CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS 2017 (Universal Time, DT=69.0) MERCURY h h h h Stationary Jan. 8 9.8 May 2 14.3 Sept. 4 15.9 Dec. 23 2.6 Greatest elongation W Jan. 19 9.7 (24o) May 17 23.3 (26o) Sept. 12 10.2 (18o) Superior conjunction March 7 0.5 June 21 14.2 Oct. 8 20.9 Greatest elongation E Apr. 1 10.2 (19o) July 30 4.6 (27o) Nov. 24 0.4 (22o) Stationary Apr. 10 1.3 Aug. 12 6.2 Dec. 3 7.7 Inferior conjunction Apr. 20 5.9 Aug. 26 20.7 Dec. 13 1.8 VENUS h h Greatest elongation E Jan. 12 13.3 (47o) Stationary Apr. 12 23.6 Greatest brilliancy Feb. 17 7.5 Greatest brilliancy Apr. 29 21.3 Stationary March 2 14.2 Greatest elongation W June 3 12.4 (46o) Inferior conjunction March 25 10.3 EARTH h h m h m Perihelion Jan. 4 14.3 Equinoxes Mar. 20 10 28.6 Sept. 22 20 01.8 Aphelion July 3 20.2 Solstices June 21 4 24.2 Dec. 21 16 27.9 SUPERIOR PLANETS Conjunction Stationary Opposition Stationary h h h h Mars July 27 0.9 -- -- -- Jupiter Oct. 26 18.2 Feb. 6 19.3 Apr. 7 21.6 June 10 4.9 Saturn Dec. 21 21.1 Apr. 6 5.3 June 15 10.3 Aug. 25 15.1 Uranus Apr. 14 5.5 Aug. 3 9.8 Oct. 19 17.6 -- Neptune March 2 2.7 June 16 23.3 Sept. 5 5.5 Nov. 22 20.7 Pluto Jan. 7 6.7 Apr. 20 20.6 July 10 4.6 Sept. 28 8.0 PLANETARY CONJUNCTION h o h o Jan. 1 6.6 Mars 0.02 S of Neptune June 2 14.7 Venus 2 S of Uranus Jan. 13 1.7 Venus 0.4 N of Neptune Sept. 2 0.1 Mercury 4 S of Mars Jan. 29 17.5 Mercury 1 S of Pluto Sept. 16 18.4 Mercury 0.06 N of Mars Feb. 27 8.4 Mars 1 N of Uranus Oct. 5 13.4 Venus 0.2 N of Mars March 16 23.4 Mercury 10 S of Venus Nov. 13 6.2 Venus 0.3 N of Jupiter March 27 5.9 Mercury 2 N of Uranus Nov. 28 9.5 Mercury 3 S of Saturn Apr. 28 17.8 Mercury 0.2 S of Uranus Dec. 6 11.5 Mercury 1 S of Saturn May 7 23.5 Mercury 2 S of Uranus PLANETS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON h o h o Jan. 2 9.3 Venus 2 S July 1 7.5 Jupiter 3 S 3 4.2 Neptune 0.4 S 7 3.2 Saturn 3 S 3 6.8 Mars 0.2 S 9 6.7 Pluto 2 S 6 2.1 Uranus 3 N 13 17.8 Neptune 1 N 19 5.5 Jupiter 3 S 16 23.6 Uranus 4 N 24 10.3 Saturn 4 S 20 11.2 Venus 3 N 26 0.7 Mercury 4 S 23 9.8 New Moon 26 10.1 Pluto 3 S 25 8.8 Mercury 1 S 28 0.1 New Moon 28 20.3 Jupiter 3 S 30 11.4 Neptune 0.2 S Aug. 3 7.2 Saturn 3 S 31 14.6 Venus 4 N 5 12.2 Pluto 2 S Feb. 1 1.1 Mars 2 N 9 22.6 Neptune 1 N 2 8.2 Uranus 3 N 13 5.3 Uranus 4 N 15 15.0 Jupiter 3 S 19 4.7 Venus 2 N 20 23.4 Saturn 4 S 21 18.5 New Moon 22 20.3 Pluto 3 S 25 13.0 Jupiter 3 S 26 15.0 New Moon 30 14.1 Saturn 4 S 28 20.0 Venus 10 N Sept. 1 19.1 Pluto 3 S March 1 16.2 Uranus 4 N 6 4.6 Neptune 1 N 1 19.0 Mars 4 N 9 10.2 Uranus 4 N 14 20.1 Jupiter 2 S 18 0.9 Venus 1 N 20 10.5 Saturn 3 S 18 19.7 Mars 0.1 S 22 6.3 Pluto 3 S 18 23.4 Mercury 0.03 N 26 8.4 Neptune 0.00 S 20 5.5 New Moon 28 3.0 New Moon 22 7.9 Jupiter 4 S 29 3.1 Uranus 4 N 26 23.8 Saturn 3 S 29 7.3 Mercury 7 N 29 3.1 Pluto 2 S 30 13.0 Mars 5 N Oct. 3 12.2 Neptune 1 N Apr. 10 21.4 Jupiter 2 S 6 16.4 Uranus 4 N 16 18.3 Saturn 3 S 17 10.1 Mars 2 S 18 14.7 Pluto 3 S 18 0.3 Venus 2 S 22 19.8 Neptune 0.2 N 19 19.2 New Moon 23 18.0 Venus 5 N 24 11.6 Saturn 3 S 26 12.3 New Moon 26 11.4 Pluto 2 S 28 7.5 Mars 6 N 30 20.9 Neptune 1 N May 7 21.4 Jupiter 2 S Nov. 3 0.5 Uranus 4 N 13 22.8 Saturn 3 S 15 0.7 Mars 3 S 15 21.1 Pluto 2 S 16 21.4 Jupiter 4 S 20 5.5 Neptune 0.5 N 17 5.7 Venus 4 S 22 12.5 Venus 2 N 18 11.7 New Moon 23 4.7 Uranus 4 N 20 9.4 Mercury 7 S 24 1.3 Mercury 2 N 21 0.3 Saturn 3 S 25 19.7 New Moon 22 19.5 Pluto 2 S 27 2.0 Mars 5 N 27 5.3 Neptune 1 N June 3 24.0 Jupiter 2 S 30 9.6 Uranus 4 N 10 1.1 Saturn 3 S Dec. 13 16.5 Mars 4 S 12 2.0 Pluto 2 S 14 14.4 Jupiter 4 S 16 12.6 Neptune 1 N 18 6.5 New Moon 19 15.6 Uranus 4 N 20 3.4 Pluto 2 S 20 21.2 Venus 2 N 24 12.7 Neptune 1 N 24 2.5 New Moon 27 18.0 Uranus 5 N Occultations of major planets by the Moon of 2017, visible in Russia h July 25 8.8 Mercury CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS 2017 Date Phenomena h Jan. 1 6.6 Mars 0.02 S of Neptune 2 9.3 Venus 2 S of Moon 3 4.2 Neptune 0.4 S of Moon 3 6.8 Mars 0.2 S of Moon 4 14.3 Sun at perigee 6 2.1 Uranus 3 N of Moon 7 6.7 Pluto at conjunction 8 9.8 Mercury stationary 12 13.3 Venus greatest eastern elong. (47o) 13 1.7 Venus 0.4 N of Neptune 19 5.5 Jupiter 3 S of Moon 19 9.7 Mercury greatest western elong. (24o) 19 21.4 Solar longitude 300, enter into Aquarius 24 10.3 Saturn 4 S of Moon 26 0.7 Mercury 4 S of Moon 26 10.1 Pluto 3 S of Moon 28 0.1 New Moon 29 17.5 Mercury 1 S of Pluto 30 11.4 Neptune 0.2 S of Moon 31 14.6 Venus 4 N of Moon Feb. 1 1.1 Mars 2 N of Moon 2 8.2 Uranus 3 N of Moon 6 19.3 Jupiter stationary 11 1.2 Penumbral lunar eclipse 15 15.0 Jupiter 3 S of Moon 17 7.5 Venus in greatest brilliancy 18 11.5 Solar longitude 330, enter into Pisces 20 23.4 Saturn 4 S of Moon 22 20.3 Pluto 3 S of Moon 26 14.6 Annular solar eclipse 26 15.0 New Moon 27 8.4 Mars 1 N of Uranus 28 20.0 Venus 10 N of Moon March 1 16.2 Uranus 4 N of Moon 1 19.0 Mars 4 N of Moon 2 2.7 Neptune at conjunction 2 14.2 Venus stationary 7 0.5 Mercury in superior conjunction 14 20.1 Jupiter 2 S of Moon 16 23.4 Mercury 10 S of Venus 20 10.5 Solar longitude 0, enter into Aries Beginning of the spring 20 10.5 Saturn 3 S of Moon 22 6.3 Pluto 3 S of Moon 25 10.3 Venus in inferior conjunction 26 8.4 Neptune 0.00 S of Moon 27 5.9 Mercury 2 N of Uranus 28 3.0 New Moon 29 3.1 Uranus 4 N of Moon 29 7.3 Mercury 7 N of Moon 30 13.0 Mars 5 N of Moon Apr. 1 10.2 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (19o) 6 5.3 Saturn stationary 7 21.6 Jupiter at opposition 10 1.3 Mercury stationary 10 21.4 Jupiter 2 S of Moon 12 23.6 Venus stationary 14 5.5 Uranus at conjunction 16 18.3 Saturn 3 S of Moon 18 14.7 Pluto 3 S of Moon 19 21.5 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 20 5.9 Mercury in inferior conjunction 20 20.6 Pluto stationary 22 19.8 Neptune 0.2 N of Moon 23 18.0 Venus 5 N of Moon 26 12.3 New Moon 28 7.5 Mars 6 N of Moon 28 17.8 Mercury 0.2 S of Uranus 29 21.3 Venus in greatest brilliancy May 2 14.3 Mercury stationary 7 21.4 Jupiter 2 S of Moon 7 23.5 Mercury 2 S of Uranus 13 22.8 Saturn 3 S of Moon 15 21.1 Pluto 2 S of Moon 17 23.3 Mercury greatest western elong. (26o) 20 5.5 Neptune 0.5 N of Moon 20 20.5 Solar longitude 60,enter into Gemini 22 12.5 Venus 2 N of Moon 23 4.7 Uranus 4 N of Moon 24 1.3 Mercury 2 N of Moon 25 19.7 New Moon 27 2.0 Mars 5 N of Moon June 2 14.7 Venus 2 S of Uranus 3 12.4 Venus greatest western elong. (46o) 3 24.0 Jupiter 2 S of Moon 10 1.1 Saturn 3 S of Moon 10 4.9 Jupiter stationary 12 2.0 Pluto 2 S of Moon 15 10.3 Saturn at opposition 16 12.6 Neptune 1 N of Moon 16 23.3 Neptune stationary 19 15.6 Uranus 4 N of Moon 20 21.2 Venus 2 N of Moon 21 4.4 Solar longitude 90, enter into Cancer Beginning of the summer 21 14.2 Mercury in superior conjunction 24 2.5 New Moon July 1 7.5 Jupiter 3 S of Moon 3 20.2 Солнце at apogee 7 3.2 Saturn 3 S of Moon 9 6.7 Pluto 2 S of Moon 10 4.6 Pluto at opposition 13 17.8 Neptune 1 N of Moon 16 23.6 Uranus 4 N of Moon 20 11.2 Venus 3 N of Moon 22 15.3 Solar longitude 120, enter into Leo 23 9.8 New Moon 25 8.8 Mercury 1 S of Moon 27 0.9 Mars at conjunction 28 20.3 Jupiter 3 S of Moon 30 4.6 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (27o) Aug. 3 7.2 Saturn 3 S of Moon 3 9.8 Uranus stationary 5 12.2 Pluto 2 S of Moon 7 18.7 Partial lunar eclipse 9 22.6 Neptune 1 N of Moon 12 6.2 Mercury stationary 13 5.3 Uranus 4 N of Moon 19 4.7 Venus 2 N of Moon 21 18.2 Total solar eclipse 21 18.5 New Moon 22 22.3 Solar longitude 150, enter into Virgo 25 13.0 Jupiter 3 S of Moon 25 15.1 Saturn stationary 26 20.7 Mercury in inferior conjunction 30 14.1 Saturn 4 S of Moon Sept. 1 19.1 Pluto 3 S of Moon 2 0.1 Mercury 4 S of Mars 4 15.9 Mercury stationary 5 5.5 Neptune at opposition 6 4.6 Neptune 1 N of Moon 9 10.2 Uranus 4 N of Moon 12 10.2 Mercury greatest western elong. (18o) 16 18.4 Mercury 0.06 N of Mars 18 0.9 Venus 1 N of Moon 18 19.7 Mars 0.1 S of Moon 18 23.4 Mercury 0.03 N of Moon 20 5.5 New Moon 22 7.9 Jupiter 4 S of Moon 22 20.0 Solar longitude 180, enter into Libra Beginning of the autumn 26 23.8 Saturn 3 S of Moon Saturn 28 8.0 Pluto stationary 29 3.1 Pluto 2 S of Moon Oct. 3 12.2 Neptune 1 N of Moon 5 13.4 Venus 0.2 N of Mars 6 16.4 Uranus 4 N of Moon 8 20.9 Mercury in superior conjunction 17 10.1 Mars 2 S of Moon 18 0.3 Venus 2 S of Moon 19 17.6 Uranus at opposition 19 19.2 New Moon 23 5.4 Solar longitude 210, enter into Scorpius 24 11.6 Saturn 3 S of Moon 26 11.4 Pluto 2 S of Moon 26 18.2 Jupiter at conjunction 30 20.9 Neptune 1 N of Moon Nov. 3 0.5 Uranus 4 N of Moon 13 6.2 Venus 0.3 N of Jupiter 15 0.7 Mars 3 S of Moon 16 21.4 Jupiter 4 S of Moon 17 5.7 Venus 4 S of Moon 18 11.7 New Moon 20 9.4 Mercury 7 S of Moon 21 0.3 Saturn 3 S of Moon 22 3.1 Solar longitude 240, enter into Sagittarius 22 19.5 Pluto 2 S of Moon 22 20.7 Neptune stationary 24 0.4 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (22o) 27 5.3 Neptune 1 N of Moon 28 9.5 Mercury 3 S of Saturn 30 9.6 Uranus 4 N of Moon Dec. 3 7.7 Mercury stationary 6 11.5 Mercury 1 S of Saturn 13 1.8 Mercury in inferior conjunction 13 16.5 Mars 4 S of Moon 14 14.4 Jupiter 4 S of Moon 18 6.5 New Moon 20 3.4 Pluto 2 S of Moon 21 16.5 Solar longitude 270, enter into Capricornus Beginning of the winter 21 21.1 Saturn at conjunction 23 2.6 Mercury stationary 24 12.7 Neptune 1 N of Moon 27 18.0 Uranus 5 N of Moon