FLORIDA CALENDAR OF ASTRONOMY-RELATED EVENTS
October 03-November 12 Orionids Meteor Shower, peaks Oct. 21
October 16, 2021 - International Observe the Moon Night - find an event or register your own.
November 5, 2021 (backup date Nov. 6th) - NEAR TITUSVILLE - Biolab Boat Ramp on Merritt Island - Tentative (weather dependent) "open" observing session by Kennedy Space Center Amateur Astronomers. This session will be open to the public if it happens. Go to the KSCAA website to see any related announcements and also visit the Star Party Etiquette page before going. (I went on October 1st, it was very nice, and we got very lucky that the modest wind was blowing in off of the water, only 1 mosquito buzzed me (I had deet on and long sleeves too, but really that wind kept them away when we set up at the parking by the water, I imagine that if we had set up before the gate where the wind would be blocked I probably would have been carried away by the mosquitos :^)
November 13-December 22 Geminids Meteor Shower, peaks Dec. 14
December 16-December 26 Ursids Meteor Shower, peaks Dec. 22
2022
January 31 to February 6, 2022 - WINTER STAR PARTY! - the most well-known Florida Star Party has been scheduled!
SkyCal at a Glance for the rest of 2021
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
October
01 Fri. Venus: 44.9° E
01 Fri. 09:08 Moon-Beehive: 3.3° S
06 Wed. 07:05 New Moon
07 Thu. 23:50 Mars Conjunction
08 Fri. 13:28 Moon Perigee: 363400 km
09 Sat. 12:12 Mercury Inferior Conj.
09 Sat. 14:36 Moon-Venus: 2.9° S
09 Sat. 15:35 Moon Descending Node
12 Tue. 05:09 Moon South Dec.: 26.2° S
12 Tue. 23:25 First Quarter
14 Thu. 03:12 Moon-Saturn: 4.1° N
15 Fri. 05:58 Moon-Jupiter: 4.3° N
16 Sat. 09:24 Venus-Antares: 1.5° N
20 Wed. 10:57 Full Moon
21 Thu. 07:30 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20
23 Sat. 07:47 Moon Ascending Node
24 Sun. 11:30 Moon Apogee: 405600 km
25 Mon. 00:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.4° W
26 Tue. 12:04 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
27 Wed. 16:40 Moon-Pollux: 2.8° N
28 Thu. 16:05 Last Quarter
28 Thu. 17:32 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
29 Fri. 17:59 Venus Elongation: 47° E
November
01 Mon. Venus: 47° E
01 Mon. 20:17 Mercury-Spica: 4.1° N
04 Thu. 16:15 New Moon
04 Thu. 19:13 Uranus Opposition
05 Fri. 06:59 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10
05 Fri. 17:23 Moon Perigee: 358800 km
05 Fri. 22:38 Moon Descending Node
08 Mon. 00:21 Moon-Venus: 1.1° S
08 Mon. 11:27 Moon South Dec.: 26.3° S
10 Wed. 09:27 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
11 Thu. 07:46 First Quarter
11 Thu. 12:12 Moon-Jupiter: 4.5° N
12 Fri. 06:16 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
17 Wed. 12:33 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
19 Fri. 03:58 Full Moon
19 Fri. 04:04 Partial Lunar Eclipse
19 Fri. 12:59 Moon Ascending Node
20 Sat. 21:14 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
22 Mon. 17:43 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
23 Tue. 22:22 Moon-Pollux: 2.8° N
24 Wed. 23:32 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
27 Sat. 07:28 Last Quarter
28 Sun. 23:35 Mercury Superior Conj.
December
01 Wed. Venus: 41.4° E
03 Fri. 09:58 Moon Descending Node
04 Sat. 02:34 Total Solar Eclipse
04 Sat. 02:43 New Moon
04 Sat. 05:01 Moon Perigee: 356800 km
05 Sun. 21:25 Moon South Dec.: 26.3° S
06 Mon. 19:48 Moon-Venus: 1.9° N
07 Tue. 20:52 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
09 Thu. 01:07 Moon-Jupiter: 4.6° N
10 Fri. 20:36 First Quarter
14 Tue. 01:44 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120
16 Thu. 19:12 Moon Ascending Node
17 Fri. 21:16 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
18 Sat. 23:36 Full Moon
19 Sun. 23:32 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
21 Tue. 04:20 Moon-Pollux: 2.9° N
21 Tue. 10:59 Winter Solstice
22 Wed. 05:28 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
22 Wed. 10:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10
26 Sun. 21:24 Last Quarter
27 Mon. 04:17 Mars-Antares: 4.5° N
28 Tue. 23:49 Mercury-Venus: 4.2° N
30 Thu. 20:07 Moon Descending Node
31 Fri. 15:13 Moon-Mars: 0.9° N
All Sky Event Calendar information above credit: Sky Events Calendar (SKYCAL) by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
October
01 Fri. Venus: 44.9° E
01 Fri. 09:08 Moon-Beehive: 3.3° S
06 Wed. 07:05 New Moon
07 Thu. 23:50 Mars Conjunction
08 Fri. 13:28 Moon Perigee: 363400 km
09 Sat. 12:12 Mercury Inferior Conj.
09 Sat. 14:36 Moon-Venus: 2.9° S
09 Sat. 15:35 Moon Descending Node
12 Tue. 05:09 Moon South Dec.: 26.2° S
12 Tue. 23:25 First Quarter
14 Thu. 03:12 Moon-Saturn: 4.1° N
15 Fri. 05:58 Moon-Jupiter: 4.3° N
16 Sat. 09:24 Venus-Antares: 1.5° N
20 Wed. 10:57 Full Moon
21 Thu. 07:30 Orionid Shower: ZHR = 20
23 Sat. 07:47 Moon Ascending Node
24 Sun. 11:30 Moon Apogee: 405600 km
25 Mon. 00:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.4° W
26 Tue. 12:04 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
27 Wed. 16:40 Moon-Pollux: 2.8° N
28 Thu. 16:05 Last Quarter
28 Thu. 17:32 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
29 Fri. 17:59 Venus Elongation: 47° E
November
01 Mon. Venus: 47° E
01 Mon. 20:17 Mercury-Spica: 4.1° N
04 Thu. 16:15 New Moon
04 Thu. 19:13 Uranus Opposition
05 Fri. 06:59 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10
05 Fri. 17:23 Moon Perigee: 358800 km
05 Fri. 22:38 Moon Descending Node
08 Mon. 00:21 Moon-Venus: 1.1° S
08 Mon. 11:27 Moon South Dec.: 26.3° S
10 Wed. 09:27 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
11 Thu. 07:46 First Quarter
11 Thu. 12:12 Moon-Jupiter: 4.5° N
12 Fri. 06:16 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15
17 Wed. 12:33 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15
19 Fri. 03:58 Full Moon
19 Fri. 04:04 Partial Lunar Eclipse
19 Fri. 12:59 Moon Ascending Node
20 Sat. 21:14 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
22 Mon. 17:43 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
23 Tue. 22:22 Moon-Pollux: 2.8° N
24 Wed. 23:32 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
27 Sat. 07:28 Last Quarter
28 Sun. 23:35 Mercury Superior Conj.
December
01 Wed. Venus: 41.4° E
03 Fri. 09:58 Moon Descending Node
04 Sat. 02:34 Total Solar Eclipse
04 Sat. 02:43 New Moon
04 Sat. 05:01 Moon Perigee: 356800 km
05 Sun. 21:25 Moon South Dec.: 26.3° S
06 Mon. 19:48 Moon-Venus: 1.9° N
07 Tue. 20:52 Moon-Saturn: 4.2° N
09 Thu. 01:07 Moon-Jupiter: 4.6° N
10 Fri. 20:36 First Quarter
14 Tue. 01:44 Geminid Shower: ZHR = 120
16 Thu. 19:12 Moon Ascending Node
17 Fri. 21:16 Moon Apogee: 406300 km
18 Sat. 23:36 Full Moon
19 Sun. 23:32 Moon North Dec.: 26.3° N
21 Tue. 04:20 Moon-Pollux: 2.9° N
21 Tue. 10:59 Winter Solstice
22 Wed. 05:28 Moon-Beehive: 3.6° S
22 Wed. 10:00 Ursid Shower: ZHR = 10
26 Sun. 21:24 Last Quarter
27 Mon. 04:17 Mars-Antares: 4.5° N
28 Tue. 23:49 Mercury-Venus: 4.2° N
30 Thu. 20:07 Moon Descending Node
31 Fri. 15:13 Moon-Mars: 0.9° N
All Sky Event Calendar information above credit: Sky Events Calendar (SKYCAL) by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)
2022
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
