Solar Conjunction

The Moon appears as a thin crescent when it is close to solar conjunction, which is better known as new moon. Simulated image courtesy of Tom Ruen.
An object is said to be at solar conjunction when it makes its closest approach to the Sun in the sky.
The planets are typically lost in the Sun's glare and impossible to observe for a few weeks when they pass solar conjunction. Mercury can reappear within only a few days, since it moves around its orbit so quickly that it can pass from solar conjunction to maximum elongation in less than a month.
List of solar conjunctions
The table below lists the dates when objects are at solar conjunction in 2022, computed from NASA's DE430 planetary ephemeris. To show events in other years, use the control below.
Objects at solar conjunction in 2022
Date | Object |
Date | Object | |
08 Jan 2022 16:42 PST | Venus at solar conjunction | More information » |
16 Jan 2022 14:14 PST | 134340 Pluto at solar conjunction | More information » |
23 Jan 2022 02:24 PST | Mercury at solar conjunction | More information » |
04 Feb 2022 10:55 PST | Saturn at solar conjunction | More information » |
05 Mar 2022 05:55 PST | Jupiter at solar conjunction | More information » |
13 Mar 2022 04:34 PDT | Neptune at solar conjunction | More information » |
02 Apr 2022 16:18 PDT | Mercury at solar conjunction | More information » |
14 Apr 2022 07:47 PDT | 136199 Eris at solar conjunction | More information » |
05 May 2022 00:12 PDT | Uranus at solar conjunction | More information » |
21 May 2022 12:12 PDT | Mercury at solar conjunction | More information » |
16 Jul 2022 12:44 PDT | Mercury at solar conjunction | More information » |
21 Jul 2022 23:23 PDT | 1 Ceres at solar conjunction | More information » |
22 Sep 2022 23:45 PDT | Mercury at solar conjunction | More information » |
01 Oct 2022 13:28 PDT | 136472 Makemake at solar conjunction | More information » |
22 Oct 2022 14:49 PDT | Venus at solar conjunction | More information » |
22 Oct 2022 22:43 PDT | 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction | More information » |
08 Nov 2022 08:56 PST | Mercury at solar conjunction | More information » |