Astronomical Society of Las Cruces 2020 Event Calendar

 

◄ December

January 2020

February ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

1 New Year's Day

Venus: 34.6° E

18:30

Moon Apogee: 404600 km

 

 

2

21:45

First Quarter

 

 

3

 

4

01:38

Quadrantid Shower: ZHR = 120

Moon Gaze

5

02:59

Perihelion: 0.9832 AU

6

 

7

 

8

 

9

16:29

Moon Ascending Node

23:03

Moon North Dec.: 23.2° N

10

08:01

Mercury Superior Conj

12:10

Pen. Lunar Eclipse

12:21

Full Moon

11

16:54

Moon-Beehive: 1° S

12

 

13

07:23

Saturn Conjunction

13:20

Moon Perigee: 366000 km

14

 

15

 

16

 

17 Tombaugh Elementary Star Party – 6:00 – 8:00pm

05:58

Last Quarter

16:03

Mars-Antares: 4.8° N

18

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

19

 

20 Martin Luther King Day

12:13

Moon-Mars: 2.4° S

21

 

22

13:31

Moon Descending Node

 

19:42

Moon-Jupiter: 0.4° N

 

20:37

Moon South Dec.: 23.2° S

23

 

24

14:42

New Moon

ASLC Monthly Meeting

25

 

26

 

27

 

28

00:29

Moon-Venus: 4.5° N

29

14:28

Moon Apogee: 405400 km

30 Monte Vista Elementary Star Party, 5:45-8:30 pm

 

 

31

Tombaugh (NMSU) Observatory Open House 7:00pm

 

 

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◄ January

February 2020

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Tue

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Sat

All SKYCAL astronomical calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Special thanks to National Space Club summer intern Sumit Dutta for his valuable assistance in developing the Sky Events Calendar (July 2007).

Any errors in applying Fred’s data are all mine.

Chuck Sterling

 

 

 

 

1

Venus: 40.4° E

18:42

First Quarter

Moon Gaze

2 Groundhogs Day

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

01:59

Moon Ascending Node

09:10

Moon North Dec.: 23.3° N

7

 

8

03:16

Moon-Beehive: 1° S

9

00:33

Full Moon

10

06:59

Mercury Elongation: 18.2° E

13:30

Moon Perigee: 360500 km

11

 

12

 

13 Desert Hills Elementary is preparing to host its 11th annual STEAM Night on Thursday, February 13th from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

 

14 Valentine's Day

 

15

15:17

Last Quarter

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

16

 

17 Presidents' Day

 

18

06:18

Moon-Mars: 0.8° S

17:12

Moon Descending Node

19

01:58

Moon South Dec.: 23.3° S

12:36

Moon-Jupiter: 1° N

20

06:47

Moon-Saturn: 1.9° N

21

 

22

 

23

08:32

New Moon

24

 

25

18:37

Mercury Inferior Conj.

26

04:35

Moon Apogee: 406300 km

27

Moon-Venus: 7° N

28

ASLC Monthly Meeting

 

Tombaugh (NMSU) Observatory Open House 7:00pm

29

Moon Gaze


 

 

◄ February

March 2020

April ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

Venus: 44.6° E

2

12:57

First Quarter

3

 

4

07:58

Moon Ascending Node

18:34

Moon North Dec.: 23.4° N

 

 

5  Sunrise Elementary School Star Party 6:00 – 7:30pm

 

6

14:08

Moon-Beehive: 1.1° S

7

 

8 Daylight Saving Time Begins

06:09

Neptune Conjunction

9

11:48

Full Moon

10

00:33

Moon Perigee: 357100 km

11

 

12

 

13

 

14

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

15

 

16

03:34

Last Quarter

19:00

Moon Descending Node

17 St. Patrick's Day

08:07

Moon South Dec.: 23.5° S

18

02:19

Moon-Mars: 0.8° N

04:18

Moon-Jupiter: 1.6° N

18:04

Moon-Saturn: 2.3° N

19

21:50

Vernal Equinox

20

04:24

Mars-Jupiter: 0.7° N

21

11:48

Moon-Mercury: 4° N

22

 

23

Mercury Elongation: 27.8° W

24

03:28

New Moon

09:23

Moon Apogee: 406700 km

15:59

Venus Elongation: 46.1° E

25

 

26

 

27

ASLC Monthly Meeting

28

 

29

 

30

 

31

10:51

Moon Ascending Node

14:00

Mars-Saturn: 0.9° N

+

 


 

 

◄ March

April 2020

May ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

1

03:12

Moon North Dec.: 23.7° N

04:21

First Quarter

Venus: 45.9° E

2

 

3

Tombaugh (NMSU) Observatory Open House 9:00pm

00:24

Moon-Beehive: 1.3° S

08:39

Venus-Pleiades: 0.3° S

4

Moon Gaze

5

 

6

 

7

12:08

Moon Perigee: 356900 km

20:35

Full Moon

8

 

9

 

10

 

11

 

12 Easter

20:58

Moon Descending Node

13

15:03

Moon South Dec.: 23.8° S

14

16:56

Last Quarter

17:04

Moon-Jupiter: 2.1° N

15

03:26

Moon-Saturn: 2.6° N

22:33

Moon-Mars: 2.2° N

16

 

17

 

18

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

19

 

20

13:01

Moon Apogee: 406500 km

21

 

22 Earth Day

00:07

Lyrid Shower: ZHR = 20

20:26

New Moon

23

 

24

ASLC Monthly Meeting

25

 

26

04:19

Uranus Conjunction

09:23

Moon-Venus: 6.6° N

27

11:54

Moon Ascending Node

28

09:23

Moon North Dec.: 23.9° N

29

 

30

07:17

Moon-Beehive: 1.6° S

14:38

First Quarter

 


 

 

◄ April

May 2020

June ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

 

 

1

Venus: 38° E

 

Tombaugh (NMSU) Observatory Open House 9:00pm

2

Moon Gaze

3

 

4

13:21

Eta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 60

15:22

Mercury Superior Conj.

5 Cinco de Mayo

21:03

Moon Perigee: 359700 km

6

 

7

04:45

Full Moon

8

 

9

 

10 Mother's Day

03:01

Moon Descending Node

11

00:13

Moon South Dec.: 24° S

12

03:40

Moon-Jupiter: 2.4° N

12:18

Moon-Saturn: 2.8° N

 

 

13

 

14

08:03

Last Quarter

20:01

Moon-Mars: 3° N

15

 

16

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

17

19:13

Jupiter-Saturn: 4.8° N

18

01:45

Moon Apogee: 405600 km

19

 

20

 

21

 

22

03:37

Mercury-Venus: 0.9° N

11:39

New Moon

ASLC Monthly Meeting

 

23

20:40

Moon-Venus: 4° N

24

04:53

Moon-Mercury: 3° N

15:34

Moon Ascending Node

25 Memorial Day

15:16

Moon North Dec.: 24.1° N

26

 

27

12:44

Moon-Beehive: 1.8° S

28

 

29

21:30

First Quarter

30

Moon Gaze

31

 

 


 

 

◄ May

June 2020

July ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

1

Venus: 3.7° E

2

21:36

Moon Perigee: 364400 km

3

11:42

Venus Inferior Conj.

4

06:59

Mercury Elongation: 23.6° E

5

13:12

Full Moon

13:25

Pen. Lunar Eclipse

6

12:10

Moon Descending Node

7

10:22

Moon South Dec.: 24.1° S

8

11:19

Moon-Jupiter: 2.3° N

20:19

Moon-Saturn: 2.8° N

9

 

10

 

11

 

12

17:53

Moon-Mars: 3° N

13

00:24

Last Quarter

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

14 Flag Day

18:56

Moon Apogee: 404600 km

15

 

16

 

17

 

18

 

19

02:52

Moon-Venus: 0.8° S

20

15:43

Summer Solstice

22:24

Moon Ascending Node

21 Father's Day

00:40

Annular Solar Eclipse

00:41

New Moon

21:56

Moon North Dec.: 24.1° N

22

 

23

18:33

Moon-Beehive: 1.8° S

24

 

25

 

26

ASLC Monthly Meeting

27

Moon Gaze

28

02:16

First Quarter

29

20:09

Moon Perigee: 369000 km

30

20:45

Mercury Inferior Conj.

 


 

 

◄ June

July 2020

August ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

1

Venus: 34.3° W

2

 

3

21:18

Moon Descending Node

4 Independence Day

08:59

Aphelion: 1.0167 AU

19:37

Moon South Dec.: 24.1° S

22:30

Pen. Lunar Eclipse

22:44

Full Moon

5

15:37

Moon-Jupiter: 1.9° N

6

02:45

Moon-Saturn: 2.6° N

7

 

8

 

9

 

10

 

11

06:17

Venus-Aldebaran: 1° N

13:36

Moon-Mars: 2.2° N

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

12

13:27

Moon Apogee: 404200 km

17:29

Last Quarter

13

 

14

01:03

Jupiter Opposition

15

 

16

 

17

01:26

Moon-Venus: 3.4° S

18

06:33

Moon Ascending Node

19

05:51

Moon North Dec.: 24.1° N

20

11:33

New Moon

15:33

Saturn Opposition

21

 

22

08:59

Mercury Elongation: 20.1° W

23

 

24

22:54

Moon Perigee: 368400 km

ASLC Monthly Meeting (VIRTUAL)

25

Moon Gaze

26

 

27

06:32

First Quarter

15:08

Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20

28

 

29

 

30

 

31

03:32

Moon Descending Node

 

 

 


 

 

◄ July

August 2020

September ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

02:47

Moon South Dec.: 24.1° S

Venus: 45.2° W

14:14

Mercury-Pollux: 6.7° S

17:30

Moon-Jupiter: 1.6° N

2

07:17

Moon-Saturn: 2.4° N

3

09:59

Full Moon

4

 

5

 

6

 

7

 

8

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

9

01:57

Moon-Mars: 0.8° N

07:51

Moon Apogee: 404700 km

10

 

11

10:45

Last Quarter

12

07:02

Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90

18:59

Venus Elongation: 45.8° W

13

 

14

13:22

Moon Ascending Node

15

Sa

07:01

Moon-Venus: 4.2° S

14:40

Moon North Dec.: 24.2° N

16

 

17

08:47

Mercury Superior Conj.

18

20:41

New Moon

19

 

20

 

21

04:59

Moon Perigee: 363500 km

22

Moon Gaze

23

 

24

 

25

11:58

First Quarter

26

 

27

05:52

Moon Descending Node

28

08:06

Moon South Dec.: 24.2° S

19:33

Moon-Jupiter: 1.5° N

ASLC Monthly Meeting (VIRTUAL)

29

10:40

Moon-Saturn: 2.3° N

30

 

31

 

 


 

 

◄ August

September 2020

October ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

1

Venus: 44.7° W

23:22

Full Moon

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

22:42

Moon-Mars: 0°

6 Labor Day

00:31

Moon Apogee: 405600 km

7

 

8

 

9

 

10

03:26

Last Quarter

17:05

Moon Ascending Node

11

13:15

Neptune Opposition

23:25

Moon North Dec.: 24.4° N

12

18:10

Venus-Beehive: 2.6° S

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

13

21:19

Moon-Beehive: 1.9° S

22:43

Moon-Venus: 4.6° S

14

 

15

 

16

 

17

05:00

New Moon

18

07:44

Moon Perigee: 359100 km

19

 

20

 

21

 

22

00:06

Mercury-Spica: 0.3° N

07:31

Autumnal Equinox

23

06:33

Moon Descending Node

19:55

First Quarter

24

13:11

Moon South Dec.: 24.5° S

25

00:46

Moon-Jupiter: 1.7° N

14:46

Moon-Saturn: 2.5° N

ASLC Monthly Meeting (VIRTUAL)

26

Moon Gaze

27

 

28

 

29

 

30

 

 


 

 

◄ September

October 2020

November ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

 

 

1

Venus: 40.3° W

09:59

Mercury Elongation: 25.8° E

15:05

Full Moon

2

11:09

Venus-Regulus: 0.1° S

21:21

Moon-Mars: 0.8° N

3

11:22

Moon Apogee: 406300 km

4

 

5

 

6

 

7

18:29

Moon Ascending Node

8

 

9

07:07

Moon North Dec.: 24.6° N

18:39

Last Quarter

10

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

11

06:27

Moon-Beehive: 2.2° S

12 Columbus Day

 

13

17:10

Mars Opposition

17:57

Moon-Venus: 4.4° S

14

 

15

 

16

13:31

New Moon

17:46

Moon Perigee: 356900 km

17

 

18

 

19

 

20

09:53

Moon Descending Node

23:21

Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20

21

20:00

Moon South Dec.: 24.7° S

22

11:10

Moon-Jupiter: 2.1° N

21:49

Moon-Saturn: 2.7° N

23

07:23

First Quarter

ASLC Monthly Meeting (VIRTUAL)

24

Moon Gaze

25

11:14

Mercury Inferior Conj.

26

 

27

 

28

 

29

09:13

Moon-Mars: 3.3° N

30

11:46

Moon Apogee: 406400 km

31 Halloween

07:49

Full Moon

09:05

Uranus Opposition


 

 

◄ October

November 2020

December ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1 Daylight Saving Time Ends

Venus: 34.2° W

2

 

3

19:39

Moon Ascending Node

4

22:50

South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10

5

12:30

Moon North Dec.: 24.8° N

6

 

7

12:34

Moon-Beehive: 2.4° S

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

8

06:46

Last Quarter

9

 

10

09:59

Mercury Elongation: 19.1° W

11 Veterans Day

22:06

North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15

12

14:31

Moon-Venus: 3° S

13

 

14

04:48

Moon Perigee: 357800 km

22:07

New Moon

15

 

16

06:24

Venus-Spica: 3.8° N

17:07

Moon Descending Node

17

04:24

Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15

18

04:27

Moon South Dec.: 24.9° S

19

01:54

Moon-Jupiter: 2.6° N

07:57

Moon-Saturn: 3° N

20

ASLC Monthly Meeting (VIRTUAL) (Third Friday to not conflict with Thanksgiving Day)

21

21:45

First Quarter

Moon Gaze

22

 

23

 

24

 

25

 

26 Thanksgiving Day

17:29

Moon Apogee: 405900 km

27 Black Friday

 

28

 

29

 

30 Cyber Monday

02:30

Full Moon

02:44

Pen. Lunar Eclipse

 


 

 

◄ November

December 2020

January ►

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

 

 

1

00:46

Moon Ascending Node

Venus: 27.5° W

2

18:22

Moon North Dec.: 24.9° N

3

 

4

18:10

Moon-Beehive: 2.5° S

5

Leasburg Dam State Park Public Observing

6

 

7

17:37

Last Quarter

8

 

9

 

10

 

11

 

12

13:40

Moon-Venus: 0.8° S

13:42

Moon Perigee: 361800 km

13

17:35

Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120

14

04:03

Moon Descending Node

09:15

Total Solar Eclipse

09:17

New Moon

15

15:23

Moon South Dec.: 24.9° S

16

21:28

Moon-Jupiter: 3° N

22:25

Moon-Saturn: 3.1° N

17

 

18

 

19

19:56

Mercury Superior Conj.

Moon Gaze

20

 

21

03:02

Winter Solstice

16:41

First Quarter

22

02:00

Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10

02:35

Jupiter-Saturn: 0.1° N

 

 

23

07:48

Venus-Antares: 5.6° N

24

09:32

Moon Apogee: 405000 km

25 Christmas Day

 

26

 

27

 

28

08:03

Moon Ascending Node

29

20:28

Full Moon

30

00:53

Moon North Dec.: 24.9° N

31

 

NOTE: There is no ASLC Monthly Meeting in December