2013
Lunar Saros series 150 starts this year.
EU wide driving license issued this year.
UK digital switch over complete this year.
January 20th 2013
Inauguration of USA president 12 noon Washington.
April 25th 2013
Partial lunar Eclipse at 6 degrees Scorpio. Central eclipse 20:08 GMT
May 9th 2013
The Moon occults Mars (daylight occultation visible from the UK with a telescope).
May 10th 2013
Long Annular Solar Eclipse at 20 degrees Taurus. Lasts 6m 3s. Central eclipse 00:25 GMT, visible from Australia and the pacific ocean.
New Guinea and The Solomon Islands
The Gilbert Islands
The Line Islands
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2013-05-10/
May 25th 2013.
First eclipse in Saros series 150. A slight penumbral eclipse centred on 05:10 GMT occurs at 4 degrees Sagittarius.
June 26th 2013
Jupiter enters Cancer.
Monday July 29th 2013.
We look forward also to this grand 'mystic' hexagon or 'Grand Sextile' arrayed in the skies of Earth on Monday July 29th 2013 involving Pluto in Capricorn, Neptune in Pisces, the Moon in Taurus, Jupiter and Mars in Cancer and Venus in Virgo. The hexagon is formed in feminine (Earth and Water) signs of the tropical zodiac.
Astrological Chart set for London below.
This time was first pointed out to me by Derekdjwilliams@aol.com. (Astrological researcher into 'Grand Sextiles').
The great mystic hexagon.
September 8th 2013.
The Moon occults Spica (day light occultation visible from the UK with a telescope).
October 18th 2013
Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 26 degrees Aries. Central eclipse 23:50 GMT
November 2nd 2013.
The New Moon occults Spica (directed onto the UK at Moonrise).
November 3rd 2013.
Annular/Total Solar Eclipse 12-47 GMT at 11 degrees Scorpio visible from the Atlantic ocean, and central Africa.
http://www.clock-tower.com/eclipse99/
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2013-11-03/
December 21st 2013
Winter Solstice 17:11 GMT. Good Moonrise to observe mid evening.
2014
Masdar City the first zero carbon, zero waste city completed this year.
Tuesday April 15th 2014
Total Lunar Eclipse at 25 degrees Libra sets over Europe. Central eclipse 07:46 GMT.
April 29th 2014
Rare non-central annular solar eclipse at 9 degrees Taurus visible only from a very small part of Antarctica. Maximum eclipse 06:04 GMT.
May 22nd 2014
Space probe Rosetta's meeting with Churyumov-Gerasimenko is set for May 22nd 2014.
The probe will go into orbit around the 4km-wide ball of ice and dust and place a small lander called Philae on its surface. As the comet moves into the inner Solar System, radiation from the Sun will cause the comet's ices to sublime - they will turn straight from a solid to a gas. Material will be ejected at supersonic speeds. Gas and dust will be thrown out around the comet to form a coma, and away from the comet to form tails. The Rosetta orbiter and lander will watch and record these events as the comet hurtles along at speeds up to 135,000km/h. Scientists are keen to study comets close up because they are thought to contain materials that have remained largely unchanged since the formation of the Solar System 4.6bn years ago. The Launch was 2 March 2004 June 26th 2014
Daylight lunar occultation of Mercury (visible telescopically from the UK).
July 16th 2014
Jupiter enters Leo.
August 24th 2014
New horizons spacecraft crosses the orbit of Neptune today bound for Pluto.
October 8th 2014
Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 degrees Aries 10-55 GMT. Central eclipse 10:55 GMT.
October 23rd 2014
Partial Solar Eclipse at zero degrees Scorpio. Central eclipse 21:45 GMT.
October 25th 2014
Daylight lunar occultation of Saturn (visible telescopically from the UK).
Saturday Dec 21st- Sunday Dec 22nd 2014
New Moon in Capricorn and Winter Solstice
Dec. 23rd 2014
Saturn first enters Sagittarius.
http://www.paleothea.com
2015
(The year of the Lunar Minor Standstill)
The first plasma operation of the fusion reactor ITER is expected to start this year.
Jan 5th 2015
Minor standstill south Full Moon
March 13th 2015
Minor lunar standstill last quarter Moon
March 20th 2015
Total Solar Eclipse at 29 degrees Pisces. This eclipse starts in the north Atlantic ocean and tracks between the UK and Iceland passing directly through the Faroe islands. This is the closest Total Solar Eclipse to the mainland UK since the 1999 eclipse. Central eclipse 09-46 GMT
http://www.clock-tower.com/eclipse99/
March 27th 2015
Minor lunar standstill first quarter Moon
April 4th 2015
Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 degrees Libra 13-00 GMT. This is the shortest Total Lunar eclipse of the 21st century. Totality lasts for only 11 minutes 57 seconds.
July 1st 2015
The Earth, Venus and Jupiter are in a straight line.
July 2nd 2015
Minor standstill south Full Moon
July 14th 2015
The 'NEW Horizons' spacecraft launched January 19th 2006 reaches Pluto today.
August 11th 2015
Jupiter enters Virgo.
September 5th 2015
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK). Minor lunar standstill last quarter Moon
September 9th 2015
Queen Elizabeth 2nd of Britain is now the longest reigning monarch in England passing the 63 year record set by Queen Victoria.
September 13th 2015
Partial Solar Eclipse at 20 degrees Virgo. Central eclipse 06:54 GMT
September 21st 2015
Minor lunar standstill first quarter Moon
Monday September 28th 2015
Total Lunar Eclipse at 5 degrees Aries visible from Europe. Central eclipse 03:47 GMT
Mark this date in your diary. Total Lunar Eclipse through the early hours.
October 29th 2015
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK).
December 17th 2015
Saturn is conjunct Antares.
December 22nd 2015
Saturn conjunct Antares. Winter Solstice 04:48. Waxing gibbous Moon in Taurus. A bright night.
December 23rd 2015
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK) time 18:20 GMT.
December 25th 2015
Minor standstill north Full Moon on Christmas Day.
2016
The start of the Altair unmanned lunar flights starts this year.
ITER nuclear fusion reactor boots up this year.
Lunar Saros series 109 ends this year.
January 20th 2016
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK).
March 9th 2016
Total Solar Eclipse at 19 degrees Pisces 01-57 GMT. This eclipse is visible from the East Indies and the northern Pacific Ocean
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2016-03-09/
March 23rd 2016
Penumbral lunar eclipse at 4 degrees Libra. Central eclipse 12:47 GMT.
April 6th 2016.
Daylight lunar occultation of Venus (visible telescopically from the UK).
April 18th 2016
Mars approaching Antares and Saturn, senses grave danger and turns retrograde. A wonderous view in early pre-dawn skies.
May 9th 2016
Mercury transits the disc of the Sun. Transit starts 11:12 UT, mid transit 14:57 UT transit ends 18:42 UT.
June 25th 2016
Lunar occultation of Neptune (visible telescopically from the UK).
August 2016
August 5th to 21st 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
August 13th 2016
Retrograde Saturn stationary conjunct Antares. Mars appraoaches, all visible in night skies.
August 24th 2016
Mars and Saturn conjunct Antares, wonderfully visible.
September 1st 2016
Annular Solar Eclipse at 9 degrees Virgo. The eclipse is visible from central Africa, Madagascar and the southern Indian Ocean. The path of totality passes through Lusaka. Central eclipse 09:07 GMT
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2016-09-01/
September 9th 2016
Jupiter enters Libra.
September 15th 2016
Lunar occultation of Neptune (visible telescopically from the UK).
September 16th 2016
Penumbral lunar Eclipse at 25 degrees Pisces. Central eclipse 19:54 GMT.
September 30th 2016
Daylight Lunar Occultation of Jupiter (visible telescopically from the UK).
November 8th 2016
USA election day.
December 13th 2016
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK).
Wednesday December 22nd Winter Solstice 10:45 GMT, Last quarter Moon in Libra rises around midnight.
December 28th 2016
Darkest night of the year, Inferior conjunction of Mercury
2017
http://www.cellsignal.com
London's crossrail system starts this year.
Sealed records surrounding the assignation of John F Kennedy will be released this year.
China will start a lunar mission this year.
Feb. 11th 2017
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 23 degrees Leo. Central eclipse 00:44 GMT
Feb. 26th 2017
Annular Solar Eclipse at 8 degrees Pisces 15:53 GMT visible from Peru, Argentina and parts of South Africa.
April 28th 2017
Daylight lunar occultation of Aldebaran. (visible from the UK).
June 2017
The ever-changing aspect of Saturn's rings are shownin their full glory when wide open in June 2017.
Graphics made using Guide 8. www.projectpluto.com
June 22nd 2017
Daylight Lunar Occultation of Aldebaran (visible telescopically from the UK).
July 25th 2017
Daylight lunar occultation of Mercury (visible telescopically from the UK).
August 7th 2017
Partial Lunar Eclipse 15 degrees Aquarius 18:21 GMT
August 16th 2017
Daylight lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible telescopically from the UK).
August 21st 2017
Total Solar Eclipse at 29 degrees Leo conjunct Regulus.
First total eclipse on American soil since 1991
First on the mainland since 1979
First to sweep across the entire country since 1918
http://www.mcglaun.com/eclipse/eclipse2017.htm
Central eclipse 18-26 GMT visible from right across the USA, Maximum totality 2m 40s. The path of the Total Eclipse tracks through Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska, Missouri, Southern Illinois, South West Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina.
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2017-08-21/
Any US citizen living on the path of totality and prepared to offer myself and a friend some basic accommodation or camping space during this month pleaseget in touch!
October 10th 2017
Jupiter enters Scorpio.
November 6th 2017
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK).
December 8th 2017
Lunar occultation of Regulus (visible from the UK).
November 11th 2019
Transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun. Transit starts 12:35 UT, mid transit 15:20 UT, transit ends 18:04 UT.
Dec. 20th 2017
Saturn enters Capricorn.
Dec 21st 2017
New Moon and the Winter Solstice Sun conjunct Saturn.
Dec. 31st 2017
(around 00-50 GMT) Occultation of Aldebaran by the gibbous Moon, visible from the UK northern Europe and North Asia. Worth a few shivers to observe it from the wilds.
2018
Start of the Space Elevator project this year (finish date 2031).
Jan 5th 2018
Lunar occultation of Regulus (visible telescopically from the UK at Sunrise).
Jan 31st 2018
Total Lunar Eclipse 1 2 degrees Leo 13-30 GMT
No realized Full Moon in February this year.
Feb. 15th 2018
Partial Solar Eclipse 27 degrees Aquarius 20:52 GMT
February 23rd 2018
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible telescopically from the UK at Sunset)
March 1st 2018
Lunation occultation of Regulus (visible telescopically from the UK at Sunrise).
March 22nd 2018
Lunar occultation of Aldebaran (visible from the UK)
May 15th 2018
Uranus first enters Taurus.
http://www.astrolingua.spb.ru/ANONS/englsite.htm
June 8th to July 8th 2018
2018 FIFA World Cup.
July 27th 2018
Total Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius rises over Europe. This is the longest Total Lunar Eclipse in the 21st century. Totality lasts 1 hour 43 minutes 35 seconds.
Also on this date Mars is closest to Earth since 2003 although not as close.
August 11th 2018
Partial Solar Eclipse 19 degrees Leo 09:46 GMT visible from the UK.
November 8th 2018 Jupiter enters Sagittarius.
Dec 21st 2018
Winter Solstice 22:23 GMT. Dec 22nd Full Moon 17:49 GMT
2019
Super computers reach speeds of 1 Exaflop this year.
Orion 15 launches this year on the first manned Lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Jan 6th 2019
Partial Solar Eclipse 15 degrees Capricorn 01:42 GMT
Monday Jan 21st 2019
Total Lunar Eclipse 1 degree Leo 06:12 GMT sets over Europe.
July 2nd 2019
Total Solar Eclipse 11 degrees Cancer 19-23 GMT visible from southern South America.
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2019-07-02/
July 16th 2019
Partial Lunar Eclipse 24 degrees Capricorn 22:31 GMT
November 28th 2019
Daylight lunar occultation of Jupiter (visible telescopically from the UK)
December 2nd 2019
Jupiter enters Capricorn.
December 22nd 2019
Winter Solstice 04:20 GMT. Moon rising in Scorpio over the UK at the time
December 26th 2019
Annular Solar Eclipse 4 degrees Capricorn 05:18 GMT. This boxing day eclipse is visible from south east Arabia, southern India and the East Indies. The path of totality passes right through Singapore.
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2019-12-26/
2020
The first 'crash proof car' using sonar is expected this year.
NASA expects to start Moon colonization this year.
Jan 10th 2020
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 20 degrees Cancer 20:10 GMT
Jan 12th 2020
Saturn conjunct Neptune 23 degrees Capricorn.
http://water-blessing.blogspot.com/
March 22nd 2020
Saturn first enters Aquarius.
http://astronomypictureoftheday.wordpress.com
April 5th 2020
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 25 degrees Capricorn. First of 3.
June 2020
Euro 2020 Football competition.
June 5th 2020
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 16 degrees Sagittarius 19:25 GMT
June 19th 2020
Daylight Lunar occultation of Venus (visible telescopically from the UK)
June 21st 2020
Annular Solar Eclipse on the Summer Solstice Day at zero degrees Cancer 06:40 GMT visible from a thin path passing through central Africa, south Arabia, Pakistan, northern India and China.
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2020-06-21/
June 30th 2020 Jupiter conjunct Pluto 24 degrees Capricorn. Second of 3.
July 5th 2020 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse at 14 degrees Capricorn 05:30 GMT
November 3rd 2020 USA elections.
November 12th 2020
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 23 degrees Capricorn. Final of 3.
November 30th 2020
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 9 degrees Gemini 09:43
December 14th 2020
Daylight lunar occultation of Mercury (visible telescopically from the UK) followed by
a Total Solar Eclipse 23 degrees Sagittarius visible from southern South America 16-14 GMT.
December 19th 2020
Jupiter enters Aquarius
Monday Dec. 21st 2020
Jupiter conjunct Saturn 0 degrees Aquarius. Winter Solstice 10:03. Moon in Pisces.
http://zodiac-heaven.blogspot.com
2021
The US has its first Pluto return in the period from 2021 to 2022.
Jan 12th 2021
Six planets within a 20 degree arc in Capricorn for 2 days.
January 21st 2021
Inauguration of US pesident
Feb. 10th 2021
Six planets again in a 20 degree arc this time in Aquarius for 2 days.
May 13th 2021
Jupiter first enters Pisces
May 26th 2021
Total Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Sagittarius 11:19 GMT
June 10th 2021
Annular Solar Eclipse 20 degrees Gemini visible from eastern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic and north east Siberia 10:42 GMT
Nov. 19th 2021
Partial Lunar Eclipse 27 degrees Taurus 09:03 GMT
December 4th 2021
Total Solar Eclipse 12 degrees Sagittarius visible from Antarctica 07:34 GMT
Tuesday Dec 21st 2021
Winter Solstice 16:00 GMT Moon in Cancer (full the previous Sunday)
2022
Comet 73P/SchwassmannWadmann will cause a meteor shower this year.
April 12th 2022
Jupiter conjunct Neptune 24 Pisces
April 30th 2022
Partial Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Taurus 20:42 GMT
May 10th 2022
Jupiter first enters Aries
May 16th 2022
Total Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Scorpio 05:12 GMT
June July 2022
FIFA 2022 World Cup.
September 14th 2022
Lunar occultation of Uranus (visible telescopically from the UK approx. 21:33 to 22.25) at approx. 13 to 21 degrees altitude.
September 27th 2022
Jupiter at opposition today is at its brightest and closest since 2010.
October 25th 2022
Partial Solar Eclipse 2 degrees Scorpio 11:00 GMT visible from the UK.
November 8th 2022
Total Lunar Eclipse 17 degrees Taurus 11:59 GMT
December 5th 2022
Lunar occultation of Uranus (visible telescopically from the UK just after Sunset)
December 8th 2022
Lunar occultation of Mars by the Full Moon (visible from the UK).
December 21st 2022
Winter Solstice 21:49 GMT. Old Moon in Sagittarius
2023
Jan 1st 2023
Lunar occultation of Uranus (visible telescopically from the UK).
March 7th 2023
Saturn enters Pisces
March 23 2023
Pluto first enters Aquarius
April 20th 2023
Annular/Total Solar Eclipse 30 degrees Aries 04:17 GMT . The path of this eclipse touches western Australia and passes north to the East Indies.
May 5th 2023
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 15 degrees Scorpio 18:23 GMT
May 16th 2023
Jupiter enters Taurus
October 14th 2023
Annular Solar Eclipse 21 degrees Libra visible from the USA, cental America, and northern South America 18:00 GMT
October 18th 2023
Daylight Lunar occultation of Antares (visible telescopically from the UK).
October 28th 2023
Partial Lunar Eclipse 6 degrees Taurus 21:14 GMT
November 9th 2023
Daylight lunar occultation of Venus (visible telescopically from the UK).
December 22nd 2023
Winter Solstice 03:28 GMT. Moon in Taurus conjunct Jupiter.
2024
(2024 and 2025 are years of the Major Lunar Standstill)
Summer Olympics this year.
March 25th 2024
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Libra 07:13 GMT
April 8th 2024
Total Solar Eclipse 19 degrees Aries visible again from the USA 18:17 GMT. The path of totality passes right through Mazaffan in Mexico, Dallas, Indianapolis and Niagara.
April 21st 2024
Jupiter conjunct Uranus 22 degrees Taurus
May 25th 2024
Jupiter enters Gemini
June 28th 2024
Daylight lunar occultation of Neptune centred on the UK.
August 21st 2024
Lunar occultation of Saturn (visible telescopically from the UK).
Sept. 18th 2024
Partial Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Pisces 02:44 GMT
October 2nd 2024
Annular Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Libra visible from the southern tip of South America 18:45 GMT.
November 5th 2024
US election.
December 18th 2024 Daylight lunar occultation of Mars (visible telescopically from the UK).
Saturday December 21st 2024 Winter Solstice 09:21 GMT. Moon in Virgo rises mid evening (UK)
2025
January 4th 2025
Lunar occultation of Saturn (visible from the UK in the late evening twilight).
January 5th 2025
Daylight lunar occultation of Neptune ( centred on the UK).
January 20th 2025
Inauguration of US president.
March 14th 2025
Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 degrees Virgo sets over the UK. Central eclipse 06:59 GMT
March 23rd and 24th 2025
A double-Inferior Conjunction of Mercury and Venus occurs at this time in early Aries.
This is where Mercury and Venus are directly between the Earth and the Sun. The last
time this happened was in 1991 (a pair three days apart, both in Virgo).
March 28th 2025
Six planets within 20 degree arc for two days in Pisces.
March 29th 2025
Partial Solar Eclipse 9 degrees Aries 10:48 GMT
March 30th 2025
Neptune first enters Aries
May 25th 2025
Saturn first enters Aries .
June 9th 2025
Jupiter enters Cancer
July 7th 2025
Uranus first enters Gemini
September 7th 2025
Total Lunar Eclipse 15 degrees Pisces rises over UK
September 19th 2025
Daylight lunar occultation of Venus (visible telescopically from the UK).
September 21st 2025
Partial Solar Eclipse 29 degrees Virgo 19:42 GMT
October 30th 2025
Uranus conjunct the Pleiades
http://www.celestialtimings.com/index.html
December 10th 2025 Morning twilight lunar occultation of Regulus (visible from the UK).
Sunday December 21st 2025 Winter Solstice 15:04 GMT
2026
The years around 2026 with Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini seem to be more rebellious times than 2012-2015.
Uranus was in Gemini at the time of the American Revolution, the Civil War and World War II. It will next transit Gemini from 2026-2033. [March 1995]"
"The next century will find the US in another war, one which will determine whether it continues to survive as a national entity. From 2026-2033, the astrological aspects that gave us WW II repeat themselves. Using certain planetary cycles . . .the year 2031 looks particularly menacing.
Jan 17th 2026
Six planets within a 20 degree arc for two days in Capricorn
Jun. 30th 2026
Jupiter enters Leo
February 17th 2026
Annular Solar Eclipse 29 degrees Aquarius 12:12 GMT
Feb. 20th 2026
Saturn conjunct Neptune 1 degree Aries
March 3rd 2026
Total Lunar Eclipse 13 degrees Virgo 12:34 GMT
March 29th 2026
Daylight lunar occultation of Regulus (visible telescopically from the UK).
May 3rd 2026
Uranus conjunct the Pleiades.
July 4th 2026
250th anniversary of USA declaration of Independence
August 12th 2026
Total Solar Eclipse 20 degrees Leo 17:46 GMT . The path of totality passes through Madrid.
Aug. 28th 2026
Partial Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Pisces 05:13 GMT
Today's lunar eclipse is the final eclipse before its Saros Series (Lunar Saros 138) turns Total. The last eclipse in the series (Auguat 16th 2008) was a memorable 'heavy partial eclipse'. The next one (September 2044) is a Total Lunar Eclipse. This series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse at the north pole on October 5th 1503.The Saros series 138 'went partial' in 1900. The series peaks with the longest Total Lunar Eclipse in the year 2369 and the series ends in 2982.
September 14th 2026
Daylight lunar occultation of Venus (visible telescopically from the UK).
Monday December 21st 2026
Lunar Occultation of the Pleiades visible from the UK between 20:52 GMTand 01:48 GMT.
2027
Feb. 6th 2027
Annular Solar Eclipse 18 degrees Aquarius 16:00 GMT
February 21st 2027
Penumbral lunar eclipse 3 degrees Virgo 00:13 GMT
July 18th 2027
Penumbral lunar eclipse 26 degrees Capricorn 16:03 GMT
July 26th 2027
Jupiter enters Virgo
August 2nd 2027
Total Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Leo (maximum eclipse has a totality of 6m 23s!) 10:07 GMT. This eclipse passes close to both Tripoli and Mecca.
August 7th 2027
Asteroid 137108 1999 will pass within 388960 km of Earth.
August 17th 2027
Penumbral lunar eclipse 25 degrees Aquarius 08:14 GMT
September 30th 2027
Uranus stationary conjunct Aldebaran
Wednesday December 22nd 2027
Winter Solstice 02:43 GMT. preceeded by a last quarter moon rise just after midnight (UK).
2028
Jan 12th 2028
Partial Lunar Eclipse 22 degrees Cancer 04:13 GMT
Jan 26th 2028
Annular Solar Eclipse 6 degrees Aquarius 15:08 GMT
April 13th 2028
Saturn enters Taurus
May 25th 2028
Lunar occultation of Venus (visible from the UK with a clear horizon just after Moonrise ).
June 7th 2028
Mercury, Venus, Mars and Uranus near Aldebaran.
June 22nd 2028
Mercury, Mars and Uranus conjunct Aldebaran on the day of New Moon.
July 22nd 2028
Total Solar Eclipse (5m 10s) 30 degrees Cancer 02:56 GMT passes right through Sydney.
Aug. 24th 2028
Jupiter enters Libra
October 26th 2028
Asteroid 35316 1997Xf11 will pass 580000 miles from Earth.
November 7th 2028
US elections.
Dec. 31st 2028
Total Lunar Eclipse 11 degrees Cancer 16:52 GMT rises over the UK (Quite a start to New Years Eve celebration)
2029
There are a total of 6 eclipses in 2029
The FBI have permission to reveal top secret papers on the assasination of John F Kennedy this year.
NASAs New Horizons spacecraft will leave the solar system this year.
Jan 14th 2029
Partial Solar Eclipse 25 degrees Capricorn 17:13 GMT
March 30th 2029
Extra Super Full Moon. A super sized Full Moon rises at sunset. The biggest since March 2011.
April 13th 2029
During the early morning hours of April 13, 2029, observers in Asia and North Africa will have a chance to witness a rare celestial event as an asteroid, 99942 Apophis, passes within 20,000 miles of Earth.
"It's not gonna knock your socks off, and it certainly won't be the brightest object in the sky, but it'll be easily observable with the ," said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Program.
The approach of an asteroid this large -- Apophis is more than 1,000 feet in diameter -- and this close to Earth occurs only about once every 1,500 years.
Scientists are awaiting the close flyby with mixed emotions: excitement at a unique scientific opportunity and uneasiness that it might be a sign of more ominous things to come.
In the accompanying diagram, the trajectory of the asteroid is shown as a blue line that passes near the Earth on 13 April 2029. Since the asteroid's position in space is not perfectly known at that time, the white dots at right angles to the blue line are possible alternate positions of the asteroid. Neither the nominal position of the asteroid, nor any of its possible alternative positions, touches the Earth, effectively ruling out an Earth impact in 2029. Based on albedo constraints by Andrew Rivkin and Richard Binzel (MIT), the diameter of the object is about 320 meters. At the time of the closest approach, the asteroid will be a naked eye object (3.3 mag.) travelling rapidly (42 degrees per hour!) through the constellation of Cancer.
Jun. 12th 2029
Partial Solar Eclipse 22 degrees Gemini 04:05 GMT
Jun. 26th 2029
Total Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Capricorn 04:22 GMT
July 11th 2029
Partial Solar Eclipse 20 degrees Cancer 15:36 GMT
September 22nd 2029
Today the Full Moon occurs on the day of the Autumn Equinox. A rare treat not witnessed since 2010.
September 24th 2029
Jupiter enters Scorpio.
December 5th 2029
Partial Solar Eclipse 14 degrees Sagittarius 15:03 GMT
December 20th/21st 2029
Total Lunar Eclipse(30 degrees Gemini) , the Sun on the 'cusp of destiny'December 20th 2029.
Central eclipse time 23-42 GMT.
Visible from the UK.
Winter Solstice 14-15 GMT on Dec.. 21st 2029.
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2030
The European Space Agency hopes to land humans on Mars 2030-2035.
Japan Aerospace manned Lunar Base project starts.
All New Zealand cars will be hybrid, bio-fuel or electric this year.
16th January 2030
Grazing lunar occultation of Uranus (visible telescopically from the UK).
11th March 2030
Lunar occultation of Uranus (visible telescopically from the UK at Sunset).
May 31st 2030
Saturn at this time is conjunct the Pleiades.
June 1st 2030
Saturn enters Gemini on the same day of an Annular Solar Eclipse 11 degrees Gemini 06:28 GMT. The ring of fire passes exactly through Tripoli, Athens, close to Istanbul, Ormsk and Sappero.
June 15th 2030
Partial Lunar Eclipse 25 degrees Sagittarius 19:33 GMT
September 19th 2030
Saturn turns direct near Aldebaran
October 22nd 2030
Jupiter enters Sagittarius
November 25th 2030
Total Solar Eclipse 3 degrees Sagittarius 06:51 GMT
December 9th 2030
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 18 degrees Gemini 23:28 GMT
2031
The year 2031 looks particularly menacing.
The Space Elevator construction project due to start this year.
May 7th 2031
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 17 degrees Scorpio 03:51 GMT
May 14th to 17th 2031
Saturn conjunct Aldebaran
May 21st 2031
Annular Solar Eclipse 0 degrees Gemini 07:15 GMT. The 'ring of fire' passes just north of Daressalem and just north of Sri Lanka.
June 5th 2031
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 15 degrees Sagittarius 12:44 GMT
October 30th 2031
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 7 degrees Taurus 07:46 GMT
November 15th 2031
Jupiter enters Capricorn
November 14th 2031
Annular/Total Solar Eclipse 22 degrees Scorpio 21:07 GMT
2032
April 12th 2032
Jupiter first enters Aquarius
April 25th 2032
Total Lunar Eclipse 6 degrees Scorpio 15:14 GMT
May 9th 2032
Annular Solar Eclipse 19 degrees Taurus 13:26 GMT
June 2nd 3032
Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Uranus close to the Crab Nubula.
June 7th to June 9th 2032
Seven planets clustered within a 20 degree arc in Gemini.
June 28th 2032
Saturn conjunct Uranus 28 degrees Gemini (last occurred 3 times in 1988, before that in 1942, next time will be in 2079)
July 14th 2032
Saturn enters Cancer
August 3rd 2032
Uranus first enters Cancer
October 18th 2032
Total Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Aries 19:03 GMT visible from Europe
November 2nd 2032
US elections.
November 3rd 2032
Partial Solar Eclipse 11 degrees Scorpio 05:33 GMT
Nov 13th 2032
Transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun.. Transit starts 06:41 UT, mid transit 08:54 UT transit ends 11:07 UT
2033
ESA Aurora programme will send a manned spacecraft to Mars.
February 4th 2033
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 15 degrees Aquarius
March 30th 2033
Total Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Aries 18:02 GMT
April 14th 2033
Jupiter first enters Pisces. Total Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Libra 13:53 GMT
September 23rd 2033
Partial Solar Eclipse 1 degree Libra
October 8th 2033
Total Lunar Eclipse 16 degrees Libra 11:55 GMT
2034
March 20th 2034
Total Solar Eclipse 30 degrees Pisces 10:18 GMT passes through Lagos and N'djamena.
April 3rd 2034
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 14 degrees Libra 20:06
April 21st 2034
Jupiter first enters Aries
August 27th 2034
Saturn first enters Leo
September 12th 2034
Annular Solar Eclipse 20 degrees Virgo 16:18 GMT
September 28th 2034
Partial Lunar Eclipse 6 degrees Aries 03:47 GMT
December 23rd 2034
Lunar Occultation of Aldebaran visible from the UK around 20:16 GMT
2035
Feb 22nd 2035
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 4 degrees Virgo 09:05 GMT
March 9th 2035
Annular Solar Eclipse 19 degrees Pisces 23:05 GMT passes through Wellington New Zealand.
March 24th 2035
Jupiter conjunct Neptune 21 degrees Aries
April 29th 2035
Jupiter enters Taurus
July 23rd to 24th 2035
Mercury and Saturn conjunct the 'Beehive'
August 19th 2035
Partial Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Aquarius 01:11 GMT
September 2nd 2035
Total Solar Eclipse 9 degrees Virgo 01:56 GMT passes right through Beijing and very close to Tokyo.
2036
January 8th 2036
Near Earth Object 2002AY1 will make a close approach to Earth.
Feb 11th 2036
Total Lunar Eclipse 22:12 GMT 23 degrees Leo visible from Europe
Feb 27th 2036
Partial Solar Eclipse 8 degrees Pisces 04:46 GMT
April 2036
METI message Cosmic Call 2 sent from Eupatoria Planetary Radar arrives at its destination HIP 4872 star.
April 13th 2035
Easter Sunday. Close approach by asteroid 99942 Apophis has a 1 in 45000 chance of hitting the Earth today.
May 9th 2036
Jupiter enters Gemini
July 23rd 2036
Partial Solar Eclipse 1 degree Leo 10:31 GMT
August 7th 2036
Total Lunar Eclipse 15 degrees Aquarius 02:52 GMT visible from Europe
August 21st 2036
Partial Solar Eclipse conjunct Regulus 29 degrees Leo 17:25 GMT
October 16th 2036
Saturn first enters Virgo
October 20th 2036
Saturn conjunct Regulus 1st pass.
2037
January 16th 2037
Partial Solar Eclipse 27 degrees Capricorn 09:48 GMT visible from the UK.
January 31st 2037
Total Lunar Eclipse 13 degrees Leo 15:01 GMT
February 8th 2037
Saturn conjunct Regulus 2nd pass.
May 24th 2037
Jupiter enters Cancer
July 10th 2037
Saturn conjunct Regulus final pass.
July 13th 2037
Total Solar Eclipse 21 degrees Cancer 02:40 GMT passes through Alice Springs and Brisbane.
July 27th 2037
Partial Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Aquarius 05:09 GMT
September 8th 2037
Jupiter conjunct Uranus first of three 23 degrees Cancer
2038
January 5th 2038
Annular Solar Eclipse 15 degrees Capricorn 13:46 GMT passes by Port-au-Prince and near to Monrovia.
January 21st 2038
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 04:49 GMT 2 degrees Leo
February 19th 2038
Jupiter conjunct Uranus second of three 21 degrees Cancer
March 30th 2038
Jupiter conjunct Uranus last of three 20 degrees Cancer
April 25th 2038
Easter occurs on its latest possible date. (Last time 1943)
May 21st 2038
Neptune first enters Taurus
June 12th 2038
Jupiter first enters Leo
June 17th 2038
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Sagittarius 02:44 GMT
July 2nd 2038
Annular Solar Eclipse 11 degrees Cancer 13:32 GMT, the north Africa eclipse.
July 16th 2038
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 24 degrees Capricorn 12:35 GMT
Nov 16th 2038
Jupiter first enters Virgo
December 11th 2038
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 20 degrees Gemini 17:44 GMT
December 26th 2038
Total Solar Eclipse 4 degrees Capricorn 00:59 GMT passes through Wellington New Zealand.
2039
June 6th 2039
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 16 degrees Sagittarius 18:53 GMT
June 21st 2039
Annular Solar Eclipse 0 degrees Cancer 17:12 GMT passes close to Stockholm
Sept 5th 2039
Saturn enters Libra
August 6th 2039
Uranus first enters Leo
Nov 7th 2039
Transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun. transit starts 07:17 UT, mid transit 08:46 UT, transit ends 10:15 UT
November 30th 2039
Partial Lunar Eclipse 8 degrees Gemini 16:55 GMT
December 12th 2039
Jupiter first enters Libra
December 15th 2039
Total Solar Eclipse 24 Sagittarius 16:23 GMT
2040
May 11th 2040
Partial Solar Eclipse 21 degrees Taurus 03:42 GMT
May 26th 2040
Total Lunar Eclipse 6 degrees Sagittarius 12:45 GMT
October 31st 2040
Jupiter conjunct Saturn 18 degrees Libra
November 4th 2040
Partial Solar Eclipse 13 degrees Scorpio 19:08 GMT
November 18th 2040
Total Lunar Eclipse 27 degrees Taurus 20:04 GMT
December 12th 2040
Jupiter and Saturn conjunct Spica.
Friday December 28th 2040
Moon rises (UK) 01:42 GMT Saturn emerges from an occultation of the planet 6 minutes later (UK) a clear horizon essential to view this amazing sight.
2041
Jan 11th 2041
Jupiter first enters Scorpio
February 3rd 2041
Saturn stationary turning retrograde conjunct Spica.
April 30th 2041
Total Solar Eclipse 11 degrees Taurus 11:51 GMT tracks across central Africa.
May 16th 2041
Partial Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Scorpio 01:42 GMT
July 22nd 2041
Uranus conjunct the Beehive.
September 29th 2041
Saturn conjunct Spica.
October 25th 2041
Annular Solar Eclipse 2 degrees Scorpio 01:35 GMT. The 'ring of fire' passes very close to Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
November 8th 2041
Partial Lunar Eclipse 17 degrees Taurus 05:34 GMT
November 11th 2041
Saturn first enters Scorpio
2042
Feb 8th 2042
Jupiter enters Sagittarius
March 24th 2042
Mars and Uranus conjunct the Beehive.
April 5th 2042
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 16 degrees Libra 14:29 GMT
April 20th 2042
Total Solar Eclipse 0 degrees Taurus 02:16 GMT
September 29th 2042
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 7 degrees Aries 10:45 GMT
October 14th 2042
Annular Solar Eclipse 21 degrees Libra 02:00 GMT
2043
March 1st 2043
Jupiter first enters Capricorn
March 9th 2043
Pluto first enters Pisces
March 25th 2043
Total Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Libra 14:31 GMT
April 9th 2043
Total (non-central) Solar Eclipse 20 degrees Aries 18:57 GMT
September 19th 2043
Total Lunar Eclipse 01:51 GMT
October 3rd 2043
Annular (non-central) Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Libra 03:01 GMT
2044
Feb 21st 2044
Saturn first enters Sagittarius
Feb 28th 2044
Annular Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Pisces 20:24 GMT
March 13th 2044
Total Lunar Eclipse 24 degrees Virgo 20:37 GMT
March 15th 2044
Jupiter first enters Aquarius.
May 18th 2044
Near Earth Object 2002 QF15 will make a close approach to Earth.
August 23rd 2044
Total Solar Eclipse 1 degree Virgo 01:16 GMT, an American eclipse passing through Helena.
September 7th 2044
Total Lunar Eclipse 16 Pisces 12:20 GMT Today's Lunar eclipse is a family member of Saros series 138. This series started with a penumbral lunar eclipse at the north pole on October 5th 1503. The Saros series 138 'went partial' in 1900. The last two eclipses in the series, August 2008 and August 2026 were heavy partial eclipses that almost reached totality. Today's eclipse is the first in the series to reach totality. The series peaks with the longest Total Lunar Eclipse in the year 2369 and the series ends in 2982.
October 1st 2044
Occultation of Regulus by Venus. (This last occurred on July 7th 1959 and will next occur on 21st Oct 3187 and possibly on October 6th 2271)
2045
February 2nd 2045
Saturn conjunct Antares 1st pass.
February 16th 2045
Annular Solar Eclipse 29 degrees Aquarius 23:55 GMT passes again through Wellington NZ.
March 3rd 2045
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 14 degrees Virgo 08:42 GMT
March 26th 2045
Jupiter enters Pisces
April 12th 2045
Jupiter conjunct Pluto 4 degrees Pisces
May 19th 1945
Saturn conjunct Antares 2nd pass
August 12th 2045
Total Solar Eclipse (6 minutes 6 seconds) 20 degrees Leo 17:42 GMT. The path of totality passes through Pueblo US and George Town.
August 27th 2045
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 5 degrees Pisces 14:54 GMT
October 6th 2045
Uranus first enters Virgo.
October 11th 2045
Mars conjunct Uranus and Regulus
October 17th 2045
Uranus conjunct Regulus
October 31st 2045
Saturn conjunct Antares final pass
December 21st 2045
Winter Solstice 11:37 GMT followed by a lunar occultation of the Pleiades visible from the UK 14:48 GMT to 19:08 GMT 
2046
January 20th 2046
Uranus conjunct Regulus
January 22nd 2046
Partial Lunar Eclipse 3 degrees Leo 13:02 GMT
February 5th 2046
Annular Solar Eclipse 17 degrees Aquarius (maximum 9 minutes 16 seconds of a ring of fire! over Honolulu and the Pacific) 23:05 GMT
April 4th 2046
Jupiter enters Aries
July 18th 2046
Partial Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Capricorn 01:05 GMT
August 1st 2046
Uranus conjunct Regulus
August 2nd 2046
Total Solar Eclipse 10 degrees Leo 10:20 GMT
2047
Jan 12th 2047 Total Lunar Eclipse 22 degrees Cancer 01:25 GMT all visible from the UK. A good reason to stay high and alive in order to observe it from the wintry hills of the UK. Mars is conjunct Pluto in Pisces at that time.
Jan 24th 2047
Saturn first enters Capricorn
Jan 26th 2047
Partial Solar Eclipse 6 degrees Aquarius 01:32 GMT
April 13th 2047
Jupiter enters Taurus
June 23rd 2047
Partial Solar Eclipse 2 degrees Cancer 10:51 GMT
July 7th 2047
Total Lunar Eclipse 15 degrees Capricorn 10:35 GMT
July 22nd 2047
Jupiter conjunct Neptune first of three 21 degrees Taurus on the very same day as a partial Solar Eclipse at 0 degrees Leo 22:35 GMT
Nov 16 2047
Jupiter conjunct Neptune second of three 20 degrees Taurus.
Dec 16th 2047
Partial Solar Eclipse 25 degrees Sagittarius 23:49 GMT
2048
Asteroid 2007 VK184 has a 1 in 2700 chance of hitting the Earth this year.
Jan 1st 2048
Total Lunar Eclipse 11 degrees Cancer 07:53 GMT sets over the UK.
Feb 24th 2048
Jupiter conjunct Neptune final of three 19 degrees Taurus
February 29th 2048
Full Moon on Leap Years day. (Last time this happened was in 1972)
April 23rd 2048
Jupiter first enters Gemini
June 11th 2048
Annular Solar Eclipse 21 degrees Gemini 12:58 GMT passes right through Oslo.
June 26th 2048
Partial Lunar Eclipse 03:01 GMT 6 degrees Capricorn.
September 23rd 2048
Jupiter first enters Cancer
December 5th 2048
Total Solar Eclipse 15:34 GMT 14 degrees Sagittarius.
December 20th 2048
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 29 degrees Gemini 07:27 GMT preceded by an occultation of Jupiter and followed 23 hours later by the Winter Solstice.
2049
May 7th 2049
Transit of Mercury over the disc of the Sun. transit starts 11:03 UT mid transit 14:24 UT, transit ends 17:44 UT
May 17th 2049
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 27 degrees Scorpio 11:26 GMT
May 31st 2049
Annular Solar Eclipse 11 degrees Gemini 13:59 GMT passes through Dakar and Douala
June 15th 2049
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 26 degrees Sagittarius 20:13
Sept 27th 2049
Jupiter first enters Leo
November 9th 2049
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 18 degrees Taurus 15:51 GMT
November 25th 2049
Annular/Total Solar Eclipse 3 degrees Sagittarius 05:33 GMT
2050
Jan 21st 2050
Saturn enters Aquarius
May 6th 2050
Total Lunar Eclipse 17 degrees Scorpio 22:31 GMT visible from the UK.
May 20th 2050
Annular Total Solar Eclipse 0 degrees Gemini 20:42 GMT
October 18th 2050
Jupiter first enters Virgo
October 30th 2050
Total Lunar Eclipse 7 degrees Taurus 03:21 visible from the UK
November 14th 2050
Partial Solar Eclipse 22 degrees Scorpio 13:30 GMT.