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All events are given for geocentric coordinates, UT.

Date Time Planet(s) Event
3 January 10 h Moon full
3 January 18:15 Earth perihelion
6 January 06:22 Sun, Venus superior conjunction (42′)
8 January 03:11 Venus, Mars conjunction (10′)
9 January 09:38 Sun, Mars conjunction (56′)
10 January 9 h Earth transit (from Jupiter)
18 January 06:34 Mercury, Mars conjunction (58′)
18 January 20 h Moon new
20 January 02:16:35 Sun enters Capricornus
21 January 13:19 Sun, Mercury superior conjunction (2° 3′)
29 January 13:54 Mercury, Venus conjunction (41′)
2 February 23 h Moon full
4 February 02:14 Uranus prograde
16 February 12:52:25 Sun enters Aquarius
16 February 16:44-20:32 Moon, Mars occultation (visible from Antarctica)
17 February 12:13:06 Moon new, annular solar eclipse
18 February 20:58-01:39 Moon, Mercury occultation (visible from Central America and the southern US)
20 February 19:58 Saturn, Neptune conjunction (50′)
25 February 16:46 Mercury retrograde
27 February 21:44 Mercury, Venus conjunction (4° 31′)
3 March 11:33:37 Moon full, total lunar eclipse
7 March 11:24 Venus, Neptune conjunction (4′)
7 March 12:19 Sun, Mercury inferior conjunction (3° 38′)
8 March 13:15 Venus, Saturn conjunction (55′)
8 March 17:55 Earth 2026 Koblenz meteor
11 March 02:27 Jupiter prograde
12 March 14:27:02 Sun enters Pisces
15 March 19:07 Mercury, Mars conjunction (3° 22′)
17 March 12:57 Earth 2026 Cleveland meteor
19 March 1 h Moon new
19 March 19:50 Mercury prograde
20 March 14:45:58 Earth vernal equinox
22 March 11:17 Sun, Neptune conjunction (1° 18′)
25 March 08:52 Sun, Saturn conjunction (2° 8′)
2 April 2 h Moon full
9 April 19:37 Neptune besiegement start
13 April 05:25 Mars, Neptune conjunction (19′)
13 April 05:30 Neptune besiegement end
15 April 22 h Moon besiegement start
16 April 3 h Moon besiegement end
17 April 01:51 Mercury, Neptune conjunction (1° 19′)
17 April 11 h Moon new
19 April 02:26:40 Sun enters Aries
19 April 22:14 Mars, Saturn conjunction (1° 12′)
20 April 11:28 Mercury, Saturn conjunction (28′)
20 April 13:20 Mercury besiegement start
20 April 22:50 Mercury, Mars conjunction (1° 39′)
20 April 23:00 Mercury besiegement end
24 April 01:20 Venus, Uranus conjunction (45′)
1 May 17 h Moon full
6 May 1 h Mars transit (from Neptune)
13 May 20:10 Moon besiegement start
13 May 23:33 Moon besiegement end
14 May 13:54:20 Sun enters Taurus
14 May 13:58 Sun, Mercury superior conjunction (9′), occultation
16 May 20 h Moon new
17 May 23:21 Mercury, Uranus conjunction (54′)
22 May 14:25 Sun, Uranus conjunction (10′), occultation
31 May 9 h Moon full
9 June 19:47 Venus, Jupiter conjunction (1° 36′)
15 June 3 h Moon new
17 June 18:28-22:55 Moon, Venus occultation (visible from northern South America and western Africa)
21 June 08:24:30 Earth summer solstice
21 June 21:16:48 Sun enters Gemini
25 June 12:10 Mercury, Jupiter conjunction (3° 44′)
29 June 02:09 Mercury retrograde
30 June 0 h Moon full
4 July 06:10 Mars, Uranus conjunction (6′)
6 July 19:30 Earth aphelion
7 July 22:40 Neptune retrograde
12 July 22:02 Sun, Mercury inferior conjunction (4° 50′)
14 July 10 h Moon new
21 July 02:02:11 Sun enters Cancer
23 July 17:22 Mercury prograde
27 July 21:02 Saturn retrograde
29 July 12:15 Sun, Jupiter conjunction (28′)
29 July 15 h Moon full
11 August 01:07:23 Sun enters Leo
12 August 17:47:06 Moon new, total solar eclipse
15 August 10 h Venus maximum elongation
15 August 10:42 Mercury, Jupiter conjunction (33′)
27 August 17:55 Sun, Mercury superior conjunction (1° 45′)
28 August 4:12:49 Moon full, partial lunar eclipse
8 September 17:53-21:18 Moon, Jupiter occultation (visible from Arctic Circle)
10 September 15:38 Uranus retrograde
11 September 3 h Moon new
14 September 09:29-13:46 Moon, Venus occultation (visible from India and Southeast Asia)
17 September 02:13:33 Sun enters Virgo
23 September 00:05:12 Earth autumnal equinox
26 September 16 h Moon full
2 October 13:33 Venus retrograde
5 October 05:21-07:31 Moon, Mars occultation (visible from Arctic Circle)
6 October 09:03-13:22 Moon, Jupiter occultation (visible from eastern North America)
7 October 09:09 Mercury, Venus conjunction (5° 3′)
10 October 15 h Moon new
12 October 10 h Mercury maximum elongation
24 October 11:50 Mercury retrograde
24 October 14:13 Sun, Venus inferior conjunction (6° 29′)
26 October 4 h Moon full
31 October 14:37:19 Sun enters Libra
2 November 12:27-15:15 Moon, Mars occultation (visible from Oceania)
2 November 21:31-01:32 Moon, Jupiter occultation (visible from southern Asia)
4 November 14:56 Sun, Mercury inferior conjunction (22′)
7 November 09:27-12:01 Moon, Venus occultation (visible from southern South America)
9 November 7 h Moon new
11 November 13:33 Venus prograde
13 November 09:12 Mercury prograde
16 November 02:04 Mars, Jupiter conjunction (1° 12′)
21 November 0 h Mercury maximum elongation
23 November 17:37:16 Sun enters Scorpius
24 November Mars launch window (4.92 km/s Δv)
24 November 15 h Moon full
26 November 1 h Earth transit (from Uranus)
30 November 05:36:39 Sun enters Ophiuchus
30 November 08:00-10:15 Moon, Jupiter occultation (visible from South America)
9 December 1 h Moon new
10 December 14:22 Saturn, Neptune conjunction (6° 25′)
11 December 22:59 Saturn prograde
13 December 08:53 Neptune prograde
13 December 10:54 Jupiter retrograde
18 December 13:03:38 Sun enters Sagittarius
21 December 20:50:14 Earth winter solstice
24 December 2 h Moon full (supermoon)