Astronomical agenda for 2014

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Remarkable events

Tables

Sun

Changes of season

	Date	Exact hour
Spring	20th March	16h 57m UT
Summer	21st June	10h 51m UT
AuUTmn	23th September	02h 29m UT
Winter	21st December	23h 03m UT

Sunrise and sunset hours for any place (Calculation tool in javascript).

Earth's orbit

	Date	Distance to the Sun
Perihelion (minimum distance)	4th January	147.104.613 km
Afhelion (maximum distance)	4th July	152.093.626 km

Moon

Lunar phases ( UT ):

Lluna Nova	Quart Creixent	Lluna Plena	Quart Minvant
01/01/2014	08/01/2014	16/01/2014	24/01/2014
30/01/2014	06/02/2014	14/02/2014	22/02/2014
01/03/2014	08/03/2014	16/03/2014	24/03/2014
30/03/2014	07/04/2014	15/04/2014	22/04/2014
29/04/2014	07/05/2014	14/05/2014	21/05/2014
28/05/2014	05/06/2014	13/06/2014	19/06/2014
27/06/2014	05/07/2014	12/07/2014	19/07/2014
26/07/2014	04/08/2014	10/08/2014	17/08/2014
25/08/2014	02/09/2014	09/09/2014	16/09/2014
24/09/2014	01/10/2014	08/10/2014	15/10/2014
23/10/2014	31/10/2014	06/11/2014	14/11/2014
22/11/2014	29/11/2014	06/12/2014	14/12/2014
22/12/2014	28/12/2014

Moon's orbit

Perigee (minimum distance)				Apogee (maximum distance)
1 January	30 January	27 February		16 January	12 February	11 March
27 March	23 April	18 May		8 April	6 May	03 June
15 June	13 July	10 August		30 June	28 July	24 August
08 September	06 October	03 November		20 September	18 October	15 November
27 November	24 Desember			12 Desember

Information about the planets ( UT ):

Mercury

Day	Hour	Event
16 February		21 h		Max elong East
31 January		10 h		Max elong East
14 March		07 h		Max elong West
25 May		07 h		Max elong East
12 July		18 h		Max elong West
21 September		22 h		Max elong East
1 November		13 h		Max elong West

Venus

Day	Hour	Event
22 March	20 h	Max elong West

Mars

01 March

21 h

Conjunction

Jupiter

Day	Hour	Event
05 January	21 h	Opposition
24 July	21 h	Conjunction

Saturn

Day	Hour	Event
10 May	18 h	Opposition
18 November	09 h	Conjunction

Uranus

Day	Hour	Event
02 April	07 h	Conjunction
07 October	21 h	Opposition

Neptune

Day	Hour	Event
23 February	18 h	Conjunction
29 August	15 h	Opposition

Eclipses

Solar eclipses

Type	Day	Hour of the maximum	Visibility
Annular	29th April	06h 05m UT	Antarctica
Partial	23th October	21h 46m UT	Eastern Siberia and North America

Lunar eclipses

Type	Day	Hour of the maximum	Visibility
Total	15th April	07h 46m UT	Antarctica, Australia, Pacific, America. Penumbral phase will be visible from Catalonia before the moonset . Almost negligible.
Total	08th October	10h 55m UT	Asia, Australia, Pacific, America

Other Events

Meteors Shower

Name	Days	Maximum aprox	Constelation around the radiant	Meteors per hour (aprox)
Quadrantids	1-5 January	3 January	Bootes	120
Lyrid	15-28 April	22 April	Lyra	15
Eta-Aquarid	19 April - 28 May	6 May	Aquarius	60
Arietid	22 May-2 July	7 June	Aries	54
Delta Aquarid	12 july-19 August	30 July	Aquarius	20
Perseids	17 July - 24 August	12 August	Perseus	90
Orionids	2October-7 November	21 October	Orion	20
Leonids	14 - 21 November	17 November	Leo	variable
Geminids	7 17 December	13-14 December	Gemini	120

Links

1. Ephemerids from Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
2. Space calendar
3. Ephemerids fromROA
4. Eclipse Homepage from NASA
5. http://olympus.umons.ac.be/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ephemerides-olympus-2013.pdf

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