CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS 2014 (Universal Time, DT=67.0) MERCURY h h h Greatest elongation E Jan. 31 9.9 (18o) May 25 7.1 (23o) Sept. 21 22.1 (26o) Stationary Feb. 6 7.4 June 7 9.9 Oct. 4 18.2 Inferior conjunction Feb. 15 20.4 June 19 22.8 Oct. 16 20.7 Stationary Feb. 27 22.5 July 1 13.7 Oct. 25 6.8 Greatest elongation W Mar. 14 6.4 (28o) July 12 18.3 (21o) Nov. 1 12.6 (19o) Superior conjunction Apr. 26 3.5 Aug. 8 16.4 Dec. 8 9.9 VENUS h h Inferior conjunction Jan. 11 12.4 Greatest elongation W Mar. 22 19.5 (47о) Stationary Jan. 31 19.2 Superior conjunction Oct. 25 7.5 Greatest brilliancy Feb. 15 4.6 EARTH h h m h m Perihelion Jan. 4 12.0 Equinoxes Mar. 20 16 57.1 Sept. 23 2 29.1 Aphelion July 4 0.2 Solstices June 21 10 51.2 Dec. 21 23 03.0 SUPERIOR PLANETS Conjunction Stationary Opposition Stationary h h h h Mars -- Mar. 1 20.9 Apr. 8 21.1 May 21 9.2 Jupiter July 24 20.7 Dec. 9 6.7 Jan. 5 21.2 Mar. 6 9.9 Saturn Nov. 18 8.8 Mar. 3 4.3 May 10 18.5 July 21 15.4 Uranus Apr. 2 7.1 July 22 8.9 Oct. 7 21.0 Dec. 22 6.3 Neptune Feb. 23 18.2 June 10 6.1 Aug. 29 14.5 Nov. 16 11.3 Pluto Jan. 1 18.9 Apr. 15 1.0 July 4 8.1 Sept. 22 13.4 PLANETARY CONJUNCTION h o h o Mar. 22 11.6 Mercury 1 S of Neptune Aug. 27 13.2 Mars 4 S of Saturn Apr. 12 8.2 Venus 1 N of Neptune Nov. 10 12.6 Mars 4 S of Pluto Apr. 14 16.2 Mercury 1 S of Uranus Dec. 20 15.2 Venus 3 S of Pluto May 15 13.3 Venus 1 S of Uranus Dec. 25 0.6 Mercury 4 S of Pluto Aug. 18 4.1 Venus 0.2 N of Jupiter PLANETS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON h o h o Jan. 1 11.2 New Moon June 27 8.1 New Moon 2 11.8 Venus 2 S 29 3.2 Jupiter 5 N 5 1.7 Neptune 5 S July 6 1.4 Mars 0.2 S 7 13.5 Uranus 3 S 8 2.4 Saturn 0.4 N 15 6.1 Jupiter 5 N 11 23.1 Pluto 2 S 23 6.5 Mars 4 N 15 17.2 Neptune 5 S 25 14.0 Saturn 1 N 18 9.5 Uranus 1 S 29 0.9 Pluto 2 S 24 18.3 Venus 4 N 29 2.6 Venus 2 N 25 15.5 Mercury 5 N 30 21.6 New Moon 26 22.7 New Moon Feb. 1 7.1 Mercury 4 S Aug. 3 10.0 Mars 2 S 1 13.5 Neptune 5 S 4 10.5 Saturn 0.07 N 3 23.1 Uranus 3 S 8 8.7 Pluto 2 S 11 6.3 Jupiter 5 N 12 2.1 Neptune 5 S 19 24.0 Mars 3 N 14 17.0 Uranus 1 S 21 22.3 Saturn 0.3 N 23 16.7 Jupiter 5 N 25 11.7 Pluto 2 S 24 5.8 Venus 6 N 26 5.4 Venus 0.4 S 25 14.2 New Moon 27 21.4 Mercury 3 S 27 5.6 Mercury 3 N Mar. 1 8.0 New Moon 31 19.0 Saturn 0.4 S 3 11.4 Uranus 2 S 31 23.7 Mars 4 S 10 11.4 Jupiter 5 N Sept. 4 17.3 Pluto 3 S 19 3.2 Mars 3 N 8 11.8 Neptune 5 S 21 3.3 Saturn 0.3 N 11 1.7 Uranus 1 S 24 19.4 Pluto 2 S 20 10.7 Jupiter 5 N 27 9.9 Venus 4 S 24 6.2 New Moon 28 13.6 Neptune 5 S 26 9.5 Mercury 4 S 29 4.8 Mercury 6 S 28 4.4 Saturn 1 S 30 18.7 New Moon 29 17.0 Mars 6 S Apr. 6 22.5 Jupiter 5 N Oct. 2 0.2 Pluto 3 S 14 18.4 Mars 3 N 5 20.7 Neptune 5 S 17 7.3 Saturn 0.4 N 8 10.6 Uranus 1 S 21 0.9 Pluto 2 S 18 3.5 Jupiter 5 N 24 22.0 Neptune 5 S 23 21.9 New Moon 25 23.3 Venus 4 S 25 15.7 Saturn 1 S 27 11.4 Uranus 2 S 28 12.9 Mars 7 S 29 6.2 New Moon 29 6.2 Pluto 3 S May 4 14.1 Jupiter 5 N Nov. 2 3.6 Neptune 5 S 11 13.5 Mars 3 N 4 18.3 Uranus 1 S 14 12.3 Saturn 1 N 14 17.8 Jupiter 5 N 18 6.7 Pluto 2 S 22 12.5 New Moon 22 4.3 Neptune 5 S 25 13.3 Pluto 3 S 24 20.2 Uranus 2 S 26 10.1 Mars 7 S 25 15.7 Venus 2 S 29 9.1 Neptune 4 S 28 18.7 New Moon Dec. 2 0.0 Uranus 1 S 30 15.9 Mercury 6 N 12 3.7 Jupiter 5 N June 1 8.2 Jupiter 6 N 19 20.6 Saturn 2 S 8 0.7 Mars 2 N 22 1.6 New Moon 10 18.8 Saturn 1 N 23 4.6 Venus 6 S 14 14.1 Pluto 2 S 25 7.6 Mars 6 S 18 10.1 Neptune 5 S 26 15.4 Neptune 4 S 21 3.1 Uranus 2 S 29 5.0 Uranus 1 S 24 12.9 Venus 1 N Occultations of major planets by the Moon of 2014, visible in Russia h Aug. 14 17.0 Uranus The most part of Siberia Sept. 11 01.6 Uranus Murmansk Oct. 08 10.6 Uranus Northeast part of Siberia, the Far East Dec. 29 04.9 Uranus The north of a Far Eastern part of Russia CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS 2014 Date Phenomena h Jan. 1 11.2 New Moon 1 18.9 Pluto at conjunction 2 11.8 Venus 2 S of Moon 4 12.0 Sun at perigee 5 1.7 Neptune 5 S of Moon 5 21.2 Jupiter at opposition 7 13.5 Uranus 3 S of Moon 11 12.4 Venus in inferior conjunction 15 6.1 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 20 3.9 Solar longitude 300, enter into Aquarius 23 6.5 Mars 4 N of Moon 25 14.0 Saturn 1 N of Moon 29 0.9 Pluto 2 S of Moon 29 2.6 Venus 2 N of Moon 30 21.6 New Moon 31 9.9 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (18о) 31 19.2 Venus stationary Feb. 1 7.1 Mercury 4 S of Moon 1 13.5 Neptune 5 S of Moon 3 23.1 Uranus 3 S of Moon 6 7.4 Mercury stationary 11 6.3 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 15 4.6 Venus in greatest brilliancy 15 20.4 Mercury in inferior conjunction 18 18.0 Solar longitude 330, enter into Pisces 19 24.0 Mars 3 N of Moon 21 22.3 Saturn 0.3 N of Moon 23 18.2 Neptune at conjunction 25 11.7 Pluto 2 S of Moon 26 5.4 Venus 0.4 S of Moon 27 21.4 Mercury 3 S of Moon 27 22.5 Mercury stationary Mar. 1 8.0 New Moon 1 20.9 Mars stationary 3 4.3 Saturn stationary 3 11.4 Uranus 2 S of Moon 6 9.9 Jupiter stationary 10 11.4 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 14 6.4 Mercury greatest western elong. (28о) 19 3.2 Mars 3 N of Moon 20 17.0 Solar longitude 0, enter into Aries Beginning of the spring 21 3.3 Saturn 0.3 N of Moon 22 11.6 Mercury 1 S of Neptune 22 19.5 Venus greatest western elong. (47о) 24 19.4 Pluto 2 S of Moon 27 9.9 Venus 4 S of Moon 28 13.6 Neptune 5 S of Moon 29 4.8 Mercury 6 S of Moon 30 18.7 New Moon Apr. 2 7.1 Uranus at conjunction 6 22.5 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 8 21.1 Mars at opposition 12 8.2 Venus 1 N of Neptune 14 12.9 Mars closest approach 14 16.2 Mercury 1 S of Uranus 14 18.4 Mars 3 N of Moon 15 1.0 Pluto stationary 15 7.9 Total eclipse of the Moon 17 7.3 Saturn 0.4 N of Moon 20 3.9 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 21 0.9 Pluto 2 S of Moon 24 22.0 Neptune 5 S of Moon 25 23.3 Venus 4 S of Moon 26 3.5 Mercury in superior conjunction 27 11.4 Uranus 2 S of Moon 29 5.6 Annular eclipse of the Sun 29 6.2 New Moon May 4 14.1 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 10 18.5 Saturn at opposition 11 13.5 Mars 3 N of Moon 14 12.3 Saturn 1 N of Moon 15 13.3 Venus 1 S of Uranus 18 6.7 Pluto 2 S of Moon 21 3.0 Solar longitude 60, enter into Gemini 21 9.2 Mars stationary 22 4.3 Neptune 5 S of Moon 24 20.2 Uranus 2 S of Moon 25 7.1 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (23о) 25 15.7 Venus 2 S of Moon 28 18.7 New Moon 30 15.9 Mercury 6 N of Moon June 1 8.2 Jupiter 6 N of Moon 7 9.9 Mercury stationary 8 0.7 Mars 2 N of Moon 10 6.1 Neptune stationary 10 18.8 Saturn 1 N of Moon 14 14.1 Pluto 2 S of Moon 18 10.1 Neptune 5 S of Moon 19 22.8 Mercury in inferior conjunction 21 3.1 Uranus 2 S of Moon 21 10.9 Solar longitude 90, enter into Cancer Beginning of the summer 24 12.9 Venus 1 N of Moon 27 8.1 New Moon 29 3.2 Jupiter 5 N of Moon July 1 13.7 Mercury stationary 4 0.2 Sun at apogee 4 8.1 Pluto at opposition 6 1.4 Mars 0.2 S of Moon 8 2.4 Saturn 0.4 N of Moon 11 23.1 Pluto 2 S of Moon 12 18.3 Mercury greatest western elong. (21о) 15 17.2 Neptune 5 S of Moon 18 9.5 Uranus 1 S of Moon 21 15.4 Saturn stationary 22 8.9 Uranus stationary 22 21.7 Solar longitude 120, enter into Leo 24 18.3 Venus 4 N of Moon 24 20.7 Jupiter at conjunction 25 15.5 Mercury 5 N of Moon 26 22.7 New Moon Aug. 3 10.0 Mars 2 S of Moon 4 10.5 Saturn 0.07 N of Moon 8 8.7 Pluto 2 S of Moon 8 16.4 Mercury in superior conjunction 12 2.1 Neptune 5 S of Moon 14 17.0 Uranus 1 S of Moon 18 4.1 Venus 0.2 N of Jupiter 23 4.8 Solar longitude 150, enter into Virgo 23 16.7 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 24 5.8 Venus 6 N of Moon 25 14.2 New Moon 27 5.6 Mercury 3 N of Moon 27 13.2 Mars 4 S of Saturn 29 14.5 Neptune at opposition 31 19.0 Saturn 0.4 S of Moon 31 23.7 Mars 4 S of Moon Sept. 4 17.3 Pluto 3 S of Moon 8 11.8 Neptune 5 S of Moon 11 1.7 Uranus 1 S of Moon 20 10.7 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 21 22.1 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (26о) 22 13.4 Pluto stationary 23 2.5 Solar longitude 180, enter into Libra Beginning of the autumn 24 6.2 New Moon 26 9.5 Mercury 4 S of Moon 28 4.4 Saturn 1 S of Moon 29 17.0 Mars 6 S of Moon Oct. 2 0.2 Pluto 3 S of Moon 4 18.2 Mercury stationary 5 20.7 Neptune 5 S of Moon 7 21.0 Uranus at opposition 8 10.6 Uranus 1 S of Moon 8 11.1 Total eclipse of the Moon 16 20.7 Mercury in inferior conjunction 18 3.5 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 23 12.0 Solar longitude 210, enter into Scorpius 23 21.2 Partial eclipse of the Sun 23 21.9 New Moon 25 6.8 Mercury stationary 25 7.5 Venus in superior conjunction 25 15.7 Saturn 1 S of Moon 28 12.9 Mars 7 S of Moon 29 6.2 Pluto 3 S of Moon Nov. 1 12.6 Mercury greatest western elong. (19о) 2 3.6 Neptune 5 S of Moon 4 18.3 Uranus 1 S of Moon 10 12.6 Mars 4 S of Pluto 14 17.8 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 16 11.3 Neptune stationary 18 8.8 Saturn at conjunction 22 9.6 Solar longitude 240, enter into Sagittarius 22 12.5 New Moon 25 13.3 Pluto 3 S of Moon 26 10.1 Mars 7 S of Moon 29 9.1 Neptune 4 S of Moon Dec. 2 0.0 Uranus 1 S of Moon 8 9.9 Mercury in superior conjunction 9 6.7 Jupiter stationary 12 3.7 Jupiter 5 N of Moon 19 20.6 Saturn 2 S of Moon 20 15.2 Venus 3 S of Pluto 21 23.1 Solar longitude 270, enter into Capricornus Beginning of the winter 22 1.6 New Moon 22 6.3 Uranus stationary 23 4.6 Venus 6 S of Moon 25 0.6 Mercury 4 S of Pluto 25 7.6 Mars 6 S of Moon 26 15.4 Neptune 4 S of Moon 29 5.0 Uranus 1 S of Moon