Planet events and lunar eclipses in 2020

Oppositions5

Greatest elongations8

Lunar eclipses4

Visible from Tokyo3at maximum

Planet events

Date (JST)	Planet	Event	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.
2020-01-11 00:19	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-1.4	1.430	Sagittarius	1.9°
2020-01-14 00:15	Saturn	Conjunction with the Sun	+0.4	11.017	Sagittarius	0.0°
2020-02-10 22:55	Mercury	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	-0.4	0.949	Aquarius	18.2°
2020-02-26 10:44	Mercury	Inferior conjunction	+5.5	0.637	Aquarius	3.7°
2020-03-08 21:23	Neptune	Conjunction with the Sun	+7.8	30.924	Aquarius	1.0°
2020-03-24 11:06	Mercury	Greatest western elongation (morning)	+0.3	0.906	Aquarius	27.8°
2020-03-25 07:13	Venus	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	-4.4	0.709	Aries	46.1°
2020-04-26 18:00	Uranus	Conjunction with the Sun	+5.9	20.811	Aries	0.4°
2020-05-05 06:41	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-2.4	1.325	Aries	0.1°
2020-06-04 02:43	Venus	Inferior conjunction	-3.1	0.289	Taurus	0.5°
2020-06-04 22:07	Mercury	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	+0.5	0.823	Gemini	23.6°
2020-07-01 11:52	Mercury	Inferior conjunction	+5.7	0.562	Gemini	4.4°
2020-07-14 16:58	Jupiter	Opposition	-2.8	4.139	Sagittarius	179.7°
2020-07-21 07:27	Saturn	Opposition	+0.1	8.995	Sagittarius	179.8°
2020-07-23 00:12	Mercury	Greatest western elongation (morning)	+0.2	0.866	Gemini	20.1°
2020-08-13 09:14	Venus	Greatest western elongation (morning)	-4.4	0.708	Orion	45.8°
2020-08-18 00:07	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-1.9	1.354	Leo	1.8°
2020-09-12 05:25	Neptune	Opposition	+7.7	28.922	Aquarius	178.9°
2020-10-02 01:05	Mercury	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	+0.0	0.991	Virgo	25.8°
2020-10-14 08:25	Mars	Opposition	-2.7	0.419	Pisces	177.0°
2020-10-26 03:23	Mercury	Inferior conjunction	+6.5	0.671	Virgo	0.9°
2020-11-01 00:53	Uranus	Opposition	+5.7	18.788	Aries	179.5°
2020-11-11 02:03	Mercury	Greatest western elongation (morning)	-0.5	0.993	Virgo	19.1°
2020-12-20 12:25	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-1.3	1.447	Sagittarius	1.5°

Lunar eclipses

Maximum (JST)	Type	Umbral mag.	Tokyo
2020-01-11 04:10	Penumbral lunar eclipse	-0.12	Moon up
2020-06-06 04:25	Penumbral lunar eclipse	-0.41	Moon up
2020-07-05 13:30	Penumbral lunar eclipse	-0.65	Moon below horizon
2020-11-30 18:42	Penumbral lunar eclipse	-0.26	Moon up

Each planet this year

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (times in JST). Magnitude and distance are for 12:00 JST on each date. Visibility is a rough guide for mid-northern latitudes such as Japan.

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24 planetary conjunctions, oppositions and elongations and 4 lunar eclipses in 2020 (JST).