Full Astronomical Calendar 2015 astronomy events.

2015 is full of surprises for observers worldwide. A lot of events will take place this year from occultations to eclipses.
Among these astronomical phenomena, I point out the total eclipse of the Sun on 20 March, and total lunar eclipse of 28 September. On September 28, 2015 will be a total lunar eclipse. I look forward to see the event.
Occultations will take place, 6 in number, between March and Venus, and a lot of conjunctions between the Sun, stars and planets. Conjunction of Mars, Venus and Jupiter on 28 October, I find most interesting.
Another important event is that by February, we will be able to see the dwarf planet Ceres images with the help of NASA’s Down device.

Take your binoculars or telescope from the closet, because surely, in 2015 you will not have too many pauses between the events that will unfold in the sky.
Astronomical Calendar 2015 astronomical events.

I have gathered here informations about astronomical phenomena of the year 2015 which took me a lot of time and believe me it was not easy to put them together. I hope you’ll find interesting this astronomical calendar.

If you want, you can view astronomical calendar in sections you can see:

-only moon phases
-only perigee / apogee
-only occultations
-only conjunctions
-only comets

In this calendar, further events will occur over time, as asteroids and other objects are evolving in the sky.
Here’s how it looks:

►02, 03 january 2015 - Quadrantids. Quadrantid meteor shower, get to have up to 40meteors per hour, usually on 3 and 4 January, but may be visible on 1-5 January. The highest rate of meteors per hour took place in 1932 (80/ hour). The best time for observations is a darkplace after midnight. Meteors radiate from the constellation Bootes, close to the North Star.
The source of this meteor shower was unknown until December 2003 when Peter Jenniskensof the Ames Research Center (NASA) found evidence that meteoroids come from 2003 EH1 ,an “asteroid”, which is probably a piece of a comet which collapsed 500 years ago.
Unfortunately, nearly full Moon will block most brilliant meteors this year. The best time for observing will be from a dark location after midnight.

►January 04, 2015 - Earth at perihelion. Earth reaches the closest point to the Sun, 0.98333AU at 08:59.

►January 5, 2015 - Full Moon. The earth will be between the Sun and the Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 04:53 GMT.

►January 9, 2015 - Moon at apogee. Luna reach the farthest point from Earth (405411 km from Earth), at 18:17 GMT

►January 11, 2015 - Mercury-Venus 0.6 ° at 01:00 GMT.

►January 13, 2015 - Moon at the last quarter. at 01:00 GMT. 

►January 13, 2015 - Comet C / 2013 G9 (Tenagra) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on April 15, 2013. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.

►January 14, 2015 - Comet 201P / LONEOS reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered 09 August 2001. No data about its diameter. It has an orbit of 6.47 years.

►January 20, 2015 - New Moon. Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 13:14 GMT.

►January 21, 2015 - The moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (359643 km from Earth) at 20:06 GMT

►January 21, 2015 - Mercury perihelion. The planet will be at its closest point to the Sun at 20:00.

►January 21, 2015 - Comet D / 1886 K1 (Brooks) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on May 25, 1886. No data about its diameter. It has an orbit of 5.44 years.

►January 26, 2015 - The asteroid 357439 (2004 BL86) 3.1 Moon distances of our planet. It was discovered on January 30, 2004. Its diameter is 0.4-1 km. It has an orbit of 1.84 years.

►January 27, 2015 - Moon at the first quarter. at 04:48 GMT

►January 30, 2015 - Comet 7P / Pons-Winnecke reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on June 12, 1819. Its diameter is 5.2 km. It has an orbit of 6.37 years.

►January 30, 2015 - Mercury at inferior conjunction. Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun, at 14:00 GMT.

►January 31, 2015 - Asteroid (2008 CQ) 4.8 Moon distances from our planet. It has an orbit of 5.5 years.

►February 2015 - “Dawn” at Ceres. Dawn, NASA’s spacecraft will encounter dwarf planet known as Ceres sometime in February 2015. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Because of its size and shape, was officially classified as a dwarf planet, which puts it in the same category as Pluto. Ceres is 950 km in diameter and is large enough to have a round shape. Down will spend several months studying Ceres and will send back the first close ups of the dwarf planet in our Solar System.

►February 3, 2015 - Full Moon. The earth will be between the Sun and the Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 23:09 GMT.

►February 06, 2015 - Jupiter at opposition. 17:00. Jupiter will be the closest to Earth and itsface will be fully illuminated by the sun. An opposition happens when a planet is at an elongation of 180 ° and thus appears opposite from the Sun in the sky. This is the best time to observe Jupiter.

►February 06, 2015 - Moon at apogee. Luna reach the farthest point from Earth (406155 km from Earth) at 6:25 GMT

►February 12, 2015 - Moon at the last quarter. at 03:50 GMT.

►February 16, 2015 - Comet P / 2005 Q4 (LINEAR) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on August 31, 2005. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.

►February 18, 2015 - Moon at the first quarter. at 17:14 GMT.

►February 18, 2015 - New Moon. Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 23:47 GMT.

►February 19, 2015 - The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (356992 km from Earth) at 7:29 GMT

►February 22, 2015 - The conjunction of Venus and Mars. Conjunctions are rare events in which two or more objects will appear very close together in the night sky. The two bright planets will be visible only half a degree apart in the evening sky. Look to the west just after sunset.

►February 24, 2015 - Mercury at greatest elongation: 18.9 ° W, 16:00

►February 26 2015 - Conjunction Neptune – Sun. At 04:00 GMT.

►March 02, 2015 - Comet 6P / d’Arrest reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on June 28, 1851. Its diameter is 3.2 km. It has an orbit of 6.54 years.

►March 5, 2015 - Moon at apogee. Luna reach the farthest point from Earth (406386 km from Earth) at 6:35 GMT

►March 5, 2015 - Full Moon. The earth will be between the Sun and the Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 18:05 GMT.

►March 06, 2015 - Mercury at aphelion. The planet is at the farthest point from the Sun at 20:00.

►March 13, 2015 - Moon at the last quarter. at 17:48 GMT.

►March 13, 2015 - Comet D / 1884 O1 (Bernard) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on July 24, 1884. No data about its diameter. It has an orbit of 5.38 years.

►March 19, 2015 - The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (357584 km from Earth), at 19:38 GMT

►March 20, 2015 - Equinox of March. March Equinox occurs at 22:45 GMT. The Sun will shine directly on the equator and the days and nights will be almost equal in the whole world. This is also the first day of spring (spring equinox) in the northern hemisphere and the first day of fall (autumnal equinox), in the southern hemisphere.

►March 20, 2015 - New Moon. Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 09:36 GMT.

►March 20, 2015 - Total eclipse of the Sun, at 09:46. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon covers only a part of the solar disk and sometimes resembles a bite of a cookie. Total solar eclipse will be visible from Svalbard and the Faroe Islands. The eclipse will be partial to the people of Iceland, Europe, North-East Asia and North Western Africa.
A partial solar eclipse can be seen only with a special solar filter or looking at the reflection of the Sun.
►March 21, 2015 - Mars 0.6 ° N Moon at 22:13 GMT. Occultation.

►March 25, 2015 - Comet P / 2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on 30 November 2008. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.

►March 27, 2015 - Moon at the first quarter. at 07:43 GMT.

►April 1, 2015 - Moon at apogee. Luna reach the farthest point from Earth (406012 km from Earth), at 12:59  GMT

►April 01, 2015 - Comet C / 2012 F3 (PANSTARRS) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on 30 November 2008. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.

►April 04, 2015 - Full Moon. The earth will be between the Sun and the Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 12:05 GMT

►April 04 2015 - partial eclipse of the Moon mag = 0.996, at 12:01 GMT. Earth will be between the Moon and the Sun and Earth’s shadow will cover the lunar disc. The eclipse will be visible in most of North America, Pacific, East Asia and New Zealand.
►April 06, 2015 - The conjunction of Uranus and the Sun. 14:00 GMT.

►April 06 2015 - Comet 88P / Howell reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on August 29, 1981. Its diameter is 4.4 km. It has an orbit of 5.5 years.

►April 08, 2015 - Comet 42P / Neujmin 3 reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on August 2, 1929. Its diameter is 2.2 km. It has an orbit of 10.71 years.

►April 10, 2015 - Mercury at superior conjunction. Mercury passes on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth at 04:00 GMT.

►April 12, 2015 - Moon at the last quarter. at 03:44 GMT.

►April 17, 2015 - The Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (361026 km from Earth) at 3:53  GMT

►April 18, 2015 - New Moon. Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 18:57 GMT.

►April 18, 2015 - Venus at perihelion. Venus reaches the closest point to the Sun, at 13:00GMT.

►April 18, 2015 - Comet P / 2006 S6 (Hill) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It was discovered on August 29, 2006. No data yet about its orbit or diameter.

►April 19, 2015 - Mercury perihelion. Mercury reaches the closest point to the Sun, at 20:00 GMT.

►April 22-23, 2015 - Lyrid meteor shower. Lyrids are meteor showers with medium intensity, usually producing about 20 meteors per hour. These meteors can produce bright dusttail that takes a few seconds. Some meteors may be visible between April 16 to 25. First quarter moon will set shortly after midnight, leaving a fairly dark sky, so it could be a good show. These meteors radiate from the constellation Lyra, and their source Comet Thatcher18611.

►April 25, 2015 - Moon at the first quarter. at 23:55 GMT.

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