Morgan County Observatory - 2010 Calendar of Events
Modified for Morgan County Observatory, Berkeley Springs, Wv.
Skycal - Sky Events Calendar by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC).
Star Party Dates shown in RED on Calendar
| 2010 January | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 27 | 28 Moon-Pleiades 20:03 | 29 | 30 Moon N Dec 05:09 |  31Full Moon 14:13 Par Lunar Ec 14:23 | 1 Venus 2.5° W Moon D Node 07:30 Moon Perigee 15:36 | 2 Moon-Beehive 10:29 Perihelion 15:59 |
| 3 Quadrantids 14:05 | 4 Mercury Infer 14:02 | 5 | 6 |  7Last Quarter 05:40 | 8 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
9 |
| 10 | 11 Moon-Antares 07:43 Venus Super 15:34 | 12 Moon S Dec 03:33 | 13 | 14 Moon A Node 18:18 |  15Ann Solar Ec 02:07 New Moon 02:11 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
16 Moon Apogee 20:40 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |  23First Quarter 05:53 |
| 24 | 25 Moon-Pleiades 06:00 | 26 Moon N Dec 16:04 Mercury West 23:59 | 27 | 28 Moon D Node 19:02 | 29 Mars Opp 14:11 Moon-Beehive 21:48 | 30 Full Moon 01:18 Moon Perigee 04:03 |
| 31 | 1 Venus 5.1° E | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Mars-M44 07:12 Last Quarter 18:49 | 6 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 February | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 31 | 1 Venus 5.1° E | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Mars-M44 07:12 Last Quarter 18:49 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
6 |
| 7 Moon-Antares 13:29 | 8 Moon S Dec 09:27 | 9 | 10 Moon A Node 23:58 | 11 | 12 Moon-Mercury 00:55 Moon Apogee 21:06 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
13 New Moon 21:51 |
| 14 Neptune Sun 17:42 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 Moon-Pleiades 13:32 First Quarter 19:42 | 22 | 23 Moon N Dec 01:00 | 24 | 25 Moon D Node 04:11 | 26 Moon-Beehive 09:03 | 27 Moon Perigee 16:40 |
| 28 Jupiter Sun 06:47 Full Moon 11:38 | 1 Venus 11.8° E | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 March | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 28 Jupiter Sun 06:47 Full Moon 11:38 | 1 Venus 11.8° E | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Moon-Antares 20:32 |
| 7 Last Quarter 10:42 Moon S Dec 16:18 | 8 | 9 | 10 Moon A Node 03:07 | 11 | 12 Moon Apogee 05:07 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
13 |
| 14 Mercury Super 09:05 | 15 New Moon 17:01 | 16 | 17 Uranus Sun 02:23 | 18 | 19 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
20 Spring Eq 13:32 Moon-Pleiades 20:08 |
| 21 Saturn Opp 19:54 | 22 Moon N Dec 08:15 | 23 First Quarter 07:00 | 24 Moon D Node 09:05 | 25 Moon-Mars 09:57 Moon-Beehive 19:06 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 Moon Perigee 00:56 | 29 Full Moon 22:25 | 30 | 31 | 1 Venus 19.3° E | 2 | 3 Moon-Antares 06:17 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 April | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 28 Moon Perigee 00:56 | 29 Full Moon 22:25 | 30 | 31 | 1 Venus 19.3° E | 2 | 3 Moon-Antares 06:17 |
| 4 Moon S Dec 01:23 Mercury-Ven 04:25 | 5 | 6 Last Quarter 05:37 Moon A Node 05:45 | 7 | 8 Mercury East 18:59 Moon Apogee 22:45 | 9 MCOF Star Party 8:00pm |
10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 New Moon 08:29 | 15 | 16 Moon-Venus 08:55 Mars-M44 19:54 MCOF Star Party 8:00pm |
17 Moon-Pleiades 01:43 |
| 18 Moon N Dec 13:15 | 19 | 20 Moon D Node 09:38 | 21 First Quarter 14:20 | 22 Moon-Beehive 01:35 Moon-Mars 05:27 Lyrids 12:35 | 23 MCOF Star Party 8:00pm | 24 Moon Perigee 16:59 MCOF Star Party 8:00pm |
| 25 Venus-M45 01:21 | 26 | 27 | 28 Full Moon 08:18 Mercury Infer 12:38 | 29 | 30 Moon-Antares 15:44 | 1 Venus 26.6° E Moon S Dec 10:01 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 May | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 25 Venus-M45 01:21 | 26 | 27 | 28 Full Moon 08:18 Mercury Infer 12:38 | 29 | 30 Moon-Antares 15:44 | 1 Venus 26.6° E Moon S Dec 10:01 |
| 2 Venus-Aldeb. 21:56 | 3 Moon A Node 08:35 | 4 | 5 Eta Aquarids 01:50 | 6 Last Quarter 00:15 Moon Apogee 17:53 | 7 MCOF Star Party 8:30pm |
8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 New Moon 21:04 | 14 MCOF Star Party 9:00pm |
15 Moon N Dec 19:07 |
| 16 Moon-Venus 06:16 | 17 Moon D Node 11:39 | 18 | 19 Moon-Beehive 07:03 | 20 Moon Perigee 04:38 First Quarter 19:43 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 Mercury West 21:59 | 26 | 27 Full Moon 19:07 | 28 Moon-Antares 00:30 Moon S Dec 18:09 | 29 |
| 30 Moon A Node 14:07 | 31 | 1 Venus 34° E | 2 | 3 Moon Apogee 12:50 | 4 Last Quarter 18:13 | 5 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 June | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 30 Moon A Node 14:07 | 31 | 1 Venus 34° E | 2 | 3 Moon Apogee 12:50 | 4 Last Quarter 18:13 MCOF Star Party 9:00pm |
5 |
| 6 Mars-Reg. 20:15 | 7 | 8 Venus-Pollux 10:59 | 9 | 10 Mercury-M45 08:24 Moon-Pleiades 17:46 | 11 MCOF Star Party 9:00pm |
12 Moon N Dec 03:06 New Moon 07:15 |
| 13 Moon D Node 17:54 | 14 | 15 Moon-Venus 03:08 Moon Perigee 10:54 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 First Quarter 00:30 |
| 20 Venus-M44 09:06 | 21 Summer Sol 07:28 | 22 | 23 | 24 Moon-Antares 07:41 | 25 Moon S Dec 01:09 | 26 Full Moon 07:30 Par Lunar Ec 07:39 Moon A Node 21:19 |
| 27 | 28 Mercury Super 07:49 | 29 | 30 | 1 Moon Apogee 06:12 Venus 40.3° E | 2 | 3 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 July | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 27 | 28 Mercury Super 07:49 | 29 | 30 | 1 Moon Apogee 06:12 Venus 40.3° E | 2 MCOF Star Party 9:00pm |
3 |
| 4 Last Quarter 10:35 | 5 | 6 Aphelion 09:59 | 7 | 8 Moon-Pleiades 03:26 | 9 Moon N Dec 12:50 MCOF Star Party 9:00pm |
10 Venus-Reg. 04:48 |
| 11 Moon D Node 03:30 Total Sol Ec 15:34 New Moon 15:40 | 12 | 13 Moon Perigee 07:21 Mercury-M44 08:35 | 14 Moon-Venus 21:06 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 First Quarter 06:11 | 19 | 20 | 21 Moon-Antares 13:31 | 22 Moon S Dec 07:12 | 23 | 24 Moon A Node 03:59 |
| 25 Full Moon 21:37 | 26 | 27 Mercury-Reg. 14:10 | 28 Delta Aquarids 03:38 Moon Apogee 19:50 | 29 | 30 | 31 MCOF Star Party Morgan County Fair 7:30pm Mars-Sat 10:12 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 August | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Venus 44.9° E | 2 | 3 Last Quarter 00:59 | 4 Moon-Pleiades 12:27 | 5 Moon N Dec 22:49 | 6 Mercury East 20:59 MCOF Star Party 8:30pm |
7 Moon D Node 13:24 |
| 8 Venus-Sat 10:45 | 9 New Moon 23:08 | 10 Moon Perigee 13:56 | 11 Moon-Mercury 21:34 | 12 Perseids 19:32 | 13 Moon-Venus 08:07 MCOF Star Party 8:30pm |
14 |
| 15 | 16 First Quarter 14:14 | 17 Moon-Antares 19:07 | 18 Moon S Dec 13:07 | 19 Venus-Mars 00:15 Venus East 21:59 | 20 Neptune Opp 04:37 Moon A Node 08:13 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 Full Moon 13:05 | 25 Moon Apogee 01:51 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 Venus-Spica 18:11 Moon-Pleiades 19:46 | 1 Venus 45.3° E Last Quarter 13:22 | 2 Moon N Dec 07:20 | 3 Mercury Infer 08:29 Moon D Node 20:16 MCOF Star Party 8:00pm |
4 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 September | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 29 | 30 | 31 Venus-Spica 18:11 Moon-Pleiades 19:46 | 1 Venus 45.3° E Last Quarter 13:22 | 2 Moon N Dec 07:20 | 3 Mercury Infer 08:29 Moon D Node 20:16 MCOF Star Party 8:00pm |
4 |
| 5 Mars-Spica 13:03 | 6 | 7 | 8 Moon Perigee 00:00 New Moon 06:30 | 9 | 10 MCOF Star Party 08:00pm |
11 Moon-Venus 09:05 |
| 12 | 13 Mercury-Reg. 07:14 | 14 Moon-Antares 01:55 Moon S Dec 19:47 | 15 First Quarter 01:50 | 16 Moon A Node 09:56 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 Mercury West 12:59 | 20 | 21 Moon Apogee 04:03 Jupiter Opp 08:11 Uranus Opp 12:42 | 22 Autumn Eq 23:09 | 23 Full Moon 05:17 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 Moon-Pleiades 01:32 | 29 Moon N Dec 13:37 | 30 Saturn Sun 20:18 Moon D Node 22:42 Last Quarter 23:52 | 1 Venus-Mars 05:26 Venus 34.7° E | 2 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 October | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 26 | 27 | 28 Moon-Pleiades 01:32 | 29 Moon N Dec 13:37 | 30 Saturn Sun 20:18 Moon D Node 22:42 Last Quarter 23:52 | 1 Venus-Mars 05:26 Venus 34.7° E MCOF Star Party 7:30pm> |
2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Moon Perigee 09:41 | 7 New Moon 14:44 | 8 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
9 Moon-Venus 11:50 Moon-Mars 21:51 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
| 10 | 11 Moon-Antares 10:39 | 12 Moon S Dec 03:49 | 13 Moon A Node 11:36 | 14 First Quarter 17:27 | 15 | 16 Mercury Super 20:35 |
| 17 | 18 Moon Apogee 14:18 | 19 | 20 | 21 Orionids 11:50 | 22 Full Moon 21:36 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 Moon-Pleiades 07:05 | 26 Moon N Dec 18:36 | 27 Moon D Node 23:15 | 28 Venus Infer 21:03 | 29 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
30 Last Quarter 08:46 |
| 31 | 1 Venus 7.6° W | 2 | 3 Moon Perigee 12:22 | 4 | 5 S. Taurids 11:18 New Moon 23:52 | 6 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 November | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 31 | 1 Venus 7.6° W | 2 | 3 Moon Perigee 12:22 | 4 | 5 S. Taurids 11:18 New Moon 23:52 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
6 |
| 7 Moon-Mars 17:10 Moon-Antares 19:41 | 8 Moon S Dec 11:59 | 9 Moon A Node 15:14 | 10 Mars-Antares 15:16 | 11 | 12 N. Taurids 10:34 | 13 First Quarter 11:38 |
| 14 | 15 Moon Apogee 06:47 Mercury-Ant. 11:18 | 16 | 17 Venus-Spica 12:32 Leonids 16:52 | 18 | 19 | 20 Mercury-Mars 10:39 |
| 21 Full Moon 12:27 Moon-Pleiades 13:03 | 22 Moon N Dec 23:24 | 23 | 24 Moon D Node 01:27 | 25 | 26 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
27 |
| 28 Last Quarter 15:37 | 29 | 30 Moon Perigee 14:09 | 1 Venus 38.6° W Mercury East 10:59 | 2 Moon-Venus 15:35 | 3 | 4 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
| 2010 December | ||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 28 Last Quarter 15:37 | 29 | 30 Moon Perigee 14:09 | 1 Venus 38.6° W Mercury East 10:59 | 2 Moon-Venus 15:35 | 3 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm |
4 |
| 5 New Moon 12:36 Moon S Dec 21:10 | 6 Moon A Node 23:15 | 7 Moon-Mercury 03:48 | 8 | 9 | 10 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm | 11 |
| 12 | 13 Moon Apogee 03:34 First Quarter 08:59 | 14 Geminids 06:02 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Moon-Pleiades 21:55 |
| 19 Mercury Infer 20:15 | 20 Moon N Dec 07:37 | 21 Full Moon 03:13 Total Lun Ec 03:18 Moon D Node 09:08 Winter Sol 18:38 | 22 Ursids 14:00 | 23 | 24 | 25 Moon Perigee 07:24 |
| 26 | 27 Last Quarter 23:18 | 28 | 29 | 30 MCOF Star Party 7:30pm | 31 | 1 Venus 46.8° W Moon-Antares 13:07 |
All event times are given for UTC-5:00: Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) on for part of the year.
All SKYCAL astronomical calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Special thanks to National Space Club summer intern Sumit Dutta for his valuable assistance in developing the Sky Events Calendar (July 2007).
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Sky Events Calendar by Fred Espenak and Sumit Dutta (NASA's GSFC)"