Astronomical events calendar

The calendar shows interesting astronomical events to look out for. Our thanks to Dave Eagle from star-gazing.co.uk and Steve Tonkin from binocularsky.com for their events feed.

Sky Diary-7824105

January 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
						Sunday January 1 1 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Starts the year just north of Corona Borealis and brightening as it moves north. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Starts the year just north of Corona Borealis and brightening as it moves north. https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127 ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG) Happy New Year Folks. Happy New Year Folks. Recurs yearly 10:44 pm – 10:50 pm Occultation of Uranus by The Moon. Occultation of Uranus by The Moon. 10:44 pm – 10:50 pm Time and duration are given for my location. This will vary depending on your location. The Moon just misses Uranus the further south you are.
Monday January 2 2 Moon passes south of The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus.	Tuesday January 3 3 Moon passes south of Mars	Wednesday January 4 4 Earth reaches perihelion (Closest to The Sun). Quadrantid Meteors at maximum.	Thursday January 5 5	Friday January 6 6 Full Moon Moon close to the bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini.	Saturday January 7 7 Moon passes north of M44, the bright Beehive Star Cluster in Cancer.	Sunday January 8 8
Monday January 9 9	Tuesday January 10 10	Wednesday January 11 11 Moon passes close to the bright star Regulus in Leo.	Thursday January 12 12	Friday January 13 13	Saturday January 14 14 Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo.	Sunday January 15 15 Last Quarter Moon
Monday January 16 16	Tuesday January 17 17	Wednesday January 18 18 Moon passes north of the bright star Antares in Scorpius.	Thursday January 19 19	Friday January 20 20	Saturday January 21 21 New Moon	Sunday January 22 22
Monday January 23 23 Very thin crescent Moon visible close to Saturn and Venus in the south western evening sky after sunset.	Tuesday January 24 24 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes through the body of Draco Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes through the body of Draco https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG	Wednesday January 25 25 Moon passes south of Jupiter	Thursday January 26 26 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG)	Friday January 27 27 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG)	Saturday January 28 28 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG) First Quarter Moon	Sunday January 29 29 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG) 12:00 am – 2:00 am Lunar X & V visible just before moonset Lunar X & V visible just before moonset 12:00 am – 2:00 am The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are just visible. Moon sets at 01:45 almost as soon as the effect starts to be visible. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg
Monday January 30 30 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG) Moon passes between the bright Pleiades Star Cluster and the bright star Aldebaran in Taurus	Tuesday January 31 31 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG) Moon passes South of Mars in Taurus

February 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		Wednesday February 1 1 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is at brightest magnitude predicted at +5.4. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is at brightest magnitude predicted at +5.4. https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG)	Thursday February 2 2 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is close to Ursa Minor and Polaris https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127[](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1.PNG) Moon passes south of the bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini	Friday February 3 3 Moon passes south of the bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini	Saturday February 4 4 Moon passes north of the bright star cluster M44, The Beehive Star Cluster in Cancer	Sunday February 5 5 Full Moon
Monday February 6 6 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes close to the bright first magnitude star Capell in Auriga. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes close to the bright first magnitude star Capell in Auriga. https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1a.PNG Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Tuesday February 7 7	Wednesday February 8 8	Thursday February 9 9	Friday February 10 10	Saturday February 11 11 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes to the east of Mars Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes to the east of Mars ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1a.PNG) Moon passes North of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Sunday February 12 12
Monday February 13 13 Last Quarter Moon	Tuesday February 14 14 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes to the east of the bright first magnitude star Aldebaran and The Hyades Star Cluster in Taurus. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes to the east of the bright first magnitude star Aldebaran and The Hyades Star Cluster in Taurus. https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1a.PNG Moon passes north of the bright star Antares in Scorpius	Wednesday February 15 15 Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes to the east of the bright first magnitude star Aldebaran and The Hyades Star Cluster in Taurus. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes to the east of the bright first magnitude star Aldebaran and The Hyades Star Cluster in Taurus. https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127: https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/c2022e3-20221127) ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Images/2022/C2022E3-1a.PNG Moon passes north of the bright star Antares in Scorpius Venus and Uranus are 2 arc minutes apart, but Uranus will be a challenge to spot low in the western evening sky after sunset.	Thursday February 16 16	Friday February 17 17	Saturday February 18 18	Sunday February 19 19
Monday February 20 20 New Moon	Tuesday February 21 21	Wednesday February 22 22 An extremely thin crescent Moon will be close to Jupiter in the western evening sky. An extremely thin crescent Moon will be close to Jupiter in the western evening sky. But it will be very challenging as it will be so low down in the bright twilight. Saturn is also in that part of the sky and will be even more of a challenge as it is even closer to the horizon	Thursday February 23 23 Moon passes south of Venus. Visible together low down in the western sky after sunset.	Friday February 24 24 Moon passes south of Venus. Visible together low down in the western sky after sunset.	Saturday February 25 25 Moon passes south of the bright Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus	Sunday February 26 26
Monday February 27 27 First Quarter Moon Moon passes north of Mars in Gemini 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Lunar X & V visible in daytime Lunar X & V visible in daytime 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are visible during the day. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg	Tuesday February 28 28 Moon passes north of the bright star cluster M35 in Gemini 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm The Eyes of Clavius are visible The Eyes of Clavius are visible 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Eyes of Clavius is visible. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: h](https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/)[ttps://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/Eyes-of-Clavius.png

March 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		Wednesday March 1 1 Venus & Jupiter very close together in the western evening sky after sunset.	Thursday March 2 2 Moon passes south of the bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini	Friday March 3 3 Moon passes north of the bright Beehive open star cluster M44 in Cancer Moon passes south of the bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini	Saturday March 4 4 Moon passes north of the bright Beehive open star cluster M44 in Cancer	Sunday March 5 5
Monday March 6 6 Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Tuesday March 7 7 Full Moon	Wednesday March 8 8	Thursday March 9 9 Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Friday March 10 10 Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Saturday March 11 11	Sunday March 12 12
Monday March 13 13 Last Quarter Moon.	Tuesday March 14 14 Moon close to the bright star Antares in Scorpius	Wednesday March 15 15 Last Quarter Moon	Thursday March 16 16	Friday March 17 17	Saturday March 18 18	Sunday March 19 19
Monday March 20 20 Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere	Tuesday March 21 21 New Moon	Wednesday March 22 22	Thursday March 23 23 Crescent Moon visible between Jupiter & Venus in the western evening sky after sunset.	Friday March 24 24 Asteroid Ceres passes very close to the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 Asteroid Ceres passes very close to the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/2023/Ceres-M100-20220325.png) Crescent Moon close to Venus (and Uranus) in the western evening sky after sunset.	Saturday March 25 25 Asteroid Ceres passes very close to the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 Asteroid Ceres passes very close to the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/2023/Ceres-M100-20220325.png) Moon passes south of the bright Pleiades Star cluster in Taurus.	Sunday March 26 26 Asteroid Ceres passes very close to the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 Asteroid Ceres passes very close to the Spiral Galaxy Messier 100 ![](https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/2023/Ceres-M100-20220325.png) 2:00 am British Summer Time (BST) Starts
Monday March 27 27 Moon passes north of Mars in Gemini	Tuesday March 28 28 Moon passes north of Mars in Gemini Moon passes north of the bright open star cluster M35 in Gemini	Wednesday March 29 29 First Quarter Moon 3:00 am – 5:00 am Lunar X & V visible Lunar X & V visible 3:00 am – 5:00 am ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg)	Thursday March 30 30 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm The Eyes of Clavius are Visible in the afternoon The Eyes of Clavius are Visible in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Eyes of Clavius is visible. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: h](https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/)[ttps://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/Eyes-of-Clavius.png	Friday March 31 31 The Moon passes north of the bright open Beehive star cluster in Cancer

April 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					Saturday April 1 1 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Sunday April 2 2 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo
Monday April 3 3	Tuesday April 4 4	Wednesday April 5 5	Thursday April 6 6	Friday April 7 7 Full moon The Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Saturday April 8 8	Sunday April 9 9
Monday April 10 10 The Moon passes north of the bright red giant star Antares in Scorpius	Tuesday April 11 11 Mercury reaches greatest western elongation. Mercury reaches greatest western elongation. May be spotted very low down in the western sky just after sunset as the sky darkens. But it will set very quickly, so you’ll need a very low horizon. Venus and the Pleiades open star cluster are at their closest, low in the western sky after sunset	Wednesday April 12 12	Thursday April 13 13 Last Quarter Moon	Friday April 14 14	Saturday April 15 15	Sunday April 16 16
Monday April 17 17	Tuesday April 18 18	Wednesday April 19 19	Thursday April 20 20 New Moon. (Hybrid Solar Eclipse)	Friday April 21 21 Extremely thin crescent Moon visible in the western evening sky, close to Mercury after sunset.	Saturday April 22 22 Thin crescent Moon visible between the bright Open Star Cluster M45, The Pleiades and Venus. Thin crescent Moon visible between the bright Open Star Cluster M45, The Pleiades and Venus. Visible low down in the western sky after sunset, so the cluster may prove a bit of a challenge to spot in the twilight before it sets.	Sunday April 23 23 Crescent Moon visible close to Venus in the western evening sky after sunset.
Monday April 24 24 Moon passes north of the bright open Star Cluster M35 in Gemini	Tuesday April 25 25 Moon passes north of Mars in Gemini	Wednesday April 26 26 Moon close to the bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini Moon passes north of Mars in Gemini	Thursday April 27 27 First Quarter Moon Moon passes north of the Beehive open star cluster M44 in Cancer. 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lunar X & V visible Lunar X & V visible 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are visible. Moon sets at 01:45 almost as soon as the effect starts to be visible. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/ ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg)	Friday April 28 28	Saturday April 29 29 Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Sunday April 30 30

May 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Monday May 1 1	Tuesday May 2 2	Wednesday May 3 3 Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Thursday May 4 4	Friday May 5 5 Full Moon	Saturday May 6 6	Sunday May 7 7 Maximum of Eta Aquarid meteors Moon close to the bright star Antares in Scorpius
Monday May 8 8 Moon close to the bright star Antares in Scorpius	Tuesday May 9 9	Wednesday May 10 10	Thursday May 11 11	Friday May 12 12 Last Quarter Moon	Saturday May 13 13 The Moon passes south of Saturn, but is difficult to see low down in the morning eastern sky	Sunday May 14 14 The Moon passes south of Saturn, but is difficult to see low down in the morning eastern sky
Monday May 15 15	Tuesday May 16 16	Wednesday May 17 17	Thursday May 18 18	Friday May 19 19 New Moon	Saturday May 20 20	Sunday May 21 21
Monday May 22 22 Moon passes north of Venus in the western evening sky	Tuesday May 23 23 Moon passes north of Venus in the western evening sky	Wednesday May 24 24 Moon passes north of Mars in the constellation of Cancer.	Thursday May 25 25	Friday May 26 26	Saturday May 27 27 First Quarter Moon The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Sunday May 28 28 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Eyes of Calvius are visible early evening in daylight sky. The Eyes of Calvius are visible early evening in daylight sky. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Eyes of Clavius is visible. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: h](https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/)[ttps://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/Eyes-of-Clavius.png
Monday May 29 29 Mercury reaches greatest western elongation. Mercury reaches greatest western elongation. But will be too low down in the bright eastern sky at dawn to be seen.	Tuesday May 30 30	Wednesday May 31 31 The Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo

June 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
			Thursday June 1 1 Venus is aligned with the two bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini	Friday June 2 2 Mars is nestled within the bright star cluster Messier 44, The Beehive Cluster in Cancer.	Saturday June 3 3	Sunday June 4 4 Full Moon Venus reaches greatest eastern elongation. Visible in the western sky after sunset.
Monday June 5 5	Tuesday June 6 6	Wednesday June 7 7	Thursday June 8 8	Friday June 9 9	Saturday June 10 10 Last Quarter Moon Moon passes south of Saturn	Sunday June 11 11
Monday June 12 12	Tuesday June 13 13 Venus passes just north of Messier 44, The Beehive Star Cluster in Cancer.	Wednesday June 14 14 The Moon is very close to Jupiter low down in the pre dawn eastern sky.	Thursday June 15 15	Friday June 16 16	Saturday June 17 17	Sunday June 18 18 New Moon
Monday June 19 19	Tuesday June 20 20	Wednesday June 21 21 Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere The thin crescent Moon is visible close to Jupiter & Mars in the western evening sky just after sunset.	Thursday June 22 22 The thin crescent Moon is visible close to Jupiter & Mars in the western evening sky just after sunset.	Friday June 23 23 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Saturday June 24 24	Sunday June 25 25 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lunar X & V visible in the daytime Lunar X & V visible in the daytime 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are visible early evening in a daytime sky. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/: The%20Clair%20Obscure%20Effect%20of%20The%20Lunar%20X%20and%20V%20are%20visible.%20Moon%20sets%20at%2001%3A45%20almost%20as%20soon%20as%20the%20effect%20starts%20to%20be%20visible.%20%20Timings%20taken%20from%20Mary%20McIntyre’s%20Blog%3A%20https%3A//marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg
Monday June 26 26 First Quarter Moon	Tuesday June 27 27 The Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Wednesday June 28 28	Thursday June 29 29	Friday June 30 30 The Moon passes north of the bright star Antares in Scorpius

July 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					Saturday July 1 1 The Moon passes north of the bright star Antares in Scorpius	Sunday July 2 2
Monday July 3 3 Full Moon	Tuesday July 4 4	Wednesday July 5 5	Thursday July 6 6 Earth reaches Aphelion (Furthest from The Sun).	Friday July 7 7 The Moon passes south of Saturn in Aquarius	Saturday July 8 8	Sunday July 9 9 Venus reaches maximum brightness, but will be extremely low down in the western sky after sunset
Monday July 10 10 Last Quarter Moon	Tuesday July 11 11 The Moon passes north of Jupiter	Wednesday July 12 12 The Moon passes north of Jupiter	Thursday July 13 13 The Moon passes between the Pleiades and Hyades in Taurus	Friday July 14 14 The Moon passes between the Pleiades and Hyades in Taurus	Saturday July 15 15	Sunday July 16 16
Monday July 17 17 New Moon	Tuesday July 18 18	Wednesday July 19 19 Extremely thin crescent Moon may be spotted very low down in the western sky after sunset.	Thursday July 20 20 Thin crescent Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo, low down in the western evening sky after sunset.	Friday July 21 21	Saturday July 22 22	Sunday July 23 23
Monday July 24 24 The moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Tuesday July 25 25 First Quarter Moon The moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Wednesday July 26 26 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Eyes of Clavius are visible The Eyes of Clavius are visible 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Eyes of Clavius is visible. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: h](https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/)[ttps://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/Eyes-of-Clavius.png	Thursday July 27 27	Friday July 28 28 Moon passes north of the bright star Antares in Scorpius	Saturday July 29 29	Sunday July 30 30
Monday July 31 31

August 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	Tuesday August 1 1 Full Moon	Wednesday August 2 2 Moon passes south of Saturn in Aquarius	Thursday August 3 3 Moon passes south of Saturn in Aquarius	Friday August 4 4	Saturday August 5 5	Sunday August 6 6
Monday August 7 7	Tuesday August 8 8 Last Quarter Moon Moon passes north of Jupiter	Wednesday August 9 9 Moon passes between the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters in Taurus Moon passes north of Jupiter	Thursday August 10 10 Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation, but will be very difficult to spot very low down in the western sky after sunset. Moon passes between the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters in Taurus	Friday August 11 11	Saturday August 12 12 The Perseid Meteor Shower reaches maximum	Sunday August 13 13
Monday August 14 14	Tuesday August 15 15	Wednesday August 16 16 New Moon	Thursday August 17 17	Friday August 18 18 The extremely thin crescent Moon is close to Mars and Mercury. But they will be very difficult to spot so low down in the western sky just after sunset.	Saturday August 19 19	Sunday August 20 20
Monday August 21 21 The Moon passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo	Tuesday August 22 22	Wednesday August 23 23 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Lunar X & V visible in an afternoon daytime sky Lunar X & V visible in an afternoon daytime sky 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are visible late afternoon in a daytime sky. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/: The%20Clair%20Obscure%20Effect%20of%20The%20Lunar%20X%20and%20V%20are%20visible.%20Moon%20sets%20at%2001%3A45%20almost%20as%20soon%20as%20the%20effect%20starts%20to%20be%20visible.%20%20Timings%20taken%20from%20Mary%20McIntyre’s%20Blog%3A%20https%3A//marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg	Thursday August 24 24 First Quarter Moon	Friday August 25 25	Saturday August 26 26	Sunday August 27 27 Saturn reaches opposition in Aquarius.
Monday August 28 28	Tuesday August 29 29	Wednesday August 30 30	Thursday August 31 31 The Moon passes south of Saturn

September 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
				Friday September 1 1	Saturday September 2 2	Sunday September 3 3
Monday September 4 4 The moon passes north of Jupiter	Tuesday September 5 5 The moon passes north of Jupiter	Wednesday September 6 6 Last Quarter Moon The moon passes south of The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus	Thursday September 7 7	Friday September 8 8	Saturday September 9 9	Sunday September 10 10 The Moon is almost in line with the two bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini as dawn breaks.
Monday September 11 11 The Moon passes north of Messier 44, the Beehive Star cluster and Venus in Cancer in the eastern morning sky.	Tuesday September 12 12	Wednesday September 13 13 The very thin crescent Moon passes north of the bright star regulus in Leo. Visible low down in the eastern sky just before dawn.	Thursday September 14 14	Friday September 15 15 New Moon	Saturday September 16 16	Sunday September 17 17
Monday September 18 18 Venus reaches maximum brilliance in Cancer in the early morning eastern sky.	Tuesday September 19 19 Neptune reaches opposition	Wednesday September 20 20	Thursday September 21 21	Friday September 22 22 First Quarter Moon Mercury reaches greatest western elongation. Visible very low down in the eastern morning sky before dawn	Saturday September 23 23 3:37 pm – 4:00 pm The Eyes of Clavius are visible at Moonrise The Eyes of Clavius are visible at Moonrise 3:37 pm – 4:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Eyes of Clavius is visible as The Moon is rising. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: h](https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/)[ttps://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/Eyes-of-Clavius.png	Sunday September 24 24
Monday September 25 25	Tuesday September 26 26 The Moon passes south of Saturn in Aquarius	Wednesday September 27 27 The Moon passes south of Saturn in Aquarius	Thursday September 28 28	Friday September 29 29 Full Moon	Saturday September 30 30

October 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
						Sunday October 1 1
Monday October 2 2 The Moon passes north of Jupiter	Tuesday October 3 3	Wednesday October 4 4 The Moon passes south of the Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus	Thursday October 5 5	Friday October 6 6	Saturday October 7 7 Last Quarter Moon The Moon passes close to the two bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini	Sunday October 8 8
Monday October 9 9	Tuesday October 10 10 The Moon passes north of Venus and the bright star Regulus in Leo in the pre-dawn eastern sky.	Wednesday October 11 11 The Moon passes north of Venus and the bright star Regulus in Leo in the pre-dawn eastern sky.	Thursday October 12 12	Friday October 13 13	Saturday October 14 14 Annular Solar Eclipse (Not visible from Europe) New Moon	Sunday October 15 15
Monday October 16 16	Tuesday October 17 17	Wednesday October 18 18	Thursday October 19 19	Friday October 20 20	Saturday October 21 21 Maximum of The Orionid Meteor Shower 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Lunar X & V visible Lunar X & V visible 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are visible late afternoon in a daytime sky. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/: The%20Clair%20Obscure%20Effect%20of%20The%20Lunar%20X%20and%20V%20are%20visible.%20Moon%20sets%20at%2001%3A45%20almost%20as%20soon%20as%20the%20effect%20starts%20to%20be%20visible.%20%20Timings%20taken%20from%20Mary%20McIntyre’s%20Blog%3A%20https%3A//marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg	Sunday October 22 22 First Quarter Moon
Monday October 23 23 Venus reaches western elongation. Very bright in the eastern morning sky below Leo.	Tuesday October 24 24 The Moon passes south of Saturn	Wednesday October 25 25	Thursday October 26 26	Friday October 27 27	Saturday October 28 28 Full Moon Moon passes north of Jupiter Partial Lunar Eclipse	Sunday October 29 29 Moon passes north of Jupiter 2:00 am British Summer Time ends
Monday October 30 30 The Moon passes south of The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus	Tuesday October 31 31

November 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		Wednesday November 1 1 Jupiter closest to The Earth	Thursday November 2 2	Friday November 3 3 Jupiter reaches opposition in Aries	Saturday November 4 4	Sunday November 5 5 Last Quarter Moon
Monday November 6 6 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Tuesday November 7 7 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Wednesday November 8 8	Thursday November 9 9 Moon very close to Venus in the eastern morning sky before dawn. 9:45 am – 10:45 am Daylight occultation of Venus by The Moon.	Friday November 10 10	Saturday November 11 11 Extremely thin crescent Moon close to the bright star Spica in Virgo. Very low down in the south eastern morning sky just before dawn.	Sunday November 12 12
Monday November 13 13 New Moon Uranus reaches opposition	Tuesday November 14 14	Wednesday November 15 15	Thursday November 16 16	Friday November 17 17 Maximum of The Leonid Meteor Shower. Best viewed after midnight.	Saturday November 18 18 Maximum of The Leonid Meteor Shower. Best viewed after midnight.	Sunday November 19 19
Monday November 20 20 First Quarter Moon The Moon passes south of Saturn in Aquarius	Tuesday November 21 21	Wednesday November 22 22	Thursday November 23 23	Friday November 24 24 The Moon passes north of Jupiter	Saturday November 25 25 The Moon passes north of Jupiter	Sunday November 26 26 The Moon passes close to The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus
Monday November 27 27 Full Moon	Tuesday November 28 28	Wednesday November 29 29 Venus passes north of the bright star Spica in Virgo. Visible in the south eastern morning sky.	Thursday November 30 30

December 2023

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
				Friday December 1 1 The Moon is almost in line with the two bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini just before dawn.	Saturday December 2 2	Sunday December 3 3
Monday December 4 4 Mercury reaches eastern elongation, but will be very difficult to spot extremely low down in the south western sky just after sunset. The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Tuesday December 5 5 Last Quarter Moon	Wednesday December 6 6	Thursday December 7 7	Friday December 8 8	Saturday December 9 9 The Moon passes south of Venus. Visible in the early morning sky	Sunday December 10 10 The Moon passes south of Venus. Visible in the early morning sky
Monday December 11 11	Tuesday December 12 12 New Moon	Wednesday December 13 13 Maximum of the Geminid Meteors	Thursday December 14 14	Friday December 15 15	Saturday December 16 16	Sunday December 17 17 The thick crescent Moon passes shout of Saturn in Aquarius
Monday December 18 18 The thick crescent Moon passes shout of Saturn in Aquarius	Tuesday December 19 19 First Quarter Moon 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lunar X & V Visible Lunar X & V Visible 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Clair Obscure Effect of The Lunar X and V are visible early evening Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/: The%20Clair%20Obscure%20Effect%20of%20The%20Lunar%20X%20and%20V%20are%20visible.%20Moon%20sets%20at%2001%3A45%20almost%20as%20soon%20as%20the%20effect%20starts%20to%20be%20visible.%20%20Timings%20taken%20from%20Mary%20McIntyre’s%20Blog%3A%20https%3A//marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5V8MXck9PU_xRkzknwrjkwbzJ-w4XGz13m8sVFXr1OeTCoWUgtKkPsnkkNhjUZ0fuqJ0qmS8ZBkQHemBSPLzwbBcm3Yb8aRLhyPSBMaKZk01g5DHGzn29Vtwq-t4g9EV79tEbGoQojQrnW1QZJuMXZQc-GgfEJI6r5pgD2TNPryOfanlhDAxZ38zoQ/w640-h428/X%20&%20V%205x%20Barlow%20Collage_Lab.jpg	Wednesday December 20 20	Thursday December 21 21 12:00 am – 12:31 am The Eyes of Clavius are Visible at moonset The Eyes of Clavius are Visible at moonset 12:00 am – 12:31 am The Clair Obscure Effect of The Eyes of Clavius is visible as The Moon is setting. Timings taken from Mary McIntyre’s Blog: h](https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/)[ttps://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023: https://marysastronomyblogs.blogspot.com/2023/) ![](http://www.star-gazing.co.uk/Sky-Diary/Eyes-of-Clavius.png	Friday December 22 22 The Moon passes north of Jupiter in Aries Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere	Saturday December 23 23	Sunday December 24 24 The Moon passes south of The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus
Monday December 25 25 Merry Christmas Everyone Merry Christmas Everyone Recurs yearly	Tuesday December 26 26	Wednesday December 27 27 Full Moon	Thursday December 28 28 The Moon is in line with the two bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini as they rise.	Friday December 29 29	Saturday December 30 30 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo	Sunday December 31 31 The Moon passes north of the bright star Regulus in Leo

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