CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2021 (Universal Time, DT=70.0) MERCURY h h h Greatest elongation E Jan. 24 1.9 (19°) May 17 5.8 (22°) Sept. 14 4.4 (27°) Stationary Jan. 30 2.2 May 30 1.8 Sept. 27 4.1 Inferior conjunction Feb. 8 13.8 June 11 1.2 Oct. 9 16.3 Stationary Feb. 20 12.4 June 22 22.6 Oct. 18 0.8 Greatest elongation W March 6 11.3 (27°) July 4 19.7 (22°) Oct. 25 5.4 (18°) Superior conjunction Apr. 19 1.8 Aug. 1 14.1 Nov. 29 4.7 VENUS h h Superior conjunction March 26 7.0 Greatest brilliancy Dec. 4 14.2 Greatest elongation E Oct. 29 20.8 (47°) Stationary Dec. 18 10.9 EARTH h h m h m Perihelion Jan. 2 13.8 Equinoxes March 20 9 37.5 Sept. 22 19 21.1 Aphelion July 5 22.5 Solstices June 21 3 32.2 Dec. 21 15 59.3 SUPERIOR PLANETS Conjunction Stationary Opposition Stationary h h h h Mars Oct. 8 4.0 -- -- -- Jupiter Jan. 29 1.7 June 21 4.5 Aug. 20 0.5 Oct. 18 10.9 Saturn Jan. 24 3.0 May 23 19.8 Aug. 2 6.2 Oct. 11 2.4 Uranus Apr. 30 19.9 Aug. 20 3.5 Nov. 4 24.0 Jan. 14 13.5 Neptune March 11 0.0 June 26 9.8 Sept. 14 9.4 Dec. 1 22.3 Pluto Jan. 14 14.3 Apr. 28 18.6 July 17 22.8 Oct. 6 12.5 PLANETARY CONJUNCTION h ° h ° Jan. 4 22.4 Mercury 1 S of Pluto March 29 19.2 Mercury 1 S of Neptune Jan. 9 21.3 Mercury 2 S of Saturn May 29 5.6 Mercury 0.4 S of Venus Jan. 11 11.1 Mercury 1 S of Jupiter July 13 7.1 Venus 0.5 N с Mars Jan. 21 23.6 Mars 2 N of Uranus Aug. 19 4.2 Mercury 0.08 S с Mars Jan. 28 19.0 Venus 1 N of Pluto Nov. 10 4.1 Mercury 1 N с Mars Feb. 6 5.1 Venus 0.4 S of Saturn Dec. 11 17.9 Venus 0.08 N of Pluto Feb. 11 12.0 Venus 0.4 S of Jupiter Dec. 23 13.7 Venus 3 N of Pluto Feb. 12 16.8 Mercury 5 N of Venus Dec. 29 1.1 Mercury 4 S of Venus Feb. 13 18.7 Mercury 4 N of Jupiter Dec. 30 9.1 Mercury 0.2 S of Pluto March 5 6.8 Mercury 0.3 N of Jupiter PLANETS CONJUNCTION WITH THE MOON h ° h ° Jan. 11 20.2 Venus 1 N July 12 9.1 Venus 3 S 13 5.0 New Moon 12 10.2 Mars 4 S 14 8.2 Mercury 2 N 23 15.9 Pluto 2 N 17 6.2 Neptune 4 N 24 16.6 Saturn 4 N 21 5.6 Mars 5 N 26 1.4 Jupiter 4 N 21 6.4 Uranus 3 N 27 17.7 Neptune 4 N Feb. 9 16.8 Pluto 2 N Aug. 1 0.5 Uranus 2 N 10 11.2 Saturn 3 N 8 13.8 New Moon 11 19.1 New Moon 10 0.7 Mars 4 S 13 16.9 Neptune 4 N 11 7.0 Venus 4 S 17 15.8 Uranus 3 N 19 23.3 Pluto 2 N 18 22.8 Mars 4 N 20 22.3 Saturn 4 N March 9 0.2 Pluto 2 N 22 4.9 Jupiter 4 N 9 22.9 Saturn 4 N 24 1.9 Neptune 4 N 10 15.6 Jupiter 4 N 28 9.0 Uranus 2 N 11 1.0 Mercury 4 N Sept. 7 0.9 New Moon 13 10.4 New Moon 8 20.3 Mercury 7 S 17 1.8 Uranus 3 N 10 2.1 Venus 4 S 19 17.8 Mars 2 N 16 5.0 Pluto 2 N Apr. 5 6.3 Pluto 2 N 17 2.5 Saturn 4 N 6 8.5 Saturn 4 N 18 6.9 Jupiter 4 N 7 7.3 Jupiter 4 N 20 8.7 Neptune 4 N 9 10.7 Neptune 4 N 24 16.1 Uranus 1 N 12 2.5 New Moon Oct. 6 11.1 New Moon 13 11.7 Uranus 2 N 9 18.6 Venus 3 S 17 12.1 Mars 0.1 N 13 10.1 Pluto 2 N May 2 13.1 Pluto 2 N 14 7.1 Saturn 4 N 3 17.0 Saturn 4 N 15 10.0 Jupiter 4 N 4 21.0 Jupiter 5 N 17 14.0 Neptune 4 N 6 17.9 Neptune 4 N 21 21.7 Uranus 1 N 11 19.0 New Moon Nov. 3 18.7 Mercury 1 S 13 18.0 Mercury 2 N 4 21.2 New Moon 16 4.8 Mars 1 S 8 5.3 Venus 1 S 29 21.5 Pluto 2 N 9 17.1 Pluto 3 N 31 1.3 Saturn 4 N 10 14.4 Saturn 4 N June 1 9.0 Jupiter 5 N 11 17.3 Jupiter 4 N 3 1.1 Neptune 4 N 13 18.6 Neptune 4 N 7 6.3 Uranus 2 N 18 1.9 Uranus 1 N 10 10.9 New Moon Dec. 3 0.5 Mars 1 S 12 6.7 Venus 1 S 4 7.7 New Moon 13 19.9 Mars 3 S 7 0.8 Venus 2 N 26 6.9 Pluto 2 N 7 3.2 Pluto 3 N 27 9.4 Saturn 4 N 8 1.8 Saturn 4 N 28 18.7 Jupiter 4 N 9 6.2 Jupiter 4 N 30 9.1 Neptune 4 N 11 0.7 Neptune 4 N July 4 15.4 Uranus 2 N 15 5.9 Uranus 2 N 8 4.6 Mercury 4 S 31 20.2 Mars 1 N 10 1.3 New Moon Occultations of major planets by the Moon, visible in Russia h Nov. 08 05.4 Venus Southern part of eastern Siberia, Far East, excluding the north Dec. 03 00.5 Mars Central and southern part of Eastern Siberia, North of the Far East CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SUN, MOON AND PLANETS for 2021 Date Phenomena h Jan. 2 13.8 Sun at perigee 4 22.4 Mercury of Pluto 1 S 9 21.3 Mercury of Saturn 2 S 11 11.1 Mercury of Jupiter 1 S 11 20.2 Venus of Moon 1 N 13 5.0 New Moon 14 8.2 Mercury of Moon 2 N 14 13.5 Uranus stationary 14 14.3 Pluto at conjunction 17 6.2 Neptune of Moon 4 N 19 20.7 Solar longitude 300, enter into Aquarius 21 5.6 Mars of Moon 5 N 21 6.4 Uranus of Moon 3 N 21 23.6 Mars of Uranus 2 N 24 1.9 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (19o) 24 3.0 Saturn at conjunction 28 19.0 Venus of Pluto 1 N 29 1.7 Jupiter at conjunction 30 2.2 Mercury stationary Feb. 6 5.1 Venus of Saturn 0.4 S 8 13.8 Mercury in inferior conjunction 9 16.8 Pluto of Moon 2 N 10 11.2 Saturn of Moon 3 N 11 12.0 Venus of Jupiter 0.4 S 11 19.1 New Moon 12 16.8 Mercury of Venus 5 N 13 16.9 Neptune of Moon 4 N 13 18.7 Mercury of Jupiter 4 N 17 15.8 Uranus of Moon 3 N 18 10.7 Solar longitude 330, enter into Pisces 18 22.8 Mars of Moon 4 N 20 12.4 Mercury stationary March 5 6.8 Mercury of Jupiter 0.3 N 6 11.3 Mercury greatest western elong. (27o) 9 0.2 Pluto of Moon 2 N 9 22.9 Saturn of Moon 4 N 10 15.6 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 11 0.0 Neptune at conjunction 11 1.0 Mercury of Moon 4 N 13 10.4 New Moon 17 1.8 Uranus of Moon 3 N 19 17.8 Mars of Moon 2 N 20 9.6 Solar longitude 0, enter into Aries Beginning of the spring 26 7.0 Venus in superior conjunction 29 19.2 Mercury of Neptune 1 S Apr. 5 6.3 Pluto of Moon 2 N 6 8.5 Saturn of Moon 4 N 7 7.3 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 9 10.7 Neptune of Moon 4 N 12 2.5 New Moon 13 11.7 Uranus of Moon 2 N 17 12.1 Mars of Moon 0.1 N 19 1.8 Mercury in superior conjunction 19 20.6 Solar longitude 30, enter into Taurus 28 18.6 Pluto stationary 30 19.9 Uranus at conjunction May 2 13.1 Pluto of Moon 2 N 3 17.0 Saturn of Moon 4 N 4 21.0 Jupiter of Moon 5 N 6 17.9 Neptune of Moon 4 N 11 19.0 New Moon 13 18.0 Mercury of Moon 2 N 16 4.8 Mars of Moon 1 S 17 5.8 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (22o) 20 19.6 Solar longitude 60, enter into Gemini 23 19.8 Saturn stationary 26 11.1 Total lunar eclipse 29 5.6 Mercury of Venus 0.4 S 29 21.5 Pluto of Moon 2 N 30 1.8 Mercury stationary 31 1.3 Saturn of Moon 4 N June 1 9.0 Jupiter of Moon 5 N 3 1.1 Neptune of Moon 4 N 7 6.3 Uranus of Moon 2 N 10 10.9 New Moon 10 11.0 Annular solar eclipse 11 1.2 Mercury in inferior conjunction 12 6.7 Venus of Moon 1 S 13 19.9 Mars of Moon 3 S 21 3.5 Solar longitude 90, enter into Cancer Beginning of the summer 21 4.5 Jupiter stationary 22 22.6 Mercury stationary 26 6.9 Pluto of Moon 2 N 26 9.8 Neptune stationary 27 9.4 Saturn of Moon 4 N 28 18.7 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 30 9.1 Neptune of Moon 4 N July 4 15.4 Uranus of Moon 2 N 4 19.7 Mercury greatest western elong. (22o) 5 22.5 Sun at apogee 8 4.6 Mercury of Moon 4 S 10 1.3 New Moon 12 9.1 Venus of Moon 3 S 12 10.2 Mars of Moon 4 S 13 7.1 Venus of Mars 0.5 N 17 22.8 Pluto at opposition 22 14.4 Solar longitude 120, enter into Leo 23 15.9 Pluto of Moon 2 N 24 16.6 Saturn of Moon 4 N 26 1.4 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 27 17.7 Neptune of Moon 4 N Aug. 1 0.5 Uranus of Moon 2 N 1 14.1 Mercury in superior conjunction 2 6.2 Saturn at opposition 8 13.8 New Moon 10 0.7 Mars of Moon 4 S 11 7.0 Venus of Moon 4 S 19 4.2 Mercury of Mars 0.08 S 19 23.3 Pluto of Moon 2 N 20 0.5 Jupiter at opposition 20 3.5 Uranus stationary 20 22.3 Saturn of Moon 4 N 22 4.9 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 22 21.6 Solar longitude 150, enter into Virgo 24 1.9 Neptune of Moon 4 N 28 9.0 Uranus of Moon 2 N Sept. 7 0.9 New Moon 8 20.3 Mercury of Moon 7 S 10 2.1 Venus of Moon 4 S 14 4.4 Mercury greatest eastern elong. (27o) 14 9.4 Neptune at opposition 16 5.0 Pluto of Moon 2 N 17 2.5 Saturn of Moon 4 N 18 6.9 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 20 8.7 Neptune of Moon 4 N 22 19.4 Solar longitude 180, enter into Libra Beginning of the autumn 24 16.1 Uranus of Moon 1 N 27 4.1 Mercury stationary Oct. 6 11.1 New Moon 6 12.5 Pluto stationary 8 4.0 Mars at conjunction 9 16.3 Mercury in inferior conjunction 9 18.6 Venus of Moon 3 S 11 2.4 Saturn stationary 13 10.1 Pluto of Moon 2 N 14 7.1 Saturn of Moon 4 N 15 10.0 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 17 14.0 Neptune of Moon 4 N 18 0.8 Mercury stationary 18 10.9 Jupiter stationary 21 21.7 Uranus of Moon 1 N 23 4.9 Solar longitude 210, enter into Scorpius 25 5.4 Mercury greatest western elong. (18o) 29 20.8 Venus greatest eastern elong. (47o) Nov. 3 18.7 Mercury of Moon 1 S 4 21.2 New Moon 4 24.0 Uranus at opposition 8 5.3 Venus of Moon 1 S 9 17.1 Pluto of Moon 3 N 10 4.1 Mercury of Mars 1 N 10 14.4 Saturn of Moon 4 N 11 17.3 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 13 18.6 Neptune of Moon 4 N 18 1.9 Uranus of Moon 1 N 19 8.8 Partial lunar eclipse 22 2.6 Solar longitude 240, enter into Sagittarius 29 4.7 Mercury in superior conjunction Dec. 1 22.3 Neptune stationary 3 0.5 Mars of Moon 1 S 4 7.7 New Moon 4 7.9 Total solar eclipse 4 14.2 Venus in greatest brilliancy 7 0.8 Venus of Moon 2 N 7 3.2 Pluto of Moon 3 N 8 1.8 Saturn of Moon 4 N 9 6.2 Jupiter of Moon 4 N 11 0.7 Neptune of Moon 4 N 11 17.9 Venus of Pluto 0.08 N 15 5.9 Uranus of Moon 2 N 18 10.9 Venus stationary 21 16.0 Solar longitude 270, enter into Capricornus Beginning of the winter 23 13.7 Venus of Pluto 3 N 29 1.1 Mercury of Venus 4 S 30 9.1 Mercury of Pluto 0.2 S 31 20.2 Mars of Moon 1 N