CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2020 (Universal Time, DT=70.0) MERCURY h h h h Superior conjunction Jan. 10 15.3 May 4 21.7 Aug. 17 15.1 Dec. 20 3.4 Greatest elongation E Feb. 10 13.9 (18°) June 4 13.1 (24°) Oct. 1 16.0 (26°) Stationary Feb. 16 10.2 June 17 19.5 Oct. 14 4.5 Inferior conjunction Feb. 26 1.7 July 1 2.9 Oct. 25 18.4 Stationary March 9 8.0 July 12 6.9 Nov. 3 8.3 Greatest elongation W March 24 2.1 (28°) July 22 15.2 (20°) Nov. 10 17.0 (19°) VENUS h h Greatest elongation E March 24 22.2 (46°) Stationary June 24 18.1 Greatest brilliancy Apr. 27 18.3 Greatest brilliancy July 10 7.6 Stationary May 13 10.2 Greatest elongation W Aug. 13 0.2 (46°) Inferior conjunction June 3 17.7 EARTH h h m h m Perihelion Jan. 5 7.8 Equinoxes March 20 3 49.6 Sept. 22 13 30.6 Aphelion July 4 11.6 Solstices June 20 21 43.7 Dec. 21 10 02.3 SUPERIOR PLANETS Conjunction Stationary Opposition Stationary h h h h Mars -- Sept. 9 17.7 Oct. 13 23.4 Nov. 15 19.3 Jupiter -- May 14 18.4 July 14 8.0 Sept. 12 23.9 Saturn Jan. 13 15.3 May 11 9.4 July 20 22.5 Sept. 29 2.8 Uranus Apr. 26 9.0 Aug. 15 16.9 Oct. 31 15.9 Jan. 11 7.3 Neptune March 8 12.4 June 23 18.4 Sept. 11 20.4 Nov. 29 9.0 Pluto Jan. 13 13.3 Apr. 26 12.9 July 15 19.2 Oct. 4 5.7 PLANETARY CONJUNCTION h ° h ° Jan. 27 19.4 Venus 0.08 S of Neptune Apr. 6 10.4 Jupiter 1 N of Pluto March 9 14.5 Venus 2 N of Uranus May 22 7.9 Mercury 1 S of Venus March 20 6.4 Mars 1 S of Jupiter June 12 12.4 Mars 2 S of Neptune March 23 5.3 Mars 0.01 S of Pluto June 28 23.1 Jupiter 1 N of Pluto March 31 11.0 Mars 1 S of Saturn Nov. 13 16.6 Jupiter 1 N of Pluto Apr. 3 15.3 Mercury 1 S of Neptune Dec. 21 13.5 Jupiter 0.10 S of Saturn PLANETS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON h ° h ° Jan. 4 18.4 Uranus 5 N July 14 11.9 Uranus 4 N 20 19.2 Mars 2 S 17 7.4 Venus 3 S 23 2.7 Jupiter 0.4 N 19 3.9 Mercury 4 S 24 21.7 New Moon 20 17.5 New Moon 28 6.3 Neptune 4 N Aug. 1 23.6 Jupiter 2 N 28 7.5 Venus 4 N 2 5.6 Pluto 1 N Feb. 1 3.0 Uranus 5 N 2 13.2 Saturn 2 N 18 13.3 Mars 1 S 6 14.9 Neptune 4 N 19 19.6 Jupiter 1 N 9 8.0 Mars 1 N 20 7.9 Pluto 1 N 10 20.8 Uranus 4 N 20 13.6 Saturn 2 N 15 13.0 Venus 4 S 23 15.5 New Moon 19 2.7 New Moon 27 11.9 Venus 6 N 29 1.6 Jupiter 1 N 28 11.9 Uranus 4 N 29 10.8 Pluto 1 N March 18 8.3 Mars 1 N 29 16.5 Saturn 2 N 18 10.3 Jupiter 2 N Sept. 2 20.9 Neptune 4 N 18 14.6 Pluto 1 N 6 4.8 Mars 0.03 S 18 23.9 Saturn 2 N 7 3.9 Uranus 3 N 21 17.8 Mercury 4 N 14 4.7 Venus 4 S 22 23.4 Neptune 4 N 17 11.0 New Moon 24 9.5 New Moon 18 21.9 Mercury 6 S 26 20.7 Uranus 4 N 25 6.8 Jupiter 2 N 28 10.6 Venus 7 N 25 15.8 Pluto 1 N Apr. 14 21.6 Pluto 1 N 25 20.6 Saturn 2 N 14 23.1 Jupiter 2 N 30 1.7 Neptune 4 N 15 9.3 Saturn 2 N Oct. 3 3.4 Mars 1 N 16 4.5 Mars 2 N 4 8.9 Uranus 3 N 19 7.1 Neptune 4 N 13 23.9 Venus 4 S 21 17.3 Mercury 3 N 16 19.5 New Moon 23 2.4 New Moon 17 18.6 Mercury 7 S 26 15.4 Venus 6 N 22 17.2 Jupiter 2 N May 12 5.8 Pluto 1 N 22 22.2 Pluto 2 N 12 9.7 Jupiter 2 N 23 3.7 Saturn 3 N 12 18.2 Saturn 3 N 27 6.3 Neptune 4 N 15 2.0 Mars 3 N 29 16.3 Mars 3 N 16 15.1 Neptune 4 N 31 12.8 Uranus 3 N 20 15.6 Uranus 4 N Nov. 12 21.5 Venus 3 S 22 17.6 New Moon 13 20.7 Mercury 2 S 24 2.7 Venus 4 N 15 5.1 New Moon 24 10.9 Mercury 3 N 19 7.5 Pluto 2 N June 8 14.6 Pluto 1 N 19 8.9 Jupiter 2 N 8 17.3 Jupiter 2 N 19 14.8 Saturn 3 N 9 2.2 Saturn 3 N 23 12.0 Neptune 5 N 12 23.3 Neptune 5 N 25 19.8 Mars 5 N 12 23.9 Mars 3 N 27 17.0 Uranus 3 N 17 1.8 Uranus 4 N Dec. 12 20.7 Venus 1 S 19 8.9 Venus 1 S 14 16.3 New Moon 21 6.7 New Moon 16 19.0 Pluto 2 N July 5 21.6 Jupiter 2 N 17 4.5 Jupiter 3 N 5 22.8 Pluto 1 N 17 5.3 Saturn 3 N 6 8.6 Saturn 2 N 20 20.1 Neptune 5 N 10 7.5 Neptune 4 N 23 18.5 Mars 6 N 11 19.6 Mars 2 N 24 22.7 Uranus 3 N Occultations of major planets by the Moon, visible in Russia h June 19 08.9 Venus The center and north of the European part of Russia, the Urals, central and northern part of Siberia, the entire Far East, with the exception of Sakhalin, Khabarovsky and Primorsky Krai Dec. 12 20.7 Venus Chukotka Autonomous Region, Kamchatka Peninsula CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2020 Date Phenomena h Jan. 4 18.4 Uranus of Moon 5 N 5 7.8 Sun at perigee 10 15.3 Mercury in superior conjunction 10 19.1 Penumbral lunar eclipse 11 7.3 Uranus stationary 13 13.3 Pluto at conjunction 13 15.3 Saturn at conjunction 20 14.9 Solar longitude 300, enter into Aquarius 20 19.2 Mars of Moon 2 S 23 2.7 Jupiter of Moon 0.4 N 24 21.7 New Moon 27 19.4 Venus of Neptune 0.08 S 28 6.3 Neptune of Moon 4 N 28 7.5 Venus of Moon 4 N Feb. 1 3.0 Uranus of Moon 5 N 10 13.9 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (18o) 16 10.2 Mercury stationary 18 13.3 Mars of Moon 1 S 19 5.0 Solar longitude 330, enter into Pisces 19 19.6 Jupiter of Moon 1 N 20 7.9 Pluto of Moon 1 N 20 13.6 Saturn of Moon 2 N 23 15.5 New Moon 26 1.7 Mercury in inferior conjunction 27 11.9 Venus of Moon 6 N 28 11.9 Uranus of Moon 4 N March 8 12.4 Neptune at conjunction 9 8.0 Mercury stationary 9 14.5 Venus of Uranus 2 N 18 8.3 Mars of Moon 1 N 18 10.3 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 18 14.6 Pluto of Moon 1 N 18 23.9 Saturn of Moon 2 N 20 3.8 Solar longitude 0, enter into Aries Beginning of the spring 20 6.4 Mars of Jupiter 1 S 21 17.8 Mercury of Moon 4 N 22 23.4 Neptune of Moon 4 N 23 5.3 Mars of Pluto 0.01 S 24 2.1 Mercury greatest western elong. (28o) 24 9.5 New Moon 24 22.2 Venus greatest eastern elong. (46o) 26 20.7 Uranus of Moon 4 N 28 10.6 Venus of Moon 7 N 31 11.0 Mars of Saturn 1 S Apr. 3 15.3 Mercury of Neptune 1 S 6 10.4 Jupiter of Pluto 1 N 14 21.6 Pluto of Moon 1 N 14 23.1 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 15 9.3 Saturn of Moon 2 N 16 4.5 Mars of Moon 2 N 19 7.1 Neptune of Moon 4 N 19 14.8 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 21 17.3 Mercury of Moon 3 N 23 2.4 New Moon 26 9.0 Uranus at conjunction 26 12.9 Pluto stationary 26 15.4 Venus of Moon 6 N 27 18.3 Venus in greatest brilliancy May 4 21.7 Mercury in superior conjunction 11 9.4 Saturn stationary 12 5.8 Pluto of Moon 1 N 12 9.7 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 12 18.2 Saturn of Moon 3 N 13 10.2 Venus stationary 14 18.4 Jupiter ofstationary 15 2.0 Mars of Moon 3 N 16 15.1 Neptune of Moon 4 N 20 13.8 Solar longitude 60, enter into Gemini 20 15.6 Uranus of Moon 4 N 22 7.9 Mercury of Venus 1 S 22 17.6 New Moon 24 2.7 Venus of Moon 4 N 24 10.9 Mercury of Moon 3 N June 3 17.7 Venus in inferior conjunction 4 13.1 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (24o) 5 19.0 Penumbral lunar eclipse 8 14.6 Pluto of Moon 1 N 8 17.3 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 9 2.2 Saturn of Moon 3 N 12 12.4 Mars of Neptune 2 S 12 23.3 Neptune of Moon 5 N 12 23.9 Mars of Moon 3 N 17 1.8 Uranus of Moon 4 N 17 19.5 Mercury stationary 19 8.9 Venus of Moon 1 S 20 21.7 Solar longitude 90, enter into Cancer Beginning of the summer 21 6.7 Annular solar eclipse 21 6.7 New Moon 23 18.4 Neptune stationary 24 18.1 Venus stationary 28 23.1 Jupiter of Pluto 1 N July 1 2.9 Mercury in inferior conjunction 4 11.6 Sun at apogee 5 4.5 Penumbral lunar eclipse 5 21.6 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 5 22.8 Pluto of Moon 1 N 6 8.6 Saturn of Moon 2 N 10 7.5 Neptune of Moon 4 N 10 7.6 Venus in greatest brilliancy 11 19.6 Mars of Moon 2 N 12 6.9 Mercury stationary 14 8.0 Jupiter at opposition 14 11.9 Uranus of Moon 4 N 15 19.2 Pluto at opposition 17 7.4 Venus of Moon 3 S 19 3.9 Mercury of Moon 4 S 20 17.5 New Moon 20 22.5 Saturn at opposition 22 8.6 Solar longitude 120, enter into Leo 22 15.2 Mercury greatest western elong. (20o) Aug. 1 23.6 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 2 5.6 Pluto of Moon 1 N 2 13.2 Saturn of Moon 2 N 6 14.9 Neptune of Moon 4 N 9 8.0 Mars of Moon 1 N 10 20.8 Uranus of Moon 4 N 13 0.2 Venus greatest western elong. (46o) 15 13.0 Venus of Moon 4 S 15 16.9 Uranus stationary 17 15.1 Mercury in superior conjunction 19 2.7 New Moon 22 15.7 Solar longitude 150, enter into Virgo 29 1.6 Jupiter of Moon 1 N 29 10.8 Pluto of Moon 1 N 29 16.5 Saturn of Moon 2 N Sept. 2 20.9 Neptune of Moon 4 N 6 4.8 Mars of Moon 0.03 S 7 3.9 Uranus of Moon 3 N 9 17.7 Mars stationary 11 20.4 Neptune at opposition 12 23.9 Jupiter stationary 14 4.7 Venus of Moon 4 S 17 11.0 New Moon 18 21.9 Mercury of Moon 6 S 22 13.5 Solar longitude 180, enter into Libra Beginning of the autumn 25 6.8 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 25 15.8 Pluto of Moon 1 N 25 20.6 Saturn of Moon 2 N 29 2.8 Saturn stationary 30 1.7 Neptune of Moon 4 N Oct. 1 16.0 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (26o) 3 3.4 Mars of Moon 1 N 4 5.7 Pluto stationary 4 8.9 Uranus of Moon 3 N 6 14.3 Mars closest approach 13 23.4 Mars at opposition 13 23.9 Venus of Moon 4 S 14 4.5 Mercury stationary 16 19.5 New Moon 17 18.6 Mercury of Moon 7 S 22 17.2 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 22 22.2 Pluto of Moon 2 N 22 23.0 Solar longitude 210, enter into Scorpius 23 3.7 Saturn of Moon 3 N 25 18.4 Mercury in inferior conjunction 27 6.3 Neptune of Moon 4 N 29 16.3 Mars of Moon 3 N 31 12.8 Uranus of Moon 3 N 31 15.9 Uranus at opposition Nov. 3 8.3 Mercury stationary 10 17.0 Mercury greatest western elong. (19o) 12 21.5 Venus of Moon 3 S 13 16.6 Jupiter of Pluto 1 N 13 20.7 Mercury of Moon 2 S 15 5.1 New Moon 15 19.3 Mars stationary 19 7.5 Pluto of Moon 2 N 19 8.9 Jupiter of Moon 2 N 19 14.8 Saturn of Moon 3 N 21 20.7 Solar longitude 240, enter into Sagittarius 23 12.0 Neptune of Moon 5 N 25 19.8 Mars of Moon 5 N 27 17.0 Uranus of Moon 3 N 29 9.0 Neptune stationary 30 9.2 Penumbral lunar eclipse Dec. 12 20.7 Venus of Moon 1 S 14 16.3 New Moon 14 16.3 Total solar eclipse 16 19.0 Pluto of Moon 2 N 17 4.5 Jupiter of Moon 3 N 17 5.3 Saturn of Moon 3 N 20 3.4 Mercury in superior conjunction 20 20.1 Neptune of Moon 5 N 21 10.0 Solar longitude 270, enter into Capricornus Beginning of the winter 21 13.5 Jupiter of Saturn 0.10 S 23 18.5 Mars of Moon 6 N 24 22.7 Uranus of Moon 3 N