The number and variety of the different types of celestial events has one of the largest list of characters in any other scientific study pursued. In fact the list is so large and vast that it would be very hard if not impossible for this venue to cover the list in its entirety.

Therefore, in order to reduce the venue considerable, this page will primarily deal with those events that are Naked-eyed events and a few of those which are not Naked-eyed events.

Furthermore, listing these events are best done so in the order of when they occur on the calendar, so this page will begin my listing the astronomical event for the year of 2024 and subsequent years.

This conjunction will have the narrowest visible distance between objects and occurred at 15:48 Greenwich Meat Time (UTC) 10:48 CT. and will come within zero degrees and twelve arcminutes (0°12') of Mars. During this conjunction, these two planets will come nearly as close as did Jupiter and Saturn were during the Great Conjunction in 2020.

This is a Naked-eye event in the morning.

This conjunction will have Venus and Mars come to within 0°36' of each other, but these planets will be near the southeastern horizon at 09:01 UTC (04:01 CT) and the morning sun rise will quickly obscure the event.

The waning crescent moon at 2.9 percent illumination will pass in front of Mercury (mag -1.3). The associated occultation will only be seen in New Zealand; with the rest of the earth seeing only the Moon and Mercury close to each other. During this event, the new moon will be nearly invisible. Mercury will rise during the daytime and set an hour after the Sun does

Occultation Start: 01:42 UTC (10 March at 20:42 CDT)

Occultation End: 05:04 UTC (11 March at 00:04 CDT)

Close Approach Time: 03:15 UTC (10 March at 22:15 CDT)

Close Approach Distance: 0°54'

A Moon-planet naked-eye conjunction in the Aries Constellation which event is best to start observing in the evening just after sunset. The event specifications as follows:

Close Approach Time: 22:44 UTC (17:44 CDT)

Close Approach Distance: 3°19'

Conjunction Time: 14 March, 01:01 UTC, (13 March, 20:01 CDT)

Conjunction Distance: 3°36'

The waning crescent moon, will meet Uranus in the Aries Constellation. Both celestial objects rise during the day and by sunset will be at the highest in the sky.

Close approach time: 10:00 UTC (5:00 a.m. CDT)

Close approach distance: 3°15'

On March 21, at 22:06 UTC (17:06 CDT), in the constellation Aquarius, Venus, with a brightness of mag -3.8, will come close to Saturn which has a brightness of mag 1.1.

The planets in this conjunction will be only 0°18' apart, which is quite close for a conjunction of planets. From the Northern Hemisphere, the planets will be very close to the eastern horizon, rising only a short time before sunrise, making the chance of seeing the conjunction not very likely.

The Southern Hemisphere will have a better opportunity for seeing the conjunction. Observe the eastern horizon about an hour before sunrise close to the eastern horizon.

On 03 April at 10:53 UTC (05:53 am CDT), Venus (mag -3.8) will pass by Neptune (mag 8.0) within 0°17' while in the Pisces constellation.

Venus can be see with the naked eye, but seeing Neptune requires a telescope or quality binoculars.

Seeing this conjunction from the Northern Hemisphere will be difficult to see because the planets will be too close to the eastern horizon in the morning. Seeing this conjunction from the Southern Hemisphere, however, will be slightly easier due to the planets being higher above the eastern horizon.

The waining crescent moon at 8.8 percent illuminated and Mars will meet in the Aquarius constellation. The planet will rise shortly before the sun and the Moon-Mars conjunction is a naked-eye event.

Close approach time: 05:08 UTC (00:08 CDT)

Close approach distance: 1°46'

Conjunction time: 03:51 UTC (April 5, 22:51 CDT)

Conjunction distance: 2°

The waning crescent moon at 8.8 percent illumination and Saturn will meet in the Aquarius Constellation. The planet will rise just before the sun and the Moon-Saturn conjunction-occultation is a naked-eye event.

Occultation Start: 09:11 UTC (04:11 CDT)

Occultation Ends: 11:26 UTC (06:26 CDT)

Conjunction Time: 09:20 UTC (04:20 CDT)

Conjunction Distance: 1°12'

Close Approach Time: 10:10 UTC (05:10 CDT)

Close Approach Distance: 1°05'

Occultation start: 06:31 UTC (2:31 a.m. CDT)

Occultation end: 10:28 UTC (6:28 a.m. CDT)

Close approach time: 08:27 UTC (03:27 CDT)

Close approach distance: 0°22'

The waning crescent moon at 3.0 percent illumination and Venus (mag 3.8) will meet in the Pisces Constellation. Venus will rise just before the Sun and the Moon-Venus conjunction-occultation is a naked eye event.

Occultation start: 14:08 UTC (09:28 CDT)

Occultation end: 18:27 UTC (03:28 CDT)

Close approach time: 16:22 UTC (11:22 CDT)

Close approach distance: 0°21

Conjunction time: 16:39 UTC (11:39 CDT)

Conjunction distance: 0°24'

The New Moon and Mercury (mag. 5.1) will meet in the Pisces constellation. Mercury will be observable in the evening at sunset, however the moon will not be visible.

Note: The planet Mercury will be in retrograde, which means that it will appear to be going backwards.

The waxing crescent moon at 4.3 percent illuminated and Jupiter (mag 2.0) will meet in the Aries constellation. Jupiter will be observable in the evening, after sunset, and will be visible to the naked eye,

Close approach time: 19:19 UTC (14:19 CDT)

Close approach distance: 3°45'

Conjunction time: 21:08 UTC (16:08 CDT)

Conjunction distance: 4°

On 10 April at 18:46 GMT (13:46 CDT), Mars (mag 1.2) will pass 0°24' from Saturn (mag 1.1) in the constellation Aquarius. Both planets will be visible to the naked eye.

Again, this conjunction will be seen better in the Southern Hemisphere where the planets will be high above the eastern horizon in the morning.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the viewing will not be as good because the planets will be very close to the eastern horizon, only rising just before the sunrise.

Close approach time: 22:18 UTC (17:18 CDT)

Close approach distance: 3°22'

On April 20, at 07:30 GMT (02:30 a.m. CDT), Jupiter with a brightness of mag -2.0 and Uranus with a brightness of mag 5.8 will come to be within only 0°31' in the Aries constellation.

The best time to observe the conjunction of these planets in the evening, just after the sunset and low above the western horizon.

This conjunction will be better seen from the Northern Hemisphere but only Jupiter is a naked-eye object. Good binoculars will be required to see Uranus.

In the Southern Hemisphere, Jupiter and Uranus will be very low.

On 29 April at 04:01 UTC (23:01 CDT), in the Pisces constellation, Mars with a brightness of mag 1.1 will pass extremely close to Neptune which has a brightness of mag 7.9.

The apparent distance between these planets will be only two arcminutes and 14 arcseconds (2'14"). This will be less that the distance between Jupiter and Saturn during the Great Conjunction in 2020 which was at a distance of 6.1 archminutes (6.1').

The conjunction of Mars and Neptune will be much less spectacular, however, because Neptune is too faint to be visible to the naked eye. Grab a pair of binoculars or a telescope and look for the duo in the east in the morning. Those who observe from the Southern Hemisphere will have a better view.

On 31 May 31 at 01:24 UTC (30 May at 20:24 CDT) in the constellation Taurus, Mercury (mag -0.8) will pass 1°21' from Uranus (mag 5.8).

The planets will be above the eastern horizon in the morning. This conjunction will be difficult to see from both hemispheres, because the planets will be obscured by sunlight. Too, seeing Uranus requires a good pair of binoculars.

On 04 June at 10:04 UTC (01:04 CDT), in the Taurus constellation, Jupiter at the brightness of mag -2.0 will pass 7'04" from Mercury which has a brightness of mag -1.2.

This conjunction will be located low over the northeastern horizon in the morning, however, this conjunction will be hard to see from most all locations because the planets will be too close to the Sun.

On 14 July at 09:22 UTC (04:22 CDT), in the Taurus constellation, Mars with a brightness of mag 0.9 will pass very close (0°33') to Uranus which has a brightness of mag 5.8.

The Northern Hemisphere will see this conjunction in the morning about an hour before sunrise high above the eastern horizon.

The Southern Hemisphere will see this conjunction somewhat lower and in the northeastern direction. Always, to see Uranus requires the use of at least a good pair of binoculars.

On 07 August at 17:23 UTC (12:23 CDT), in the Leo constellation, Mercury with a brightness of mag 1.8) will pass 5°42' from Venus which has a brightness of mag -3.8.

Venus will be in the Leo constellation, while Mercury will be on the border of Leo near the smaller constellation of Sextans.

The planets will be hard to observe because they will be close to the Sun. The best time to observe the conjunction will be in the evening, low in the west.

On 14 August at 14:45 UTC (09:45 cdT), in the Taurus constellation, the red hued Mars with a brightness of mag 0.8 will pass just 0°18' from Jupiter with a brightness of mag -2.2.

This is a naked-eye event which will occur in the Taurus constellation, and the conjunction of two planets, as bright as they both are, will likely be the best conjunction of the entire year.

In the Northern Hemisphere, Mars and Jupiter, rising high above the eastern horizon, will be visible from about midnight until morning.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the two planets will rise above the horizon in the northeast in the morning, only a few hours before sunrise.

If you are an early riser, you have probably noticed before dawn in the direction of the sunrise that the red planet Mars has been inching closer to bright Jupiter. Despite these two planets being neighboring worlds in our solar system, they are currently separated by about 350 million miles, which for the Brits is about 560 million kilometers. Furthermore, there is an asteroid belt that lies stretched out between them.

Nevertheless, there separate orbits will be closing the gap between the two celestial bodies, until on Sunday morning, the 29 days of May the two planets will reach their closest approach just before dawn. This event is what the study of Astronomy calls a Close Approach of Planets.

Just before the conjunction, on May 24 and 25 2022, the waning crescent moon will sweeps past these two planets, leaving the brightest celestial object in the sky to be Venus. Then, Jupiter will appear as the seccnd brightest celestial object. When looking in the morning sky from the Northern Hemisphere, Mars will be the red object directly to the right of Jupiter as the conjunction continues to come closer.

On the morning of 29 May 2022, the two planets will acquire their closest approach, and Mars will slip just below the largest planet of the solar system.

After the morning of the conjunction, beginning on the morning of 30 May 2022, Mars will start to appear farther and farther away from the large planet leaving Jupiter from its left side gaining distance each morning.

Mercury was at greatest western elongation at 23.5 degreed from the sun and the highest point above the horizon in the morning sky