FLORIDA CALENDAR OF ASTRONOMY-RELATED EVENTS
2022
August 26, 2022 - GAINESVILLE FL University of Florida Campus Teaching Observatory Public Observing Nights begins again for the Fall semester.
September 17, 2022 - PORT CHARLOTTE, Bayshore Live Oak Park - 9-11 a.m. Public Solar Observing hosted by Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc. at Bayshore Live Oak Park
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
October 1, 2022 - Astronomy Day (Autumn) and International Observe the Moon Night (first quarter Moon October 2nd)
October 15, 2022 - Port Charlotte, Bayshore Live Oak Park - 9-11 a.m. Public Solar Observing hosted by Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc. at Bayshore Live Oak Park
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
November 19, 2022 - Port Charlotte, Bayshore Live Oak Park - 9-11 a.m. Public Solar Observing hosted by Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc. at Bayshore Live Oak Park
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
December 17, 2022 - Port Charlotte, Bayshore Live Oak Park - 9-11 a.m. Public Solar Observing hosted by Southwest Florida Astronomical Society, Inc. at Bayshore Live Oak Park
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
23157 Bayshore Rd, Port Charlotte, FL
SkyCal at a Glance 2022
RIGHT NOW UTC IS 4 HOURS LATER THAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (THE CURRENT TIME FOR MOST OF FLORIDA). All event times below are corrected for UTC/GMT/Zulu/Universal Time for that part of the year.
JUNE 2022
01 We Venus: 36.5° W
01 We 18:32 Moon North Dec.: 26.9° N
01 We 21:14 Moon Apogee: 406200 km
03 Fr 01:42 Moon-Pollux: 2.4° N
04 Sa 03:17 Moon-Beehive: 4° S
07 Tu 10:48 First Quarter
12 Su 06:02 Moon Descending Node
14 Tu 07:52 Full Moon
14 Tu 19:21 Moon Perigee: 357400 km
15 We 06:59 Moon South Dec.: 26.9° S
16 Th 10:59 Mercury Elongation: 23.2° W
18 Sa 08:22 Moon-Saturn: 4.3° N
20 Mo 23:11 Last Quarter
21 Tu 05:14 Summer Solstice
21 Tu 09:31 Moon-Jupiter: 2.9° N
22 We 14:05 Mercury-Aldebaran: 2.9° N
22 We 14:16 Moon-Mars: 1° N
22 We 20:53 Venus-Pleiades: 5.7° S
25 Sa 03:10 Moon Ascending Node
25 Sa 17:27 Moon-Pleiades: 3.9° N
26 Su 04:11 Moon-Venus: 3° S
28 Tu 22:52 New Moon
29 We 00:06 Moon North Dec.: 26.9° N
29 We 02:08 Moon Apogee: 406600 km
30 Th 22:45 Venus-Aldebaran: 4.1° N
JULY 2022
01 Fr Venus: 29.6° W
01 Fr 09:21 Moon-Beehive: 3.9° S
03 Su 22:59 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
06 We 22:14 First Quarter
09 Sa 13:28 Moon Descending Node
10 Su 19:50 Moon-Antares: 3° S
12 Tu 17:16 Moon South Dec.: 26.9° S
13 We 05:08 Moon Perigee: 357300 km
13 We 14:37 Full Moon
15 Fr 16:16 Moon-Saturn: 4° N
16 Sa 15:30 Mercury Superior Conj.
18 Mo 20:55 Moon-Jupiter: 2.3° N
20 We 10:18 Last Quarter
21 Th 12:46 Moon-Mars: 1.1° S
22 Fr 05:21 Moon Ascending Node
22 Fr 23:29 Moon-Pleiades: 3.7° N
26 Tu 05:19 Moon North Dec.: 26.9° N
26 Tu 06:22 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
26 Tu 10:12 Moon-Venus: 4.6° S
28 Th 05:26 Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20
28 Th 13:55 New Moon
AUGUST 2022
01 Mo Venus: 21.7° W
04 Th 00:58 Mercury-Regulus: 0.7° N
05 Fr 07:06 First Quarter
05 Fr 16:30 Moon Descending Node
06 Sa 05:33 Venus-Pollux: 6.5° S
07 Su 04:29 Moon-Antares: 2.8° S
09 Tu 02:36 Moon South Dec.: 27° S
10 We 13:14 Moon Perigee: 359800 km
11 Th 21:36 Full Moon
11 Th 23:55 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
12 Fr 21:20 Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90
14 Su 12:35 Saturn Opposition
15 Mo 05:37 Moon-Jupiter: 1.9° N
17 We 12:02 Venus-Beehive: 0.9° S
18 Th 06:59 Moon Ascending Node
19 Fr 00:36 Last Quarter
19 Fr 06:32 Moon-Pleiades: 3.4° N
19 Fr 08:16 Moon-Mars: 2.9° S
20 Sa 04:36 Mars-Pleiades: 5.6° S
22 Mo 11:08 Moon North Dec.: 27.1° N
22 Mo 17:53 Moon Apogee: 405400 km
23 Tu 20:17 Moon-Pollux: 2.3° N
24 We 21:46 Moon-Beehive: 3.8° S
25 Th 16:58 Moon-Venus: 4.7° S
27 Sa 04:17 New Moon
27 Sa 11:59 Mercury Elongation: 27.3° E
SEPTEMBER 2022
01 Th Venus: 13.6° W
01 Th 17:12 Moon Descending Node
03 Sa 10:56 Moon-Antares: 2.6° S
03 Sa 14:08 First Quarter
05 Mo 09:56 Moon South Dec.: 27.2° S
06 Tu 17:30 Mars-Aldebaran: 4.3° N
07 We 14:17 Moon Perigee: 364500 km
08 Th 06:31 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
10 Sa 05:59 Full Moon
11 Su 11:11 Moon-Jupiter: 1.9° N
14 We 10:49 Moon Ascending Node
15 Th 14:50 Moon-Pleiades: 3.1° N
16 Fr 17:03 Neptune Opposition
16 Fr 21:41 Moon-Mars: 4° S
17 Sa 17:52 Last Quarter
18 Su 18:10 Moon North Dec.: 27.3° N
19 Mo 10:44 Moon Apogee: 404600 km
20 Tu 03:40 Moon-Pollux: 2.1° N
22 Th 21:04 Autumnal Equinox
23 Fr 02:47 Mercury Inferior Conj.
25 Su 17:54 New Moon
26 Mo 14:03 Jupiter Opposition
28 We 19:43 Moon Descending Node
30 Fr 16:20 Moon-Antares: 2.4° S
OCTOBER 2022
01 Sa Venus: 5.8° W
02 Su 15:32 Moon South Dec.: 27.4° S
02 Su 20:14 First Quarter
04 Tu 13:01 Moon Perigee: 369300 km
05 We 11:51 Moon-Saturn: 4.1° N
08 Sa 14:06 Moon-Jupiter: 2.1° N
08 Sa 16:59 Mercury Elongation: 18° W
09 Su 16:55 Full Moon
11 Tu 17:49 Moon Ascending Node
12 We 23:46 Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
15 Sa 00:28 Moon-Mars: 4° S
16 Su 02:12 Moon North Dec.: 27.5° N
17 Mo 06:21 Moon Apogee: 404300 km
17 Mo 11:41 Moon-Pollux: 2° N
17 Mo 13:15 Last Quarter
21 Fr 13:39 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20
22 Sa 16:47 Venus Superior Conj.
25 Tu 06:49 New Moon
25 Tu 07:00 Partial Solar Eclipse
26 We 02:30 Moon Descending Node
27 Th 22:48 Moon-Antares: 2.3° S
29 Sa 10:48 Moon Perigee: 368300 km
29 Sa 21:04 Moon South Dec.: 27.5° S
NOVEMBER 2022
01 Tu 01:37 First Quarter
01 Tu Venus: 2.6° E
01 Tu 16:08 Moon-Saturn: 4.3° N
04 Fr 15:19 Moon-Jupiter: 2.5° N
05 Sa 13:08 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10
08 Tu 01:08 Moon Ascending Node
08 Tu 05:59 Total Lunar Eclipse
08 Tu 06:02 Full Moon
08 Tu 11:28 Mercury Superior Conj.
09 We 03:41 Uranus Opposition
09 We 07:16 Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
11 Fr 08:43 Moon-Mars: 2.7° S
12 Sa 09:17 Moon North Dec.: 27.5° N
12 Sa 12:25 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
13 Su 18:43 Moon-Pollux: 1.9° N
14 Mo 01:41 Moon Apogee: 404900 km
16 We 08:27 Last Quarter
17 Th 18:42 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
22 Tu 11:23 Moon Descending Node
23 We 17:57 New Moon
25 Fr 20:30 Moon Perigee: 362800 km
26 Sa 03:28 Moon South Dec.: 27.5° S
28 Mo 23:40 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
30 We 09:36 First Quarter
DECEMBER 2022
01 Th Venus: 9.9° E
01 Th 19:52 Moon-Jupiter: 2.6° N
05 Mo 07:38 Moon Ascending Node
06 Tu 14:26 Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
07 We 23:08 Full Moon
07 We 23:21 Moon-Mars: 0.6° S
07 We 23:24 Mars Opposition
09 Fr 16:22 Moon North Dec.: 27.4° N
11 Su 02:06 Moon-Pollux: 2° N
11 Su 19:30 Moon Apogee: 405900 km
14 We 07:53 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120
16 Fr 03:56 Last Quarter
19 Mo 20:36 Moon Descending Node
21 We 09:59 Mercury Elongation: 20.1° E
21 We 16:48 Winter Solstice
21 We 17:43 Moon-Antares: 2.3° S
22 Th 16:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10
23 Fr 05:17 New Moon
23 Fr 13:18 Moon South Dec.: 27.4° S
24 Sa 03:32 Moon Perigee: 358300 km
24 Sa 06:29 Moon-Venus: 3.4° N
26 Mo 11:11 Moon-Saturn: 4° N
29 Th 02:13 Mercury-Venus: 1.4° N
29 Th 05:29 Moon-Jupiter: 2.4° N
29 Th 20:20 First Quarter
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
All Sky Event Calendar information above credit: Sky Events Calendar (SKYCAL) by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)
RIGHT NOW UTC IS 4 HOURS LATER THAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (THE CURRENT TIME FOR MOST OF FLORIDA). All event times below are corrected for UTC/GMT/Zulu/Universal Time for that part of the year.
JUNE 2022
01 We Venus: 36.5° W
01 We 18:32 Moon North Dec.: 26.9° N
01 We 21:14 Moon Apogee: 406200 km
03 Fr 01:42 Moon-Pollux: 2.4° N
04 Sa 03:17 Moon-Beehive: 4° S
07 Tu 10:48 First Quarter
12 Su 06:02 Moon Descending Node
14 Tu 07:52 Full Moon
14 Tu 19:21 Moon Perigee: 357400 km
15 We 06:59 Moon South Dec.: 26.9° S
16 Th 10:59 Mercury Elongation: 23.2° W
18 Sa 08:22 Moon-Saturn: 4.3° N
20 Mo 23:11 Last Quarter
21 Tu 05:14 Summer Solstice
21 Tu 09:31 Moon-Jupiter: 2.9° N
22 We 14:05 Mercury-Aldebaran: 2.9° N
22 We 14:16 Moon-Mars: 1° N
22 We 20:53 Venus-Pleiades: 5.7° S
25 Sa 03:10 Moon Ascending Node
25 Sa 17:27 Moon-Pleiades: 3.9° N
26 Su 04:11 Moon-Venus: 3° S
28 Tu 22:52 New Moon
29 We 00:06 Moon North Dec.: 26.9° N
29 We 02:08 Moon Apogee: 406600 km
30 Th 22:45 Venus-Aldebaran: 4.1° N
JULY 2022
01 Fr Venus: 29.6° W
01 Fr 09:21 Moon-Beehive: 3.9° S
03 Su 22:59 Aphelion: 1.0167 AU
06 We 22:14 First Quarter
09 Sa 13:28 Moon Descending Node
10 Su 19:50 Moon-Antares: 3° S
12 Tu 17:16 Moon South Dec.: 26.9° S
13 We 05:08 Moon Perigee: 357300 km
13 We 14:37 Full Moon
15 Fr 16:16 Moon-Saturn: 4° N
16 Sa 15:30 Mercury Superior Conj.
18 Mo 20:55 Moon-Jupiter: 2.3° N
20 We 10:18 Last Quarter
21 Th 12:46 Moon-Mars: 1.1° S
22 Fr 05:21 Moon Ascending Node
22 Fr 23:29 Moon-Pleiades: 3.7° N
26 Tu 05:19 Moon North Dec.: 26.9° N
26 Tu 06:22 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
26 Tu 10:12 Moon-Venus: 4.6° S
28 Th 05:26 Delta Aquarid Shower: ZHR = 20
28 Th 13:55 New Moon
AUGUST 2022
01 Mo Venus: 21.7° W
04 Th 00:58 Mercury-Regulus: 0.7° N
05 Fr 07:06 First Quarter
05 Fr 16:30 Moon Descending Node
06 Sa 05:33 Venus-Pollux: 6.5° S
07 Su 04:29 Moon-Antares: 2.8° S
09 Tu 02:36 Moon South Dec.: 27° S
10 We 13:14 Moon Perigee: 359800 km
11 Th 21:36 Full Moon
11 Th 23:55 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
12 Fr 21:20 Perseid Shower: ZHR = 90
14 Su 12:35 Saturn Opposition
15 Mo 05:37 Moon-Jupiter: 1.9° N
17 We 12:02 Venus-Beehive: 0.9° S
18 Th 06:59 Moon Ascending Node
19 Fr 00:36 Last Quarter
19 Fr 06:32 Moon-Pleiades: 3.4° N
19 Fr 08:16 Moon-Mars: 2.9° S
20 Sa 04:36 Mars-Pleiades: 5.6° S
22 Mo 11:08 Moon North Dec.: 27.1° N
22 Mo 17:53 Moon Apogee: 405400 km
23 Tu 20:17 Moon-Pollux: 2.3° N
24 We 21:46 Moon-Beehive: 3.8° S
25 Th 16:58 Moon-Venus: 4.7° S
27 Sa 04:17 New Moon
27 Sa 11:59 Mercury Elongation: 27.3° E
SEPTEMBER 2022
01 Th Venus: 13.6° W
01 Th 17:12 Moon Descending Node
03 Sa 10:56 Moon-Antares: 2.6° S
03 Sa 14:08 First Quarter
05 Mo 09:56 Moon South Dec.: 27.2° S
06 Tu 17:30 Mars-Aldebaran: 4.3° N
07 We 14:17 Moon Perigee: 364500 km
08 Th 06:31 Moon-Saturn: 3.9° N
10 Sa 05:59 Full Moon
11 Su 11:11 Moon-Jupiter: 1.9° N
14 We 10:49 Moon Ascending Node
15 Th 14:50 Moon-Pleiades: 3.1° N
16 Fr 17:03 Neptune Opposition
16 Fr 21:41 Moon-Mars: 4° S
17 Sa 17:52 Last Quarter
18 Su 18:10 Moon North Dec.: 27.3° N
19 Mo 10:44 Moon Apogee: 404600 km
20 Tu 03:40 Moon-Pollux: 2.1° N
22 Th 21:04 Autumnal Equinox
23 Fr 02:47 Mercury Inferior Conj.
25 Su 17:54 New Moon
26 Mo 14:03 Jupiter Opposition
28 We 19:43 Moon Descending Node
30 Fr 16:20 Moon-Antares: 2.4° S
OCTOBER 2022
01 Sa Venus: 5.8° W
02 Su 15:32 Moon South Dec.: 27.4° S
02 Su 20:14 First Quarter
04 Tu 13:01 Moon Perigee: 369300 km
05 We 11:51 Moon-Saturn: 4.1° N
08 Sa 14:06 Moon-Jupiter: 2.1° N
08 Sa 16:59 Mercury Elongation: 18° W
09 Su 16:55 Full Moon
11 Tu 17:49 Moon Ascending Node
12 We 23:46 Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
15 Sa 00:28 Moon-Mars: 4° S
16 Su 02:12 Moon North Dec.: 27.5° N
17 Mo 06:21 Moon Apogee: 404300 km
17 Mo 11:41 Moon-Pollux: 2° N
17 Mo 13:15 Last Quarter
21 Fr 13:39 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20
22 Sa 16:47 Venus Superior Conj.
25 Tu 06:49 New Moon
25 Tu 07:00 Partial Solar Eclipse
26 We 02:30 Moon Descending Node
27 Th 22:48 Moon-Antares: 2.3° S
29 Sa 10:48 Moon Perigee: 368300 km
29 Sa 21:04 Moon South Dec.: 27.5° S
NOVEMBER 2022
01 Tu 01:37 First Quarter
01 Tu Venus: 2.6° E
01 Tu 16:08 Moon-Saturn: 4.3° N
04 Fr 15:19 Moon-Jupiter: 2.5° N
05 Sa 13:08 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10
08 Tu 01:08 Moon Ascending Node
08 Tu 05:59 Total Lunar Eclipse
08 Tu 06:02 Full Moon
08 Tu 11:28 Mercury Superior Conj.
09 We 03:41 Uranus Opposition
09 We 07:16 Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
11 Fr 08:43 Moon-Mars: 2.7° S
12 Sa 09:17 Moon North Dec.: 27.5° N
12 Sa 12:25 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
13 Su 18:43 Moon-Pollux: 1.9° N
14 Mo 01:41 Moon Apogee: 404900 km
16 We 08:27 Last Quarter
17 Th 18:42 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
22 Tu 11:23 Moon Descending Node
23 We 17:57 New Moon
25 Fr 20:30 Moon Perigee: 362800 km
26 Sa 03:28 Moon South Dec.: 27.5° S
28 Mo 23:40 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
30 We 09:36 First Quarter
DECEMBER 2022
01 Th Venus: 9.9° E
01 Th 19:52 Moon-Jupiter: 2.6° N
05 Mo 07:38 Moon Ascending Node
06 Tu 14:26 Moon-Pleiades: 2.9° N
07 We 23:08 Full Moon
07 We 23:21 Moon-Mars: 0.6° S
07 We 23:24 Mars Opposition
09 Fr 16:22 Moon North Dec.: 27.4° N
11 Su 02:06 Moon-Pollux: 2° N
11 Su 19:30 Moon Apogee: 405900 km
14 We 07:53 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120
16 Fr 03:56 Last Quarter
19 Mo 20:36 Moon Descending Node
21 We 09:59 Mercury Elongation: 20.1° E
21 We 16:48 Winter Solstice
21 We 17:43 Moon-Antares: 2.3° S
22 Th 16:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10
23 Fr 05:17 New Moon
23 Fr 13:18 Moon South Dec.: 27.4° S
24 Sa 03:32 Moon Perigee: 358300 km
24 Sa 06:29 Moon-Venus: 3.4° N
26 Mo 11:11 Moon-Saturn: 4° N
29 Th 02:13 Mercury-Venus: 1.4° N
29 Th 05:29 Moon-Jupiter: 2.4° N
29 Th 20:20 First Quarter
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
All Sky Event Calendar information above credit: Sky Events Calendar (SKYCAL) by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)
ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE PATH OF OCTOBER 14, 2023 (BELOW)
AS YOU CAN SEE, FLORIDA IS NOT IN THE PATH OF THE BEST PART OF IT, BUT IT WILL HAVE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FLORIDA IS NOT IN THE PATH OF THE BEST PART OF IT, BUT IT WILL HAVE A PARTIAL ECLIPSE.
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE APRIL 8, 2024 PATH ACROSS THE U.S. (BELOW)
As you can see, it will not be full in Florida, but Florida will have partial eclipse.
As you can see, it will not be full in Florida, but Florida will have partial eclipse.
At the Canaveral National Seashore star party on Jan. 21, 2017. The sky transparency was less than ideal, but the public got to see many objects.
16" Binocular Telescope at Chiefland Star Party in Northwest Florida
An amateur astronomer's observatory dome at Chiefland FL
