Planet Position Tables Source: Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles.
2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Cap Pis Ari Tau Gem Can Leo Sag Can Leo Vir Lib
Mars Sag Sag Cap Aqr Pis Pis Ari Tau Tau Gem Gem Gem
Jupiter Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph Oph
Saturn Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo
2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Sag Cap Aqr Pis Tau Gem Can Vir Vir Sco Sag Cap
Mars Tau Tau Gem Gem Can Leo Leo Vir Vir Vir Sco Oph
Jupiter Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag
Saturn Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo
2009 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Aqr Pis Aqr Pis Pis Ari Tau Gem Leo Vir Lib Oph
Mars Sag Cap Aqr Pis Pis Ari Tau Tau Gem Can Can Leo
Jupiter Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap
Saturn Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Vir Vir Vir Vir
2010 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Sag Aqr Pis Ari Tau Can Leo Vir Vir Lib Vir Lib
Mars Can Can Can Can Leo Leo Leo Vir Vir Lib Oph Sag
Jupiter Aqr Aqr Aqr Aqr Pis Pis Pis Pis Pis Pis Aqr Aqr
Saturn Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
2011 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Oph Sgr Cap Aqr Psc Tau Gem Leo Vir Lib Oph Sgr
Mars Can Can Aqr Psc Ari Tau Tau Gem Cnc Cnc Leo Leo
Jupiter Psc Psc Psc Psc Psc Ari Ari Ari Ari Ari Ari Psc
Saturn Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
2012 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Aqr Psc Ari Tau Tau Tau Tau Gem Cnc Leo Vir Lib
Mars Vir Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Vir Vir Lib Sco Sgr Sgr
Jupiter Ari Ari Ari Ari Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau
Saturn Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
2013 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Sgr Cap Aqr Ari Tau Gem Leo Vir Vir Oph Sgr Sgr
Mars Cap Aqr Psc Psc Ari Tau Gem Gem Cnc Leo Leo Vir
Jupiter Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Tau Gem Gem Gem Gem Gem Gem
Saturn Lib Lib Lib Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Lib Lib Lib Lib
2014 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Venus Sgr Sgr Cap Aqr Psc Ari Tau Cnc Leo Vir Lib Sgr
Mars Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Lib Sco Oph Sgr Cap
Jupiter Gem Gem Gem Gem Gem Gem Cnc Cnc Cnc Leo Leo Leo
Saturn Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib
NAME MOONS** RINGS
*Dwarf planet
**Known as of July 2006
Annual Meteor Showers
Shower Hourly Parent comet
40 Asteroid 2003 EH1
Lyrids Apri 22
Quadrantids
15 Comet Thatcher
Eta Aquarids May 5 20 Comet Halley
Delta Aquarids July 28 20 (Unknown)
Perseids August 12 50 Comet Swift-Tuttle
Orionids October 22 25 Comet Halley
Taurids November 3 15 Comet Encke
Leonids November 17 15 Comet Temple-Tuttle
Geminids December 14
December 23
50 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
Ursids
January 3
20 Comet Tuttle
Source: Skywatching by David H. Levy (Time-Life Books, 1994-98).
Planet Information Table
Date
DISTANCE
FROM SUN
(millions of mi/km)
ORBITAL
PERIOD
(in Earth years)
ORBITAL
PERIOD
(hours in day)
SIZE
RELATIVE
TO EARTH
MASS
RELATIVE
TO EARTH
Dates can vary slightly. Hourly rate represents the number of meteors you might see under a dark sky when the radient is near the zenith.
Expect to see perhaps half as many more if theshower is strong.
MERCURY 36 / 58 0.2 1416 0.39 X 0.06 X 0 No
VENUS 67 / 108 0.6 5833 0.95 X 0.8 X 0 No
EARTH 93 / 150 1.0 24 1 X 1 X 1 No
MARS 142 / 228 1.9 25 0.53 X 0.1 X 2 No
CERES* 260 / 420 4.6 9 0.08 X 0.0002 X 0 No
JUPITER 484 / 778 11.9 10 11.2 X 318 X 63 Yes
SATURN 884 / 1423 29.5 10 9.4 X 95 X 56 Yes
URANUS 1783 / 2869 84 17 4.0 X 15 X 27 Yes
NEPTUNE 2792 / 4492 164.8 16 3.8 X 17 X 13 Yes
PLUTO* 4650 / 7500 248 153 0.2 X 0.002 X 3 No
ERIS* 9114 / 14,700 557 7 0.2 X 0.003 X 1 No
