight
5th December 2010 - New Moon
7th December 2010 - Crescent Moon near Mercury in evening twilight
11th December 2010 - Moon above Neptune this evening
13th December 2010 - Moon at First Quarter close to Jupiter and Uranus this evening
14th December 2010 - Peak of Geminid meteor shower
18th December 2010 - Moon close to the Pleiades star cluster tonight
19th December 2010 - Moon above star Aldebaran
21st December 2010 - Winter solstice; total lunar eclipse as Moon sets in early morning; Full Moon tonight
22nd December 2010 - Peak of Ursid meteor shower
23rd December 2010 - Moon between stars Pollux and Procyon this morning
25th December 2010 - Happy Christmas! Moon rises below star Regulus in Leo late this evening
28th December 2010 - Moon at Last Quarter right of Saturn early this morning
29th December 2010 - Moon; Saturn and star Spica make a triangle this morning
31st December 2010 - Happy Hogmanay! Crescent Moon right of Venus in morning twilight