Conjunctions in 2015. Astronomical events.

Venus-Jupiter conjunction. Date: 01 December 2008. Credit: Victor Lupu.

Conjunctions in 2015. astronomical events.

What is a conjunction in astronomy?
  Conjunction - position in the orbit of a planet when it appears closest to another body as seen from Earth.

Here they are:

January 11, 2015 - Mercury Venus 0.6 ° at 01:00 GMT.

January 30, 2015 - Mercury at inferior conjunction. Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun, at 14:00 GMT.

February 22, 2015 - The conjunction of Venus and Mars. Conjunctions are rare events in which two or more objects will appear very close together in the night sky. The two bright planets will be visible only half a degree apart in the evening sky. Look to the west just after sunset.

February 26 2015 - Conjunction Neptune - Sun. At 04:00 GMT.

April 6, 2015 - The conjunction of Uranus and the Sun. 14:00 GMT.

April 10, 2015 - Mercury at superior conjunction. Mercury passes on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth at 04:00 GMT.

May 30, 2015 - Mercury at inferior conjunction. Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun, at 17:00 GMT.

June 13, 2015 - Venus-Beehive: 0.5 ° N at 08:59 GMT

June 14 2015 - Conjunction of Mars and the sun. 15:00 GMT.

July 23, 2015 - Mercury at superior conjunction. Mercury passes on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth at 19:00 GMT.

July 26, 2015 - Saturn Moon 2.2 ° S at 08:43 GMT

August 7, 2015 - Mercury 0.5 ° of Jupiter at 07:00 GMT.

August 7, 2015 - Mercury 0.8 ° N Regulus at 17:25 GMT.

August 8, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.7 ° S of Moon at 23:22 GMT.

August 15, 2015 - Venus at inferior conjunction. The planet passes between Earth and the Sun, at 19:00 GMT.

August 26, 2015 - The conjunction of Uranus and the Sun. 21:00 GMT.

September 5, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.6 ° S of Moon at 05:09 GMT.

September 24, 2015 - Mars 0.7 ° N Regulus at 19:38 GMT.

September 30, 2015 - Mercury at inferior conjunction. Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun, at 15:00 GMT.

October 2, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.5 ° S of Moon at 12:51 GMT.

October 26, 2015 - The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter. Conjunctions are rare events in which two or more objects will appear very close together in the night sky. The two bright planets will be visible in 1 degree apart in the early morning sky. Look to the east just before sunrise.

October 28 2015 - Conjunction Venus, Mars and Jupiter. Conjunctions are rare events in which two or more objects will appear very close to the night sky. The three planets will form a tight triangle 1 degree in the morning sky. Look to the east just before sunrise.

October 30, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.6 ° S of Moon at 22:45 GMT.

November 17, 2015 - Mercury at superior conjunction. Mercury passes on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth at 15:00 GMT.

November 26, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.7 ° S of Moon at 09:33 GMT.

November 30 2015 - Conjunction of Saturn and the sun. 00:00 GMT.

December 23, 2015 - Aldebaran 0.7 ° S of Moon at 19:09 GMT.

December 31, 2015 - Jupiter Moon 1.5 ° N at 17:55 GMT.

See 2015 visible occultations.
See Full Calendar of 2015. 2015 Astronomy Calendar.

Posted in: Astronomical calendar 2015