Astronomical for 2014

January 1 New Moon The Moon at perihelion Pluto at solar conjunction The Moon at perigee 2 M41 passes opposition 3 Mars at aphelion 4 Quadrantid meteor shower The Earth at perihelion 5 Jupiter at opposition 8 First Quarter 11 Venus at inferior solar conjunction 14 M47 passes opposition NGC 2403 passes opposition 15 Conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter 16 The Moon at apogee Full Moon The Moon at aphelion 23 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars 24 Venus at perihelion Last Quarter 25 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn 29 The Moon at perihelion 30 The Moon at perigee New Moon M44 passes opposition 31 Mercury at greatest elongation east	February 3 Mercury at perihelion 6 First Quarter 11 Conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter 12 The Moon at apogee 14 Full Moon 15 Mercury at inferior solar conjunction 16 The Moon at aphelion 19 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars M81 passes opposition 21 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn 22 Last Quarter 23 Neptune at solar conjunction 26 Conjunction between the Moon and Venus Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition 27 The Moon at perihelion The Moon at perigee
March 1 New Moon 8 First Quarter 11 The Moon at apogee 14 Mercury at greatest elongation west 16 Full Moon 19 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars The Moon at aphelion Mercury at aphelion 20 March equinox 21 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn 23 Venus at greatest elongation west 24 Last Quarter 27 Conjunction between the Moon and Venus The Moon at perigee 28 The Moon at perihelion 30 New Moon	April 1 M104 passes opposition 2 Uranus at solar conjunction 4 M94 passes opposition 7 First Quarter 8 The Moon at apogee Mars at opposition 12 Virginid meteor shower 14 Mars at perigee Conjunction between the Moon and Mars M51 passes opposition 15 Total lunar eclipse Full Moon 17 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn The Moon at aphelion M3 passes opposition 22 Last Quarter M101 passes opposition 23 Lyrid meteor shower The Moon at perigee 25 Conjunction between the Moon and Venus 26 Mercury at superior solar conjunction 27 The Moon at perihelion 28 α–Scorpiid meteor shower 29 Annular solar eclipse New Moon
May 2 Mercury at perihelion 6 η–Aquarid meteor shower The Moon at apogee 7 First Quarter 10 Saturn at opposition 11 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars M5 passes opposition 13 α–Scorpiid meteor shower 14 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn Full Moon 16 The Moon at aphelion Venus at aphelion 18 The Moon at perigee 21 Last Quarter 25 Mercury at greatest elongation east Conjunction between the Moon and Venus 27 The Moon at perihelion 28 New Moon M4 passes opposition	June 2 M13 passes opposition 3 The Moon at apogee M12 passes opposition 5 First Quarter M10 passes opposition 7 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars 10 Ophiuchid meteor shower Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn 11 M92 passes opposition 13 Full Moon The Moon at aphelion 15 The Moon at perigee Mercury at aphelion 18 IC4665 passes opposition 19 Last Quarter Mercury at inferior solar conjunction 20 Ophiuchid meteor shower 21 June solstice 23 NGC 6530 passes opposition 27 The Moon at perihelion New Moon 28 NGC 6633 passes opposition 30 The Moon at apogee
July 1 M22 passes opposition IC4756 passes opposition 4 The Earth at aphelion Pluto at opposition 5 First Quarter 6 Occultation of Mars by the Moon 8 Capricornid meteor shower Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn 12 The Moon at aphelion Full Moon 13 Mercury at greatest elongation west The Moon at perigee 15 Capricornid meteor shower 19 Last Quarter 21 α–Cygnid meteor shower 24 Jupiter at solar conjunction 26 Capricornid meteor shower New Moon 28 The Moon at perihelion The Moon at apogee 29 δ–Aquarid meteor shower Mercury at perihelion 31 Piscis Australid meteor shower	August 2 α–Capricornid meteor shower 3 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars 4 First Quarter Occultation of Saturn by the Moon 6 τ–Aquarid meteor shower 8 Mercury at superior solar conjunction 9 The Moon at aphelion 10 The Moon at perigee Full Moon 13 Perseid meteor shower 14 M15 passes opposition 15 M2 passes opposition 17 Last Quarter 21 α–Cygnid meteor shower 24 The Moon at apogee 25 New Moon Conjunction between Mars and Saturn 27 The Moon at perihelion 29 Neptune at opposition 31 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn
September 1 Conjunction between the Moon and Mars 2 First Quarter 5 Venus at perihelion 7 The Moon at aphelion 8 The Moon at perigee 9 Piscid meteor shower Asteroid 12 Victoria at opposition Full Moon 11 Mercury at aphelion 16 Last Quarter 20 The Moon at apogee 21 Piscid meteor shower Mercury at greatest elongation east 23 September equinox 24 New Moon 26 The Moon at perihelion 28 Conjunction between the Moon and Saturn	October 1 First Quarter M110 passes opposition 2 M31 passes opposition M32 passes opposition 3 NGC 253 passes opposition 6 The Moon at aphelion The Moon at perigee 7 Uranus at opposition 8 Total lunar eclipse Full Moon 15 Last Quarter M33 passes opposition 16 Mercury at inferior solar conjunction 18 The Moon at apogee 21 Orionid meteor shower 23 Partial solar eclipse New Moon 25 Venus at superior solar conjunction Mercury at perihelion 26 The Moon at perihelion NGC 869 passes opposition 27 NGC 884 passes opposition 28 Conjunction between Mars and NGC 6530 31 First Quarter
November 1 Mercury at greatest elongation west 3 The Moon at perigee 5 Taurid meteor shower The Moon at aphelion 6 Conjunction between Mars and M22 Full Moon 12 Taurid meteor shower 14 Last Quarter 15 The Moon at apogee 17 Asteroid 6 Hebe at opposition M45 passes opposition 18 Leonid meteor shower Saturn at solar conjunction 22 New Moon 23 The Moon at perihelion 27 The Moon at perigee 29 First Quarter	December 5 The Moon at aphelion 6 Full Moon 8 Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury at aphelion 9 Puppid–Velid meteor shower 12 Conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter Mars at perihelion The Moon at apogee 14 Geminid meteor shower Last Quarter 15 NGC 1981 passes opposition 21 December solstice 22 Ursid meteor shower New Moon The Moon at perihelion 24 The Moon at perigee 26 Puppid–Velid meteor shower Venus at aphelion 28 First Quarter NGC 2232 passes opposition 29 NGC 2244 passes opposition