Astronomical Agenda for 2006

Remarkable Events

2006 forecast for the Leonids

Serviastro offers a compilation of forecasts for the Leonids of this year 2006 published by experts.

Total solar eclipse (29-03-06)

A team from the Astronomy and Meteorology Department of the University of Barcelona travelled to Egypt in order to live webcast the eclipse from the totality zone. Besides, other two teams, prepared for the webcast, occupied the roof of the Physics Faculties both in Barcelona (the UB Faculty) and in Valencia.

Tables

Sun

Changes of Season

	Date	Exact hour
Spring	20 March	18h 25m 34s UT
Summer	21 June	12h 25m 51s UT
Autumn	23 September	04h 03m 22s UT
Winter	22 December	00h 22m 06s UT

Hores de sortida i posta de Sol per a qualsevol indret (Eina de càlcul en javascript).

	Date	Distance to the Sun
Perihelion (minimum distance)	4 January	147.103.000 km
Afhelion (maximum distance)	3 July	152.096.000 km

luna

Lunar Phases

New Moon	Crescent Moon	Full Moon	Waning Moon
	06/01/2006	14/01/2006	22/01/2006
29/01/2006	05/02/2006	13/02/2006	21/02/2006
28/02/2006	06/03/2006	14/03/2006	22/03/2006
29/03/2006	05/04/2006	13/04/2006	21/04/2006
27/04/2006	05/05/2006	13/05/2006	20/05/2006
27/05/2006	03/06/2006	11/06/2006	18/06/2006
25/06/2006	03/07/2006	11/07/2006	17/07/2006
25/07/2006	02/08/2006	09/08/2006	16/08/2006
23/08/2006	31/08/2006	07/09/2006	14/09/2006
22/09/2006	30/09/2006	07/10/2006	14/10/2006
22/10/2006	29/10/2006	05/11/2006	12/11/2006
20/11/2006	28/11/2006	05/12/2006	12/12/2006
20/12/2006	27/12/2006

Orbit of the Moon

Perigee (minimum distance)				Apogee (maximum distance)
1 January	30 January	27 February	17 January	14 February	13 March
28 March	25 April	22 May	9 April	7 May	4 June
16 June	13 July	10 August	1 July	29 July	26 August
8 September	6 October	4 November	22 September	19 October	15 November
2 December	28 December		13 December

Information about the planets ( UT ):

Mercury

Day	Hour	Event
26 January	22 h	Superior conjunction
24 February	05 h	Max. East elongation (18º)
12 March	03 h	nferior conjunction
8 April	19 h	Max. West elongation (28º)
18 May	20 h	Superior conjunction
20 June	20 h	Max. East elongation (25º)
18 July	07 h	Inferior conjunction
7 August	01 h	Max. West elongation (19º)
1 September	22 h	Superior conjunction
17 October	04 h	Max. East elongation (25º)
8 November	22 h	Inferior conjunction - TRANSIT
25 November	13 h	Max. West elongation (20º)

Venus

Day	Hour	Event
14 January	00 h	Inferior conjunction
25 March	07 h	Max. West elongation (46.5º)
27 November	18 h	Superior conjunction

Mars

Day	Hour	Event
23 October	07 h	Conjunction

Jupiter

Day	Hour	Event
4 May	15 h	Opposition
21 November	23 h	Conjunction

Saturn

Day	Hour	Event
27 January	23 h	Opposition
7 July	12 h	Conjunction

Uranus

Day	Hour	Event
1 March	11 h	Conjunction
5 September	11 h	Opposition

Neptune |Day|Hour|Event||

6 February	06 h	Conjunction
11 August	05 h	Opposition

Pluto

Day	Hour	Event
16 June	17 h	Opposition
18 December	15 h	Conjunction

Eclipses

Solar Eclipses

Type	Day	Hour of the maximum	Visibility
Total	29 March	10h 11m UT	Total in african countries, Turkey, Caucasus and Siberia. Partial in Africa, Europe and West Asia.
Annular	22 September	11h 40m UT	Annular in Northern South America. Partial in a part of South America, Western and Southern Africa and regions of Antarctica.

Lunar Eclipses

Type	Day	Hour of the maximum	Visibility					Penumbral	14 March	23h 47m UT	Europe, Africa, Western and southern Asia and East of America.			Partial	7 September	18h 51m UT	Australia, Asia and East of Africa.

Other Events

Meteor Showers

Name	Days of activity	Maximum
Quadrantids	28 December-7 January	3 January aprox.
Lirids	16-25 April	20 April approx.
η-Aquarids	21 April-12 May	5 May approx.
Perseids	23 July-22 August	12 August
Draconids	6-10 October	9 October
Orionids	15-29 October	21 October approx.
Taurids	20 October-25 November	4 November approx.
Leonids	14-20 November	17 November approx.
Geminids	6-19 December	13 December approx.
Ursids	17-24 December	22 December approx.