Astronomical Calendar of 2022

In 2022 we will witness two total lunar eclipses: On the 16th of May, and on the 8th of November. A total lunar eclipse occurs about once every 2.5 years (on average), however the lovers of the night sky will have the chance to enjoy two of them in 2022! On the second half of June five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) will align. These planets will form a line that will be visible to the naked eye in the twilight. Remarkably, they will all be aligned according to their real distance from the Sun. On July 13th, we will see the biggest fool Moon of 2022. Two partial solar eclipses will occur on the 30th of April (only visible from the south part of South America), as well as on October 25th (easily visible from Russia and Kazakhstan). Finally, Comet C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS) will approach the Sun, and it will possibly become bright enough to be watched with naked eye during late April - early May. Below we provide our calendar:

 January
 2: New Moon,

3: Quadrantids Meteor Shower
 7: Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
 
 February
 1: New Moon
 16: Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation
 

March

2: New Moon
 20: Spring Equinox

 April
 1: New Moon
 22: Lyrids Meteor shower
 29: Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
 30; Partial Solar Eclipse and New Moon

 May
  6: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
 16: Total Lunar Eclipse
 30: New Moon
 

June
 14: Supermoon
 16: Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation
 21: Summer solstice
 29: New Moon
 

July
 13: Supermoon
 28: New Moon
 28: Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
 
 August
 12: Supermoon
 12: Perseids Meteor Shower
 14: Saturn at Opposition
 27: New Moon
 

September
 16: Neptune at Opposition
 23: Autumn Equinox
 25: New Moon

26: Jupiter at Opposition
 
 October
 8: Draconids Meteor Shower
 21: Orionids Meteor Shower
 25: Partial Solar Eclipse
 25: New Moon

 November
 4: Taurids Meteor Shower
 8: Total Lunar Eclipse
 9: Uranus at Opposition
 17: Leonids Meteor Shower
 23: New Moon

 December
 8: Mars at Opposition
 13: Geminids Meteor Shower
 21: Winter solstice
 21: Ursids Meteor Shower
 23: New Moon