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Astronomic Calendar of January 2023
We start the month with lunar occultations of Uranus and Mars that will be repeated at the end of the month. We will have the Quadrantid meteor shower, one of the densest of the year. Comet ZTF, asteroid Pallas, asteroid Hebe and comet Machholz will be at opposition, perigee and/or perihelion.
Astronomic Calendar of February 2023
Comet ZTF, which visits Earth every 50,000 years, will reach its maximum brightness and adjacent days and can be easily observed. Also, comet PANSTARRS will be at perihelion. The α-Centaurid meteor shower will peak on February 8. And there will be four lunar occultations in the middle and the end of the month.
Astronomic Calendar of March 2023
Here comes the March equinox, marking the beginning of spring for the northern hemisphere and autumn for the southern hemisphere. The γ-Normid meteor shower will peak on March 15. And the comet PANSTARRS will pass perihelion.
Astronomic Calendar of April 2023
Several Messier and NGC objects will be well placed throughout the month, including galaxies and objects such as The Jewel Box, The Sombrero, The Whirlpool, and the Pinwheels. On the 19th there will be a hybrid solar eclipse visible from Oceania and its surroundings. Also two meteor showers at the end of the month.
Astronomic Calendar of May 2023
On May 5th there will be a penumbral lunar eclipse that can be observed from parts of Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. The η-Aquariid and η-Lyrid meteor showers will also peak this month. And the ZTF and PANSTARRS comets will reach their perihelion.
Astronomic Calendar of June 2023
Multiple Messier objects will be well placed to be observed this month, among which stand out The Great Globular Cluster, The Butterfly, Ptolemy and The Lagoon Nebula. In the middle of the month we will have the Daytime Arietid meteor shower and at the end the June Bootid meteor shower. And on June 21 the solstice will mark the change of seasons.
Astronomic Calendar of July 2023
We begin the month with comet ATLAS at perihelion, comets Lemmon and Petriew will also reach perihelion. At the end of the month we will have the Piscis Austrinid, Southern δ-Aquariid and α-Capricornid meteor showers. Some stellar objects will be in good position and several conjunctions will also be observed.
Astronomic Calendar of August 2023
This month there will be two full moons, the last one will take the name of Blue Moon for being the second full moon in a single month. The Pleiades will be observed in conjunction with the Moon. In the middle of the month we will have the Perseid meteor shower, the most prominent of the year. And Uranus will enter retrograde motion.
Astronomic Calendar of September 2023
The Aurigid, ε-Perseid and Daytime Sextantid showers will reach their peak. Jupiter will enter retrograde motion, Venus will reach its maximum brightness, Neptune will be in opposition and the September equinox will take place.
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