2013 Sky Event Almanac
Eastern European Time
The following table gives the date and time of the important astronomical events for the year. The times listed are for Eastern European Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 2 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed. A key to astronomical terms appears below the almanac.
| 2013 Sky Event Almanac | ||||||||
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Date EET Event
(h:m)
Jan 02 07 Earth at Perihelion: 0.98329 AU
03 16 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
04 05 Mercury at Aphelion
05 05:58 LAST QUARTER MOON
05 21:54 Spica 0.6°N of Moon
07 03:28 Saturn 3.7°N of Moon
08 01:50 Moon at Ascending Node
10 12:26 Moon at Perigee: 360048 km
10 13:36 Venus 2.8°S of Moon
11 21:44 NEW MOON
18 11 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
19 01:45 FIRST QUARTER MOON
21 03:19 Moon at Descending Node
22 04:57 Jupiter 0.5°N of Moon: Occn.
22 12:52 Moon at Apogee: 405313 km
22 13:13 Aldebaran 4.0°S of Moon
24 11 Mars at Perihelion: 1.38149 AU
27 06:38 FULL MOON
Feb 02 03:25 Spica 0.3°N of Moon
03 11:55 Saturn 3.5°N of Moon
03 15:56 LAST QUARTER MOON
04 04:14 Moon at Ascending Node
07 14:09 Moon at Perigee: 365314 km
08 18 Mercury 0.3°N of Mars
10 09:20 NEW MOON
16 23 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 18.1°E
17 04 Mercury at Perihelion
17 04:57 Moon at Descending Node
17 22:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON
18 13:31 Jupiter 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
18 20:49 Aldebaran 3.8°S of Moon
19 08:30 Moon at Apogee: 404475 km
21 04 Venus at Aphelion
21 09 Neptune in Conjunction with Sun
25 22:26 FULL MOON
Mar 01 08:56 Spica 0.1°N of Moon
02 17:21 Saturn 3.3°N of Moon
03 04:30 Moon at Ascending Node
04 15 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
04 23:53 LAST QUARTER MOON
06 01:20 Moon at Perigee: 369954 km
11 21:51 NEW MOON
16 08:15 Moon at Descending Node
18 03:16 Jupiter 1.5°N of Moon
18 04:56 Aldebaran 3.5°S of Moon
19 05:13 Moon at Apogee: 404262 km
19 19:27 FIRST QUARTER MOON
20 13:02 Vernal Equinox
27 11:27 FULL MOON
28 16:29 Spica 0.0°N of Moon
28 19 Venus at Superior Conjunction
29 02 Uranus in Conjunction with Sun
29 22:18 Saturn 3.3°N of Moon
30 07:55 Moon at Ascending Node
31 05:55 Moon at Perigee: 367494 km
Apr 01 00 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 27.8°W
03 06:37 LAST QUARTER MOON
10 11:35 NEW MOON
12 14:12 Moon at Descending Node
14 12:51 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon
14 20:23 Jupiter 2.1°N of Moon
16 00:21 Moon at Apogee: 404865 km
18 02 Mars in Conjunction with Sun
18 14:31 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 13 Lyrid Meteor Shower
25 02:10 Spica 0.0°N of Moon
25 21:57 FULL MOON
25 22:07 Partial Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.015
26 04:28 Saturn 3.5°N of Moon
26 16:07 Moon at Ascending Node
27 21:48 Moon at Perigee: 362268 km
28 10 Saturn at Opposition
May 02 13:14 LAST QUARTER MOON
05 02 Eta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
09 21:12 Moon at Descending Node
10 02:25 Annular Solar Eclipse; mag=0.954
10 02:29 NEW MOON
11 20:00 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon
11 23 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
12 15:03 Jupiter 2.6°N of Moon
13 15:31 Moon at Apogee: 405827 km
16 04 Mercury at Perihelion
18 06:35 FIRST QUARTER MOON
22 12:35 Spica 0.0°N of Moon
23 11:55 Saturn 3.7°N of Moon
24 02:40 Moon at Ascending Node
25 06:10 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.016
25 06:25 FULL MOON
26 03:45 Moon at Perigee: 358375 km
27 08 Mercury 2.4°N of Jupiter
28 19 Venus 1.0°N of Jupiter
31 20:58 LAST QUARTER MOON
Jun 06 02:59 Moon at Descending Node
08 17:56 NEW MOON
09 23:40 Moon at Apogee: 406487 km
12 19 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 24.3°E
13 13 Venus at Perihelion
16 19:24 FIRST QUARTER MOON
18 21:56 Spica 0.1°S of Moon
19 17 Jupiter in Conjunction with Sun
19 19:45 Saturn 3.6°N of Moon
20 09 Mercury 1.9°S of Venus
20 11:51 Moon at Ascending Node
21 07:04 Summer Solstice
23 13:09 Moon at Perigee: 356990 km
23 13:32 FULL MOON
29 03 Mercury at Aphelion
30 06:54 LAST QUARTER MOON
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Date EET Event
(h:m)
Jul 03 06:15 Moon at Descending Node
05 08:09 Aldebaran 3.4°S of Moon
05 17 Earth at Aphelion: 1.01671 AU
06 14:13 Mars 3.7°N of Moon
07 02:36 Moon at Apogee: 406493 km
08 09:14 NEW MOON
09 21 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
16 05:13 Spica 0.3°S of Moon
16 05:18 FIRST QUARTER MOON
17 03:19 Saturn 3.3°N of Moon
17 16:58 Moon at Ascending Node
21 22:27 Moon at Perigee: 358402 km
22 07 Mars 0.8°N of Jupiter
22 11:30 Venus 1.0°N of Regulus
22 20:15 FULL MOON
28 04 Delta-Aquarid Meteor Shower
29 19:43 LAST QUARTER MOON
30 07:50 Moon at Descending Node
30 11 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.6°W
Aug 01 14:22 Aldebaran 3.2°S of Moon
03 10:53 Moon at Apogee: 405834 km
04 00:22 Jupiter 4.0°N of Moon
05 10:39 Mercury 4.4°N of Moon
06 23:51 NEW MOON
12 03 Mercury at Perihelion
12 10:46 Spica 0.6°S of Moon
12 20 Perseid Meteor Shower
13 10:51 Saturn 2.8°N of Moon
13 18:20 Moon at Ascending Node
14 12:56 FIRST QUARTER MOON
19 03:26 Moon at Perigee: 362265 km
21 03:45 FULL MOON
24 23 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
26 10:19 Moon at Descending Node
27 02 Neptune at Opposition
28 11:35 LAST QUARTER MOON
28 21:32 Aldebaran 2.9°S of Moon
31 01:46 Moon at Apogee: 404883 km
31 18:38 Jupiter 4.5°N of Moon
Sep 05 13:36 NEW MOON
06 02:37 Venus 1.5°N of Spica
08 16:11 Spica 0.8°S of Moon
08 23:04 Venus 0.4°N of Moon: Occn.
09 19:29 Moon at Ascending Node
09 19:29 Saturn 2.3°N of Moon
12 19:08 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 18:34 Moon at Perigee: 367388 km
18 22 Venus 3.5°S of Saturn
19 13:13 FULL MOON
22 15:48 Moon at Descending Node
22 22:44 Autumnal Equinox
25 00:29 Mercury 0.7°N of Spica
25 05:39 Aldebaran 2.7°S of Moon
27 05:56 LAST QUARTER MOON
27 20:17 Moon at Apogee: 404309 km
Oct 03 15 Uranus at Opposition
03 21 Venus at Aphelion
05 02:35 NEW MOON
07 00:08 Moon at Ascending Node
07 00:28 Mercury 2.8°S of Moon
07 06:30 Saturn 1.9°N of Moon
08 14:07 Venus 4.7°S of Moon
08 15 Mercury 5.0°S of Saturn
09 12 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 25.3°E
11 01:06 Moon at Perigee: 369813 km
12 01:02 FIRST QUARTER MOON
15 05:51 Mars 0.9°N of Regulus
16 20:26 Venus 1.5°N of Antares
19 01:38 FULL MOON
19 01:50 Pen. Lunar Eclipse; mag=0.765
19 23:47 Moon at Descending Node
21 12 Orionid Meteor Shower
22 14:06 Aldebaran 2.7°S of Moon
25 16:25 Moon at Apogee: 404561 km
27 01:41 LAST QUARTER MOON
Nov 01 11 Venus at Greatest Elong: 47.1°E
01 22 Mercury at Inferior Conjunction
02 08:23 Spica 0.8°S of Moon
03 08:52 Moon at Ascending Node
03 14:46 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.016
03 14:50 NEW MOON
05 13 S Taurid Meteor Shower
06 11:28 Moon at Perigee: 365362 km
06 13 Saturn in Conjunction with Sun
08 02 Mercury at Perihelion
10 07:57 FIRST QUARTER MOON
12 12 N Taurid Meteor Shower
16 07:30 Moon at Descending Node
17 17:16 FULL MOON
17 18 Leonid Meteor Shower
18 04 Mercury at Greatest Elong: 19.5°W
18 22:00 Aldebaran 2.7°S of Moon
22 11:50 Moon at Apogee: 405446 km
25 21:28 LAST QUARTER MOON
26 07 Mercury 0.3°S of Saturn
29 18:43 Spica 0.9°S of Moon
30 18:59 Moon at Ascending Node
Dec 01 12:13 Saturn 1.2°N of Moon: Occn.
03 02:22 NEW MOON
04 12:15 Moon at Perigee: 360065 km
09 17:12 FIRST QUARTER MOON
13 12:10 Moon at Descending Node
14 07 Geminid Meteor Shower
16 04:45 Aldebaran 2.7°S of Moon
17 11:28 FULL MOON
20 01:49 Moon at Apogee: 406269 km
21 19:11 Winter Solstice
22 02 Mercury at Aphelion
22 16 Ursid Meteor Shower
25 15:48 LAST QUARTER MOON
26 04:45 Mars 4.6°N of Moon
27 04:10 Spica 1.0°S of Moon
28 02:21 Moon at Ascending Node
29 03:42 Saturn 0.9°N of Moon: Occn.
29 08 Mercury at Superior Conjunction
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Terms Used in Sky Event Almanac
- Perihelion - instant when a planet is closest to the Sun
- Aphelion - instant when a planet is furthest from the Sun
- Perigee - instant when the Moon is closest to Earth
- Apogee - instant when the Moon is furthest from Earth
- Inferior Conjunction - instant when a planet (Mercury or Venus) passes between Earth and the Sun
- Superior Conjunction - instant when a planet (Mercury or Venus) passes on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth
- Greatest Elongation - the maximum angular separation between the Sun and the planet (Mercury or Venus) as seen from Earth
- during eastern elongation (E), the planet appears as an evening star;
- during western elongation (W), the planet appears as a morning star - Opposition - instant when a planet appears opposite the Sun as seen from Earth
- Conjunction - instant when a planet appears closest the Sun as seen from Earth
- Occultation - the Moon occults or eclipses a star or planet
- Ascending Node - point where the Moon crosses from the southern to northern portion of its orbit
- Descending Node - point where the Moon crosses from the northern to the southern portion of its orbit
- Aldebaran - bright star in the constellation Taurus
- Pollux - bright star in the constellation Gemini
- Regulus - bright star in the constellation Leo
- Spica - bright star in the constellation Virgo
- Antares - bright star in the constellation Scorpius
- Pleiades - bright star cluster in the constellation Taurus
2013 Phases of the Moon
Eastern European Time
The following table gives the date and time of the Moon's phases for the year. The times listed are for Eastern European Time (Coordinated Universal Time + 2 hours) . This time zone may have different names in different countries. If Daylight Saving Time is in effect, add one hour to the times listed.
| 2013 Phases of the Moon | |||
| Eastern European Time | |||
| New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Last Quarter |
| - | - | - | Jan 05 05:58 |
| Jan 11 21:44 | Jan 19 01:45 | Jan 27 06:38 | Feb 03 15:56 |
| Feb 10 09:20 | Feb 17 22:31 | Feb 25 22:26 | Mar 04 23:53 |
| Mar 11 21:51 | Mar 19 19:27 | Mar 27 11:27 | Apr 03 06:37 |
| Apr 10 11:35 | Apr 18 14:31 | Apr 25 21:57 p | May 02 13:14 |
| May 10 02:29 A | May 18 06:35 | May 25 06:25 n | May 31 20:58 |
| Jun 08 17:56 | Jun 16 19:24 | Jun 23 13:32 | Jun 30 06:54 |
| Jul 08 09:14 | Jul 16 05:18 | Jul 22 20:15 | Jul 29 19:43 |
| Aug 06 23:51 | Aug 14 12:56 | Aug 21 03:45 | Aug 28 11:35 |
| Sep 05 13:36 | Sep 12 19:08 | Sep 19 13:13 | Sep 27 05:56 |
| Oct 05 02:35 | Oct 12 01:02 | Oct 19 01:38 n | Oct 27 01:41 |
| Nov 03 14:50 H | Nov 10 07:57 | Nov 17 17:16 | Nov 25 21:28 |
| Dec 03 02:22 | Dec 09 17:12 | Dec 17 11:28 | Dec 25 15:48 |
For a collection of images showing the Moon's phases see: Phases of the Moon Photo Gallery.
The Phases of the Moon table also shows when an eclipse takes place. An eclipse of the Sun can only occur at New Moon (see: Solar Eclipses for Beginners), while an eclipse of the Moon can only occur at Full Moon (see: Lunar Eclipses for Beginners). In any calendar year there are a minimum of two solar and two lunar eclipses.
If an eclipse of the Sun or Moon takes place on a given date, it is noted by a character next to the date in the Phases of the Moon table. Solar eclipses are indicated as: T=Total, A=Annular, H=Hybrid and P=Partial. Lunar eclipses are indicated as: t=Total, p=Partial, and n=Penumbral.
Solar Eclipses
The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of solar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to a global visibility map, an interactive Google map, tables, and additional information.
| Decade Pages of Solar Eclipses | |||||
| Decades | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-2030 | 2031-2040 | 2041-2050 | |
| 2051-2060 | 2061-2070 | 2071-2080 | 2081-2090 | 2091-2100 | |
Lunar Eclipses
The following table contains links to a series of web pages covering the 21st Century. Each one summarizes ten years of lunar eclipses. Every eclipse has links to an eclipse diagram, a global visibility map, tables, and additional information.
| Decade Pages of Lunar Eclipses | |||||
| Decades | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2010 | 2011-2020 | 2021-2030 | 2031-2040 | 2041-2050 | |
| 2051-2060 | 2061-2070 | 2071-2080 | 2081-2090 | 2091-2100 | |
Sky Event Almanacs: 2011 to 2020
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Below are links to sky event almanacs from 2011 to 2020 for six time zones
in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Choose a time zone and click on a year to get a sky event almanac for that year.
| Sky Event Almanac - Europe, Africa, & Middle East | |||||||||||||||
| CVT | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| GMT | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| CET | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| EET | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| MSK | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| GST | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
- CVT = Cape Verde Time (= UTC - 1 hour)
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (= UTC + 0 hour)
- CET = Central European Time (= UTC + 1 hour)
- EET = Eastern European Time (= UTC + 2 hours)
- MSK = Moscow Time (= UTC + 3 hours)
- GST = Gulf Standard Time (= UTC + 4 hours)
(where UTC = Coordinated Universal Time)
- Time Zones Abbreviations
A time zone may have a different name in different countries. Note the difference in hours between a given time zone and Coordinated Universal Time to help in identification.
For other years and other time zones, visit: Sky Event Almanacs.
Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs
The goal of the Sky Event Almanacs is to present a wide range of solar system phenomena with reasonable accuracy. In general, events listed to the nearest hour are accurate to ± 30 minutes. Events listed with a precision in hours and minutes (i.e., hh:mm) are typically accurate to ± 5 minutes or less.
The following table gives a more detailed breakdown of the accuracy of times for various astronomical events.
| Accuracy of the Sky Event Almanacs | |
| Solstice/Equinox (Earth) | ± 0.5 minute |
| Aphelion/Perihelion (Earth) | ± 30 minutes; ± 0.00001 AU |
| Solar and Lunar Eclipses | ± 0.5 minute |
| Phases of the Moon | ± 0.5 minute |
| Moon at Nodes | ± 2 minutes |
| Apogee/Perigee of Moon | ± 5 minutes; ± 5 kilometers |
| Conjunctions of Moon with Star or Planet | ± 10 minutes |
| Conjunctions of Planet with Planet | ± 3 hours |
| Inferior/Superior Conjunctions (Mercury & Venus) | ± 30 minutes |
| Greatest Elongation (Mercury & Venus) | ± 30 minutes |
| Opposition/Conjunction (Outer Planets) | ± 3 hours |
| Aphelion/Perihelion of Planets | ± 30 minutes |
Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 to 2070
Acknowledgements
All calculations are by Fred Espenak and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Algorithms used in predicting many of the astronomical events are based on Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus (Willmann-Bell Inc. Richmond 1998).
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by the acknowledgment:
- "Sky Event Almanacs Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.AstroPixels.com".
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