Celestial calendar for 2008

2008

CELESTIAL CALENDAR

2008

Moon Phases Occultations of planets and bright stars			Jupiter Visibility Visible way
Mercury Visibility Visible way			Saturn Visibility Visible way
Venus Visibility Visible way			Uranus Visibility Visible way
Mars Visibility Visible way			Neptune Visibility Visible way
Data of planets Small Solar-System Bodies			Dwarf planets Comets
Eclipses of the Sun			Eclipses of the Moon

Equinoxes	March 20, 05^h 48^m	September 22, 15^h 44^m
Solstices	June 20, 23^h 59^m	December 21, 12^h 04^m

Glossary

Equinox:

either of the two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator; also, the time at which the Sun passes through either of these intersection points; i.e., when the apparent longitude of the Sun is 0^o or 180^o.

Solstice:

either of the two points on the ecliptic at which the apparent longitude of the Sun is 90^o or 270^o; also, the time at which the Sun is at either point.

Universal Time (UT):

a generic reference to one of several scales that approximate the mean diurnal motion of the Sun; loosely, mean solar time on the Greenwich meridian (previously referred to as Greenwich Mean Time).

Note: All time moments are given in Universal Time (UT) units.
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2^h (and Local_Time=UT+3^h for summer time).