CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2018 (Universal Time, DT=69.0) MERCURY h h h h Greatest elongation W Jan. 1 19.9 (23°) Apr. 29 18.3 (27°) Aug. 26 20.5 (18°) Dec. 15 11.4 (21°) Superior conjunction Feb. 17 12.5 June 6 2.0 Sept. 21 1.9 Greatest elongation E March 15 15.1 (18°) July 12 5.4 (26°) Nov. 6 15.5 (23°) Stationary March 22 17.1 July 25 7.3 Nov. 17 5.0 Inferior conjunction Apr. 1 17.9 Aug. 9 2.1 Nov. 27 9.2 Stationary Apr. 14 3.8 Aug. 18 12.3 Dec. 6 20.3 VENUS h h Superior conjunction Jan. 9 7.0 Inferior conjunction Oct. 26 14.3 Greatest elongation E Aug. 17 17.5 (46°) Stationary Nov. 14 3.1 Greatest brilliancy Sept. 21 12.6 Greatest brilliancy Dec. 2 4.4 Stationary Oct. 5 4.2 EARTH h h m h m Perihelion Jan. 3 5.6 Equinoxes March 20 16 15.5 Sept. 23 1 54.1 Aphelion July 6 16.8 Solstices June 21 10 07.3 Dec. 21 22 22.7 SUPERIOR PLANETS Conjunction Stationary Opposition Stationary h h h h Mars -- June 28 13.7 July 27 5.2 Aug. 28 10.2 Jupiter Nov. 26 6.6 March 9 9.7 May 9 0.7 July 11 3.8 Saturn -- Apr. 18 1.5 June 27 13.5 Sept. 6 10.4 Uranus Apr. 18 14.0 Aug. 7 20.5 Oct. 24 0.8 Jan. 2 20.7 Neptune March 4 13.9 June 19 12.1 Sept. 7 18.4 Nov. 25 8.2 Pluto Jan. 9 9.5 Apr. 23 2.1 July 12 10.1 Sept. 30 15.5 PLANETARY CONJUNCTION h ° h ° Jan. 7 3.7 Mars 0.2 S of Jupiter Apr. 2 11.8 Mars 1 S of Saturn Jan. 13 6.8 Mercury 1 S of Saturn Apr. 26 0.1 Mars 1 S of Pluto Jan. 24 17.3 Mercury 2 S of Pluto May 12 21.0 Mercury 2 S of Uranus Feb. 21 14.2 Venus 1 S of Neptune Oct. 14 15.3 Mercury 7 N of Venus March 5 18.5 Mercury 1 N of Venus Oct. 30 3.6 Mercury 3 S of Jupiter March 18 1.3 Mercury 4 N of Venus Dec. 7 14.8 Mars 0.04 N of Neptune March 29 0.3 Venus 0.07 S of Uranus Dec. 21 14.7 Mercury 1 N of Jupiter PLANETS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON h ° h ° Jan. 11 6.0 Jupiter 4 S July 7 13.6 Uranus 5 N 11 10.0 Mars 5 S 13 2.8 New Moon 15 1.9 Saturn 3 S 14 22.1 Mercury 2 S 15 7.4 Mercury 3 S 16 3.5 Venus 2 S 17 2.3 New Moon 20 23.9 Jupiter 4 S 20 19.6 Neptune 2 N 25 5.9 Saturn 2 S 24 1.2 Uranus 5 N 26 14.1 Pluto 1 S Feb. 7 19.8 Jupiter 4 S 27 22.1 Mars 7 S 9 5.2 Mars 4 S 31 5.5 Neptune 3 N 11 14.5 Saturn 2 S Aug. 3 21.4 Uranus 5 N 12 19.9 Pluto 2 S 11 10.0 New Moon 15 21.1 New Moon 14 13.6 Venus 6 S 17 3.3 Neptune 2 N 17 10.6 Jupiter 5 S 20 8.1 Uranus 5 N 21 9.6 Saturn 2 S March 7 6.9 Jupiter 4 S 22 19.2 Pluto 1 S 10 0.6 Mars 4 S 23 17.2 Mars 7 S 11 2.4 Saturn 2 S 27 10.2 Neptune 2 N 12 4.8 Pluto 2 S 31 2.7 Uranus 5 N 17 13.2 New Moon Sept. 9 18.0 New Moon 18 18.1 Mercury 8 N 12 15.8 Venus 11 S 18 19.1 Venus 4 N 14 2.3 Jupiter 4 S 19 16.5 Uranus 5 N 17 16.5 Saturn 2 S Apr. 3 14.2 Jupiter 4 S 19 1.4 Pluto 1 S 7 12.6 Saturn 2 S 20 6.7 Mars 5 S 7 18.3 Mars 3 S 23 15.5 Neptune 2 N 8 13.5 Pluto 2 S 27 7.1 Uranus 5 N 12 22.7 Neptune 2 N Oct. 9 3.8 New Moon 14 9.4 Mercury 4 N 10 14.8 Venus 13 S 16 2.0 New Moon 11 21.3 Jupiter 4 S 17 19.5 Venus 5 N 15 2.8 Saturn 2 S 30 17.3 Jupiter 4 S 16 9.2 Pluto 1 S May 4 20.3 Saturn 2 S 18 13.0 Mars 2 S 5 21.4 Pluto 1 S 20 22.2 Neptune 3 N 6 7.4 Mars 3 S 24 12.5 Uranus 5 N 10 8.8 Neptune 2 N Nov. 6 2.4 Venus 10 S 13 15.2 Uranus 5 N 7 16.0 New Moon 13 17.3 Mercury 2 N 8 17.6 Jupiter 4 S 15 11.8 New Moon 9 11.6 Mercury 7 S 17 18.2 Venus 5 N 11 15.5 Saturn 1 S 27 17.7 Jupiter 4 S 12 18.2 Pluto 1 S June 1 1.1 Saturn 2 S 16 4.3 Mars 1 N 2 4.0 Pluto 1 S 17 6.0 Neptune 3 N 3 12.0 Mars 3 S 20 19.7 Uranus 5 N 6 17.6 Neptune 2 N Dec. 3 18.7 Venus 4 S 10 3.3 Uranus 5 N 5 21.1 Mercury 2 S 13 19.7 New Moon 7 7.3 New Moon 16 13.2 Venus 2 N 9 5.3 Saturn 1 S 23 18.8 Jupiter 4 S 10 3.6 Pluto 1 S 28 3.7 Saturn 2 S 14 14.3 Neptune 3 N 29 9.3 Pluto 1 S 14 23.4 Mars 4 N July 1 1.8 Mars 5 S 18 4.1 Uranus 5 N 4 0.3 Neptune 3 N Occultations of major planets by the Moon, visible in Russia h Sept. 08 22.3 Mercury Northern and central parts of Siberia Dec. 09 05.3 Saturn Northern part of Khabarovsk Krai 10 03.6 Pluto Chukotka CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2018 Date Phenomena h Jan. 1 19.9 Mercury greatest western elong. (23°) 2 20.7 Uranus stationary 3 5.6 Sun at perigee 7 3.7 Mars of Jupiter 0.2 S 9 7.0 Venus in superior conjunction 9 9.5 Pluto at conjunction 11 6.0 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 11 10.0 Mars of Moon 5 S 13 6.8 Mercury of Saturn 1 S 15 1.9 Saturn of Moon 3 S 15 7.4 Mercury of Moon 3 S 17 2.3 New Moon 20 3.2 Solar longitude 300, enter into Aquarius 20 19.6 Neptune of Moon 2 N 24 1.2 Uranus of Moon 5 N 24 17.3 Mercury of Pluto 2 S 31 13.6 Total lunar eclipse Feb. 7 19.8 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 9 5.2 Mars of Moon 4 S 11 14.5 Saturn of Moon 2 S 12 19.9 Pluto of Moon 2 S 15 20.3 Partial solar eclipse 15 21.1 New Moon 17 3.3 Neptune of Moon 2 N 17 12.5 Mercury in superior conjunction 18 17.3 Solar longitude 330, enter into Pisces 20 8.1 Uranus of Moon 5 N 21 14.2 Venus of Neptune 1 S March 4 13.9 Neptune at conjunction 5 18.5 Mercury of Venus 1 N 7 6.9 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 9 9.7 Jupiter stationary 10 0.6 Mars of Moon 4 S 11 2.4 Saturn of Moon 2 S 12 4.8 Pluto of Moon 2 S 15 15.1 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (18°) 17 13.2 New Moon 18 1.3 Mercury of Venus 4 N 18 18.1 Mercury of Moon 8 N 18 19.1 Venus of Moon 4 N 19 16.5 Uranus of Moon 5 N 20 16.3 Solar longitude 0, enter into Aries Beginning of the spring 22 17.1 Mercury stationary 29 0.3 Venus of Uranus 0.07 S Apr. 1 17.9 Mercury in inferior conjunction 2 11.8 Mars of Saturn 1 S 3 14.2 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 7 12.6 Saturn of Moon 2 S 7 18.3 Mars of Moon 3 S 8 13.5 Pluto of Moon 2 S 12 22.7 Neptune of Moon 2 N 14 3.8 Mercury stationary 14 9.4 Mercury of Moon 4 N 16 2.0 New Moon 17 19.5 Venus of Moon 5 N 18 1.5 Saturn stationary 18 14.0 Uranus at conjunction 20 3.2 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 23 2.1 Pluto stationary 26 0.1 Mars of Pluto 1 S 29 18.3 Mercury greatest western elong. (27°) 30 17.3 Jupiter of Moon 4 S May 4 20.3 Saturn of Moon 2 S 5 21.4 Pluto of Moon 1 S 6 7.4 Mars of Moon 3 S 9 0.7 Jupiter at opposition 10 8.8 Neptune of Moon 2 N 12 21.0 Mercury of Uranus 2 S 13 15.2 Uranus of Moon 5 N 13 17.3 Mercury of Moon 2 N 15 11.8 New Moon 17 18.2 Venus of Moon 5 N 21 2.2 Solar longitude 60, enter into Gemini 27 17.7 Jupiter of Moon 4 S June 1 1.1 Saturn of Moon 2 S 2 4.0 Pluto of Moon 1 S 3 12.0 Mars of Moon 3 S 6 2.0 Mercury in superior conjunction 6 17.6 Neptune of Moon 2 N 10 3.3 Uranus of Moon 5 N 13 19.7 New Moon 16 13.2 Venus of Moon 2 N 19 12.1 Neptune stationary 21 10.1 Solar longitude 90, enter into Cancer Beginning of the summer 23 18.8 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 27 13.5 Saturn at opposition 28 3.7 Saturn of Moon 2 S 28 13.7 Mars stationary 29 9.3 Pluto of Moon 1 S July 1 1.8 Mars of Moon 5 S 4 0.3 Neptune of Moon 3 N 6 16.8 Sun at apogee 7 13.6 Uranus of Moon 5 N 11 3.8 Jupiter stationary 12 5.4 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (26°) 12 10.1 Pluto at opposition 13 2.8 New Moon 13 3.1 Partial solar eclipse 14 22.1 Mercury of Moon 2 S 16 3.5 Venus of Moon 2 S 20 23.9 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 22 21.0 Solar longitude 120, enter into Leo 25 5.9 Saturn of Moon 2 S 25 7.3 Mercury stationary 26 14.1 Pluto of Moon 1 S 27 5.2 Mars at opposition 27 20.4 Total lunar eclipse 27 22.1 Mars of Moon 7 S 31 5.5 Neptune of Moon 3 N 31 7.8 Mars closest approach Aug. 3 21.4 Uranus of Moon 5 N 7 20.5 Uranus stationary 9 2.1 Mercury in inferior conjunction 11 9.3 Partial solar eclipse 11 10.0 New Moon 14 13.6 Venus of Moon 6 S 17 10.6 Jupiter of Moon 5 S 17 17.5 Venus greatest eastern elong. (46°) 18 12.3 Mercury stationary 21 9.6 Saturn of Moon 2 S 22 19.2 Pluto of Moon 1 S 23 4.1 Solar longitude 150, enter into Virgo 23 17.2 Mars of Moon 7 S 26 20.5 Mercury greatest western elong. (18°) 27 10.2 Neptune of Moon 2 N 28 10.2 Mars stationary 31 2.7 Uranus of Moon 5 N Sept. 6 10.4 Saturn stationary 7 18.4 Neptune at opposition 9 18.0 New Moon 12 15.8 Venus of Moon 11 S 14 2.3 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 17 16.5 Saturn of Moon 2 S 19 1.4 Pluto of Moon 1 S 20 6.7 Mars of Moon 5 S 21 1.9 Mercury in superior conjunction 21 12.6 Venus in greatest brilliancy 23 1.9 Solar longitude 180, enter into Libra Beginning of the autumn 23 15.5 Neptune of Moon 2 N 27 7.1 Uranus of Moon 5 N 30 15.5 Pluto stationary Oct. 5 4.2 Venus stationary 9 3.8 New Moon 10 14.8 Venus of Moon 13 S 11 21.3 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 14 15.3 Mercury of Venus 7 N 15 2.8 Saturn of Moon 2 S 16 9.2 Pluto of Moon 1 S 18 13.0 Mars of Moon 2 S 20 22.2 Neptune of Moon 3 N 23 11.4 Solar longitude 210, enter into Scorpius 24 0.8 Uranus at opposition 24 12.5 Uranus of Moon 5 N 26 14.3 Venus in inferior conjunction 30 3.6 Mercury of Jupiter 3 S Nov. 6 2.4 Venus of Moon 10 S 6 15.5 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (23°) 7 16.0 New Moon 8 17.6 Jupiter of Moon 4 S 9 11.6 Mercury of Moon 7 S 11 15.5 Saturn of Moon 1 S 12 18.2 Pluto of Moon 1 S 14 3.1 Venus stationary 16 4.3 Mars of Moon 1 N 17 5.0 Mercury stationary 17 6.0 Neptune of Moon 3 N 20 19.7 Uranus of Moon 5 N 22 9.0 Solar longitude 240, enter into Sagittarius 25 8.2 Neptune stationary 26 6.6 Jupiter at conjunction 27 9.2 Mercury in inferior conjunction Dec. 2 4.4 Venus in greatest brilliancy 3 18.7 Venus of Moon 4 S 5 21.1 Mercury of Moon 2 S 6 20.3 Mercury stationary 7 7.3 New Moon 7 14.8 Mars of Neptune 0.04 N 9 5.3 Saturn of Moon 1 S 10 3.6 Pluto of Moon 1 S 14 14.3 Neptune of Moon 3 N 14 23.4 Mars of Moon 4 N 15 11.4 Mercury greatest western elong. (21°) 18 4.1 Uranus of Moon 5 N 21 14.7 Mercury of Jupiter 1 N 21 22.4 Solar longitude 270, enter into Capricornus Beginning of the winter