List events by:

Month:

  • Sep 2008
  • Oct 2008
  • Nov 2008
  • Dec 2008

  • Object:

  • Sun
  • Moon
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto
  • Ceres
  • Pallas
  • Juno
  • Vesta

  • Event type:

  • Eclipses
  • Meteor Showers
  • Aphelion & Perihelion
  • Conjunctions
  • Lunar Phenomena (phases, apogee, perigee, nodes)
  • Earth's Seasons
  • Oppositions & Quadratures
  • Greatest Elongations & Morning-Evening Status
  • Planet Finding: Constellations, Movement, & Morning-Evening Status
  • Transits
  • Jovian Satellites
  • Occultations

  • Dates and times of aphelion and perihelion of Earth:
    2011-Jan-03 19-hour Earth at perihelion 0.983341 AU (91,426,821 miles or 147,105,755 km)
    2011-Jul-04 15-hour Earth at aphelion 1.016740 AU (94,532,133 miles or 152,102,202 km)

    Dates and times of aphelion for solar system objects besides Earth:
    2010-Aug-08 10-hour Mercury at aphelion 0.46670 AU (43,391,413 miles or 69,816,784 km)
    2010-Sep-06 06-hour Venus at aphelion 0.72825 AU (67,709,469 miles or 108,944,537 km)
    2010-Nov-04 10-hour Mercury at aphelion 0.46669 AU (43,391,273 miles or 69,816,558 km)
    2011-Jan-31 09-hour Mercury at aphelion 0.46670 AU (43,391,329 miles or 69,816,649 km)
    2011-Apr-19 00-hour Venus at aphelion 0.72821 AU (67,705,373 miles or 108,937,946 km)
    2011-Apr-29 08-hour Mercury at aphelion 0.46670 AU (43,391,430 miles or 69,816,812 km)
    2011-May-29 03-hour Ceres at aphelion 2.98387 AU (277,427,127 miles or 446,380,248 km)
    2011-Jul-26 07-hour Mercury at aphelion 0.46670 AU (43,391,483 miles or 69,816,896 km)
    2011-Aug-19 01-hour Pallas at aphelion 3.41195 AU (317,228,724 miles or 510,421,016 km)
    2011-Oct-22 07-hour Mercury at aphelion 0.46670 AU (43,391,670 miles or 69,817,198 km)
    2011-Nov-29 17-hour Venus at aphelion 0.72820 AU (67,705,256 miles or 108,937,757 km)

    Dates and times of perihelion for solar system objects besides Earth:
    2010-Sep-21 10-hour Mercury at perihelion 0.30750 AU (28,590,438 miles or 46,002,014 km)
    2010-Dec-18 09-hour Mercury at perihelion 0.30750 AU (28,590,244 miles or 46,001,702 km)
    2010-Dec-27 17-hour Venus at perihelion 0.71845 AU (66,798,288 miles or 107,478,445 km)
    2011-Jan-31 08-hour Vesta at perihelion 2.15261 AU (200,140,324 miles or 322,025,781 km)
    2011-Mar-09 14-hour Mars at perihelion 1.38138 AU (128,434,575 miles or 206,651,232 km)
    2011-Mar-16 08-hour Mercury at perihelion 0.30750 AU (28,590,155 miles or 46,001,560 km)
    2011-Mar-18 07-hour Jupiter at perihelion 4.94839 AU (460,079,607 miles or 740,268,087 km)
    2011-Jun-12 08-hour Mercury at perihelion 0.30750 AU (28,590,056 miles or 46,001,401 km)
    2011-Aug-09 09-hour Venus at perihelion 0.71846 AU (66,799,399 miles or 107,480,233 km)
    2011-Sep-08 07-hour Mercury at perihelion 0.30750 AU (28,590,175 miles or 46,001,591 km)
    2011-Dec-05 06-hour Mercury at perihelion 0.30750 AU (28,589,837 miles or 46,001,048 km)