List of conjunctions (astronomy)
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Conjunction of Mercury and Venus , appearing above the Moon , at the Paranal Observatory . This is a list of the Solar System 's recent planetary conjunctions (in other words, when two planets look close together) for the period 2005–2020.
In astronomy , a conjunction is an event, defined only when using either an equatorial or an ecliptic celestial coordinate system , in which any two astronomical objects (e.g. asteroids , moons , planets , stars ) have the same celestial longitude , normally as when observed from the Earth (geocentric ).
In the case of a geocentric conjunction of two of the Solar System's planets, since these planets appear to travel "along the same line" (the ecliptic ), the two planets appear on Earth as being near one another in the sky around the time of the conjunction.
The conjunctions are listed according to the equatorial coordinate system (in which the celestial longitude is termed right ascension ).
2005
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 4, 2005
07:04:06
Venus
7°27' south of
Pluto
20.8° West
January 5, 2005
00:58:49
Mercury
6°59' south of
Pluto
21.6° West
January 14, 2005
00:40:51
Mercury
21' south of
Venus
18.5° West
January 29, 2005
07:05:35
Mars
8°15' south of
Pluto
45,5° West
February 8, 2005
01:29:22
Mercury
2°04' south of
Neptune
4.2° West
February 14, 2005
19:15:10
Venus
58' south of
Neptune
10.7° West
February 20, 2005
00:46:34
Mercury
1°00' south of
Uranus
4.9° East
March 4, 2005
03:31:36
Venus
41' south of
Uranus
6.6° West
March 28, 2005
22:31:53
Mercury
4°49' north of
Venus
1.5° West
April 13, 2005
00:26:23
Mars
1°15' south of
Neptune
66.0° West
May 14, 2005
20:24:10
Mars
1°11' south of
Uranus
73.8° West
June 19, 2005
21:22:52
Venus
1°18' north of
Saturn
22.8° East
June 26, 2005
06:13:43
Mercury
1°25' north of
Saturn
22.5° East
June 27, 2005
20:18:55
Mercury
5' south of
Venus
23.3° East
July 7, 2005
08:21:22
Mercury
1°38' south of
Venus
25.8° East
September 2, 2005
12:05:52
Venus
1°22' south of
Jupiter
38.7° East
October 6, 2005
07:01:37
Mercury
1°28' south of
Jupiter
12.6° East
October 29, 2005
16:11:20
Venus
11°08' south of
Pluto
46,8° East
December 31, 2005
15:55:12
Mercury
7°36' south of
Pluto
14,9° West
2006
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 17, 2006
02:23:03
Mercury
7°53'south of
Venus
6.5° West
February 1, 2006
12:13:51
Mercury
1°57' north of
Neptune
4.5° East
February 14, 2006
15:40:57
Mercury
2' north of
Uranus
14.1° East
March 26, 2006
21:02:41
Venus
1°52' north of
Neptune
46.5° West
April 18, 2006
12:27:31
Venus
19' north of
Uranus
45.0° West
June 17, 2006
22:50:40
Mars
35' north of
Saturn
42.0° East
August 20, 2006
22:40:10
Mercury
31' north of
Saturn
11.2° West
August 26, 2006
23:09:47
Venus
4' north of
Saturn
16.3° West
September 15, 2006
20:32:28
Mercury
10' south of
Mars
12.1° East
October 24, 2006
19:44:11
Venus
43' north of
Mars
0.6° West
October 25, 2006
21:42:16
Mercury
3°56' south of
Jupiter
21.2° East
October 28, 2006
16:32:15
Mercury
3°43' south of
Jupiter
19.1° East
November 7, 2006
13:36:58
Mercury
1°14' south of
Venus
2.8° East
November 11, 2006
17:51:38
Mercury
39' north of
Mars
6.2° West
November 15, 2006
22:52:15
Venus
27' south of
Jupiter
4.8° East
December 9, 2006
20:17:18
Mercury
1°02' north of
Mars
15.1° West
December 10, 2006
16:31:09
Mercury
8' north of
Jupiter
14.8° West
December 11, 2006
23:34:02
Mars
49' south of
Jupiter
15.7° West
2007
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 18, 2007
18:10:50
Venus
1°25' south of
Neptune
20.1° East
January 26, 2007
06:46:07
Mercury
1°28' south of
Neptune
12.7° East
February 7, 2007
13:13:57
Venus
44' south of
Uranus
24.6° East
March 25, 2007
07:23:59
Mars
1°00' south of
Neptune
43.2° West
April 1, 2007
06:59:14
Mercury
1°37' south of
Uranus
25.0° West
April 28, 2007
18:57:38
Mars
44' south of
Uranus
50.6° West
July 2, 2007
00:44:38
Venus
46' south of
Saturn
42.6° East
August 9, 2007
08:46:28
Venus
8°29' south of
Saturn
10.6° East
August 15, 2007
22:59:23
Mercury
10°04' north of
Venus
1.8° East
August 18, 2007
11:30:22
Mercury
30' north of
Saturn
3.2° East
October 15, 2007
14:05:43
Venus
2°56' south of
Saturn
45,8° West
December 20, 2007
21:46:21
Mercury
1°48' south of
Jupiter
1,9° East
2008
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 23, 2008
04:14:53
Mercury
20' north of
Neptune
18.5° East
February 1, 2008
04:14:53
Mercury
3°11' north of
Neptune
9° East
February 1, 2008
12:35:21
Venus
35' north of
Jupiter
32° West
February 26, 2008
02:34:04
Mercury
1°20' north of
Venus
26.1° West
March 6, 2008
20:14:29
Venus
36' south of
Neptune
24° West
March 9, 2008
02:48:02
Mercury
56' south of
Neptune
26.2° West
March 23, 2008
10:13:50
Mercury
1°03' south of
Venus
20.3° West
March 27, 2008
17:00:46
Venus
45' south of
Uranus
18.6° West
June 8, 2008
00:51:42
Mercury
2°59' south of
Venus
0.3° West
July 11, 2008
06:27:25
Mars
42' south of
Saturn
46.2° East
August 13, 2008
19:02:26
Venus
14' south of
Saturn
18° East
August 16, 2008
00:03:43
Mercury
42' south of
Saturn
16.1° East
August 23, 2008
05:08:57
Mercury
1°15' south of
Venus
20.5° East
September 11, 2008
04:50:56
Mercury
3°34' south of
Venus
25.4° East
September 11, 2008
20:36:33
Venus
20' north of
Mars
25.5° East
September 12, 2008
20:59:16
Mercury
3°26' south of
Mars
25.3° East
September 19, 2008
05:13:06
Mercury
4°08' south of
Mars
23.3° East
December 1, 2008
00:36:13
Venus
2°02' south of
Jupiter
42.7° East
December 27, 2008
01:50:46
Venus
1°45' south of
Neptune
46.2° East
December 31, 2008
05:54:23
Mercury
1°17' south of
Jupiter
18.6° East
2009
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 18, 2009
06:19:19
Mercury
3°15' north of
Jupiter
4.7° East
January 23, 2009
15:34:10
Venus
1°24' north of
Uranus
46.3° East
January 26, 2009
18:23:39
Mercury
4°25' north of
Mars
13.5° West
February 17, 2009
09:35:27
Mars
35' south of
Jupiter
18.8° West
February 24, 2009
03:08:31
Mercury
37' north of
Jupiter
24.1° West
March 1, 2009
20:21:59
Mercury
36' south of
Mars
21.8° West
March 5, 2009
00:52:04
Mercury
1°39' south of
Neptune
19.9° West
March 8, 2009
04:18:03
Mars
48' south of
Neptune
22.9° West
March 21, 2009
21:36:59
Mercury
1°24' south of
Uranus
8.3° West
March 27, 2009
11:31:44
Mercury
10°37' south of
Venus
4° West
April 15, 2009
03:46:10
Mars
28' south of
Uranus
30.9° West
April 18, 2009
16:22:43
Venus
5°36' north of
Mars
29.8° West
May 25, 2009
14:20:29
Jupiter
24' south of
Neptune
98° West
June 19, 2009
14:16:32
Venus
2°02' south of
Mars
44.6° West
July 13, 2009
17:22:12
Jupiter
37' south of
Neptune
145.5° West
August 18, 2009
21:20:26
Mercury
3°27' south of
Saturn
25.4° East
September 20, 2009
12:26:59
Mercury
5°24' south of
Saturn
3° West
October 8, 2009
09:19:27
Mercury
19' south of
Saturn
17.6° West
October 13, 2009
15:39:41
Venus
34' south of
Saturn
22.1° West
December 20, 2009
05:35:39
Jupiter
34' south of
Neptune
55.6° East
2010
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 5, 2010
07:30:46
Mercury
3°26' north of
Venus
1.7° West
February 7, 2010
22:43:25
Venus
1°04' south of
Neptune
6.6° East
February 16, 2010
21:09:36
Venus
35' south of
Jupiter
8.8° East
February 27, 2010
05:07:37
Mercury
1°48' south of
Neptune
11.9° West
March 3, 2010
22:43:19
Venus
40' south of
Uranus
12.4° East
March 7, 2010
19:00:44
Mercury
1°11' south of
Jupiter
5.7° West
March 15, 2010
17:56:56
Mercury
44' south of
Uranus
1.6° East
June 6, 2010
18:30:37
Jupiter
28' south of
Uranus
75.7° West
August 1, 2010
19:41:06
Mars
1°56' south of
Saturn
51.5° East
August 10, 2010
01:44:26
Venus
3°8' south of
Saturn
44.4° East
August 23, 2010
21:29:05
Venus
2°27' south of
Mars
44.9° East
September 22, 2010
19:53:12
Jupiter
53' south of
Uranus
177.8° East
September 29, 2010
06:21:23
Venus
6°30' south of
Mars
33.7° East
October 8, 2010
14:57:51
Mercury
35' south of
Saturn
6.5° West
October 24, 2010
11:04:41
Mercury
7°11' north of
Venus
4.9° East
November 21, 2010
00:50:16
Mercury
1°41' south of
Mars
18.7° East
December 14, 2010
03:33:06
Mercury
1°02' north of
Mars
12.7° East
2011
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 2, 2011
13:41:09
Jupiter
34' south of
Uranus
75° East
February 20, 2011
13:50:48
Mercury
1°04' south of
Mars
3.7° West
February 20, 2011
17:08:01
Mercury
1°41' south of
Neptune
3.2° West
February 20, 2011
21:28:33
Mars
38' south of
Neptune
3.4° West
March 9, 2011
18:00:45
Mercury
22' north of
Uranus
11.1° East
March 16, 2011
17:25:56
Mercury
2°20' north of
Jupiter
15.7° West
March 27, 2011
00:37:44
Venus
9' south of
Neptune
36.3° West
April 3, 2011
17:42:55
Mars
14' south of
Uranus
12.4° West
April 10, 2011
20:05:01
Mercury
3°31' north of
Jupiter
2.8° West
April 19, 2011
08:23:49
Mercury
47' north of
Mars
15.4° West
April 22, 2011
18:50:51
Venus
55' south of
Uranus
30° West
May 1, 2011
11:04:55
Mars
24' north of
Jupiter
18.2° West
May 10, 2011
22:46:50
Mercury
2°12' south of
Jupiter
25.3° West
May 11, 2011
09:14:56
Venus
37' south of
Jupiter
25.7° West
May 20, 2011
01:17:23
Mercury
2°21' south of
Mars
22.2° West
May 22, 2011
15:13:00
Venus
1°03' south of
Mars
22.7° West
August 15, 2011
23:17:56
Mercury
6°21' south of
Venus
1.3° West
September 30, 2011
11:07:16
Venus
1°24' south of
Saturn
11.8° East
October 7, 2011
08:58:32
Mercury
1°52' south of
Saturn
6.1° East
2012
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 13, 2012
07:07:30
Venus
1°10' south of
Neptune
36.4° East
February 10, 2012
05:19:14
Venus
20' north of
Uranus
41.3° East
February 14, 2012
00:40:40
Mercury
1°18' south of
Neptune
5.5° East
March 6, 2012
23:35:54
Mercury
3°05' north of
Uranus
16.7° East
March 15, 2012
10:37:46
Venus
3°16' north of
Jupiter
44.6° East
March 16, 2012
02:11:51
Mercury
4°36' north of
Uranus
8.2° East
April 22, 2012
02:00:45
Mercury
2°08' south of
Uranus
26.3° West
May 22, 2012
07:12:01
Mercury
24' north of
Jupiter
6.3° West
June 1, 2012
20:40:22
Mercury
12' north of
Venus
6.7° East
August 17, 2012
08:46:15
Mars
2°54' south of
Saturn
60.1° East
October 6, 2012
07:06:36
Mercury
3°29' north of
Saturn
16.8° East
November 27, 2012
05:14:02
Venus
34' south of
Saturn
29.0° West
2013
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
February 4, 2013
16:05:34
Mars
26' south of
Neptune
16.1° East
February 6, 2013
20:41:22
Mercury
28' south of
Neptune
13.9° East
February 8, 2013
21:09:19
Mercury
18' north of
Mars
15.1° East
February 24, 2013
22:31:25
Mercury
4°15' north of
Mars
11.6° East
February 28, 2013
08:10:56
Venus
46' south of
Neptune
6.8° West
March 6, 2013
07:21:59
Mercury
5°20' north of
Venus
5° West
March 22, 2013
18:23:53
Mars
1' north of
Uranus
5.9° East
March 28, 2013
17:14:45
Venus
43' south of
Uranus
0.7° East
April 6, 2013
15:45:52
Venus
42' south of
Mars
2.6° East
April 19, 2013
21:11:39
Mercury
2°02' south of
Uranus
20.3° West
May 7, 2013
22:16:22
Mercury
26' south of
Mars
4.6° West
May 25, 2013
03:52:17
Mercury
1°22' north of
Venus
15° West
May 27, 2013
09:47:09
Mercury
2°22' north of
Jupiter
17° East
May 28, 2013
20:39:31
Venus
1° north of
Jupiter
15.9° East
June 20, 2013
17:37:02
Mercury
1°57' south of
Venus
22° East
July 22, 2013
05:45:11
Mars
47' north of
Jupiter
23.7° West
September 20, 2013
00:14:06
Venus
3°45' south of
Saturn
41.7° East
October 10, 2013
18:40:54
Mercury
5°24' north of
Saturn
23.6° East
October 28, 2013
21:00:50
Mercury
4°06' north of
Saturn
7.9° East
November 26, 2013
03:39:41
Mercury
20' south of
Saturn
17.5° West
2014
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 7, 2014
10:28:53
Mercury
6°27' south of
Venus
5.9° East
March 22, 2014
11:38:46
Mercury
1°15' south of
Neptune
25.7° West
April 12, 2014
08:19:49
Venus
42' north of
Neptune
45.4° West
April 14, 2014
16:11:35
Mercury
1°23' south of
Uranus
11.5° West
May 15, 2014
13:14:02
Venus
1°16' south of
Uranus
39.9° West
August 2, 2014
16:39:29
Mercury
58' north of
Jupiter
6.5° West
August 18, 2014
04:08:26
Venus
12' north of
Jupiter
17.9° West
August 27, 2014
13:16:34
Mars
3°34' south of
Saturn
73.6° East
October 17, 2014
08:02:46
Mercury
2°44' south of
Venus
1.7° West
November 13, 2014
09:04:07
Venus
1°36' south of
Saturn
4.8° East
December 2, 2014
09:01:16
Mercury
1°43' south of
Saturn
6.8° West
December 30, 2014
07:25:46
Mercury
3°44' south of
Venus
12.6° East
2015
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 5, 2015
16:30:15
Mercury
1°40' south of
Venus
16.1° East
January 19, 2015
21:33:54
Mars
14' south of
Neptune
36.4° East
February 1, 2015
11:31:23
Venus
50' south of
Neptune
23.8° East
February 21, 2015
19:43:28
Venus
28' south of
Mars
28.4° East
March 4, 2015
19:30:15
Venus
6' north of
Uranus
30.8° East
March 11, 2015
19:50:33
Mars
17' north of
Uranus
24.1° East
March 17, 2015
23:40:08
Mercury
1°36' south of
Neptune
19.1° West
April 8, 2015
09:55:57
Mercury
31' south of
Uranus
1.8° West
April 23, 2015
07:09:00
Mercury
1°23' north of
Mars
13.7° East
May 27, 2015
15:20:33
Mercury
1°41' south of
Mars
4.8° East
July 1, 2015
14:17:16
Venus
24' south of
Jupiter
42.2° East
July 16, 2015
04:29:03
Mercury
8' south of
Mars
8.9° West
July 31, 2015
19:47:59
Venus
6°26' south of
Jupiter
19.5° East
August 5, 2015
08:52:16
Mercury
8°11' north of
Venus
13.1° East
August 7, 2015
04:04:09
Mercury
35' north of
Jupiter
14.6° East
August 29, 2015
05:18:53
Venus
9°25' south of
Mars
21.3° West
October 17, 2015
13:50:10
Mars
24' north of
Jupiter
39.8° West
October 26, 2015
08:14:32
Venus
1°04' south of
Jupiter
46.4° West
November 3, 2015
16:08:44
Venus
42' south of
Mars
46.2° West
November 25, 2015
12:33:25
Mercury
2°46' south of
Saturn
4.3° East
2016
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 9, 2016
03:57:19
Venus
5' north of
Saturn
36.3° West
March 10, 2016
22:12:11
Mercury
1°30' south of
Neptune
10.9° West
March 20, 2016
13:51:16
Venus
32' south of
Neptune
20.1° West
March 31, 2016
23:41:55
Mercury
38' north of
Uranus
8.3° East
April 22, 2016
14:17:27
Venus
52' south of
Uranus
11.7° West
May 13, 2016
20:49:07
Mercury
26' south of
Venus
6.5° West
July 16, 2016
17:39:09
Mercury
32' north of
Venus
10.9° East
August 25, 2016
17:52:42
Mars
4°23' south of
Saturn
97° East
August 27, 2016
04:57:57
Mercury
5°16' south of
Venus
22.1° East
August 27, 2016
21:47:56
Venus
4' north of
Jupiter
22.3° East
October 11, 2016
04:17:47
Mercury
52' north of
Jupiter
11.5° West
October 30, 2016
08:25:30
Venus
3°02' south of
Saturn
36.9° East
November 24, 2016
00:38:02
Mercury
3°28' south of
Saturn
14.8° East
2017
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 1, 2017
06:46:46
Mars
1' south of
Neptune
58.7° East
January 13, 2017
01:46:45
Venus
25' north of
Neptune
47° East
February 27, 2017
08:20:34
Mars
37' north of
Uranus
43.1° East
March 4, 2017
05:34:17
Mercury
1°08' south of
Neptune
2.2° West
March 16, 2017
23:21:32
Mercury
9°33' south of
Venus
9.5° East
March 27, 2017
05:55:27
Mercury
2°25' north of
Uranus
16.7° East
April 28, 2017
17:52:58
Mercury
9' south of
Uranus
13.4° West
May 7, 2017
23:22:48
Mercury
2°14' south of
Uranus
21.8° West
June 2, 2017
14:41:15
Venus
1°47' south of
Uranus
45.2° West
June 28, 2017
18:17:30
Mercury
47' north of
Mars
8.7° East
September 2, 2017
00:07:46
Mercury
4°06' south of
Mars
10.8° West
September 16, 2017
18:23:28
Mercury
3' north of
Mars
16.9° West
October 5, 2017
13:25:48
Venus
13' north of
Mars
23.4° West
October 18, 2017
14:56:38
Mercury
1°01' south of
Jupiter
6.4° East
November 13, 2017
06:10:03
Venus
17' north of
Jupiter
13.8° West
November 28, 2017
09:36:06
Mercury
3°03' south of
Saturn
21.1° East
December 6, 2017
11:29:41
Mercury
1°21' south of
Saturn
13.9° East
December 15, 2017
16:04:48
Mercury
2°14' north of
Venus
5.9° West
December 25, 2017
17:49:20
Venus
1°08' south of
Saturn
3.5° West
2018
Date
Time UTC
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 7, 2018
03:40:50
Mars
13' south of
Jupiter
58.8° West
February 21, 2018
14:19:55
Venus
35' south of
Neptune
10.5° East
February 25, 2018
10:07:00
Mercury
29' south of
Neptune
6.9° East
March 5, 2018
18:28:59
Mercury
1°24' north of
Venus
13.4° East
March 18, 2018
01:16:29
Mercury
3°53' north of
Venus
16.4° East
March 29, 2018
0:13:21
Venus
4' south of
Uranus
19° East
April 2, 2018
11:53:07
Mars
1°16' south of
Saturn
93.7° West
May 12, 2018
21:01:21
Mercury
2°24' south of
Uranus
22.2° West
October 14, 2018
15:20:14
Mercury
6°49' north of
Venus
15.8° East
October 30, 2018
03:38:40
Mercury
3°16' south of
Jupiter
21.3° East
December 7, 2018
14:55:51
Mars
2' south of
Neptune
88.3° East
December 21, 2018
14:43:16
Mercury
52' north of
Jupiter
20.1° West
2019
Date
Time GMT
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 13, 2019
10:48:09
Mercury
1°43' south of
Saturn
10.1° West
January 22, 2019
05:47:42
Venus
2°26' north of
Jupiter
45.9° West
February 13, 2019
20:06:54
Mars
1°03' north of
Uranus
64.4° East
February 18, 2019
13:54:15
Venus
1°05' north of
Saturn
42.7° West
February 19, 2019
11:09:52
Mercury
46' north of
Neptune
15.1° East
March 22, 2019
06:18:30
Mercury
3°24' north of
Neptune
13.5° West
April 2, 2019
18:54:11
Mercury
23' north of
Neptune
25.5° West
April 10, 2019
03:52:24
Venus
18' south of
Neptune
32.6° West
May 8, 2019
08:12:50
Mercury
1°23' south of
Uranus
14.1° West
May 18, 2019
08:12:13
Venus
1°09' south of
Uranus
23.2° West
June 19, 2019
14:34:40
Mercury
14' north of
Mars
24.4° East
July 7, 2019
13:33:33
Mercury
3°50' south of
Mars
18.4° East
July 24, 2019
10:32:05
Mercury
5°43' south of
Venus
5.8° West
August 24, 2019
12:34:05
Venus
19' north of
Mars
3.1° East
September 3, 2019
10:44:25
Mercury
42' north of
Mars
1.1° West
September 13, 2019
21:35:21
Mercury
20' south of
Venus
8.5° East
October 30, 2019
08:29:03
Mercury
2°43' south of
Venus
20.3° East
November 24, 2019
14:00:35
Venus
1°24' south of
Jupiter
26.2° East
December 11, 2019
04:42:34
Venus
1°49' south of
Saturn
30° East
2020
Date
Time GMT
Planet
Angle distance
Planet
Elongation to Sun
January 27, 2020
19:21
Venus
0°04' south of
Neptune
39.5° East
March 9, 2020
14:36
Venus
2°24' north of
Uranus
45.4° East
March 20, 2020
06:21
Mars
0°42' south of
Jupiter
67.4° West
March 31, 2020
11:56
Mars
0°55' south of
Saturn
70.6° West
April 3, 2020
16:17
Mercury
1°24' south of
Neptune
25.9° West
May 22, 2020
08:44
Mercury
0°53' south of
Venus
18.4° East
June 12, 2020
13:18
Mars
1°44' south of
Neptune
91.5° east
December 21, 2020
18:20[ 1]
Jupiter
0°06' north of
Saturn
31° East
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