Each year IOTA provides predictions for the circumstances of stellar occultations by the major planets and their satellites. Observers may view the circumstances of these occultations by downloading the occelmnt file below and reviewing the file with the program Occult. The predictions below have been provided by Dave Herald. You can download the Occult data file for these events : download Occult file for 2020 events
2020 Occultations by Major planets and their satellites
Date U.T. Diameter Durn Star Mag-Drop Elon % Star d Planet Min Moon § ◉ R.A. (J2000) Dec.
y m d h m km " sec/m mag V R o Ill No. No Name D Error Dist ill ☾ h m s o ' "
2020 Jan 2 4 38.4 12244 13.28 260s 8.3 .00 34 82 HIP 104863 P2M00 Venus 201°- 238° 0 0 21 14 31.551 -17 54 16.66 0
2020 Feb 11 1 5.2 12244 16.50 339s 8.8 .00 42 70 TYC 2-00335-1 P2M00 Venus 257°- 296° 0 0 0 13 15.016 1 7 59.80 1
2020 Feb 11 8 49.3 12244 16.55 340s 6.9 .00 42 70 HIP 1169 P2M00 Venus 141°- 180° 0 0 0 14 36.585 1 17 48.39 2
2020 Feb 19 1 38.8 1436 0.183 45.4s 12.3 .46 33 UCAC4 346-186583 P6M08 Iapetus (VIII) 0.06 ±0.06 0 0 19 55 19.484 -20 49 13.27 3
2020 Mar 1 1 29.0 12244 19.01 409s 8.4 .00 44 63 UCAC4 504-002322 P2M00 Venus 251°- 291° 0 0 1 31 51.988 10 47 45.15 4
2020 Mar 1 10 38.3 12244 19.05 410s 9.0 .00 44 63 TYC 624-00260-1 P2M00 Venus 114°- 154° 0 0 1 33 25.476 10 58 55.71 5
2020 Mar 6 3 39.5 1436 0.186 50.6s 13.8 .26 48 UCAC4 348-186259 P6M08 Iapetus (VIII) 0.80 ±0.06 0 0 20 1 29.636 -20 30 26.61 6
2020 Mar 6 18 29.4 6787 5.620 195s 9.4 .00 64 90 UCAC4 334-192855 P4M00 Mars 292°- 355° 0 0 18 56 50.986 -23 18 1.69 7
2020 Mar 10 12 20.5 12244 20.63 460s 7.4 .00 45 59 HIP 10143 P2M00 Venus 87°- 129° 0 0 2 10 29.445 15 9 5.25 8
2020 Mar 12 20 20.4 283 0.037 8.7s 14.8 0.8 54 UCAC4 349-181753 P6M07 Hyperion (VII) 1.07 ±0.06 0 0 20 4 25.869 -20 22 41.95 9
2020 Mar 18 5 59.2 1158 0.077 43.3s 13.9 1.1 36 UCAC4 513-003390 P7M01 Ariel (I) 0.90 ±0.12 0 0 2 8 20.118 12 29 5.63 10
2020 Mar 21 2 31.2 1436 0.189 55.3s 11.5 1.2 61 UCAC4 349-182061 P6M08 Iapetus (VIII) 0.76 ±0.06 0 0 20 6 49.629 -20 15 11.52 11
2020 Mar 23 13 30.4 12244 23.47 564s 7.3 .00 46 52 HIP 14203 P2M00 Venus 69°- 112° 0 0 3 3 9.593 20 20 10.31 12
2020 Mar 24 10 28.8 12244 23.67 573s 8.4 .00 46 51 TYC 1231-01670-1 W P2M00 Venus 114°- 157° 0 0 3 6 38.573 20 38 21.02 13
2020 Mar 30 12 7.2 12244 25.34 645s 8.1 .00 46 48 UCAC4 563-007377 V P2M00 Venus 89°- 132° 0 0 3 30 29.725 22 35 51.65 14
2020 Apr 14 9 28.7 6787 6.906 239s 9.6 .00 75 87 TYC 6352-00344-1 P4M00 Mars 57°- 128° 0 0 20 50 35.665 -18 58 54.58 15
2020 Apr 15 12 42.5 6787 6.952 240s 9.4 .00 75 87 HIP 103138 P4M00 Mars 9°- 79° 0 0 20 53 49.636 -18 47 23.40 16
2020 Apr 23 16 39.2 12244 35.09 23.4m 8.2 .00 41 31 UCAC4 587-013735 P2M00 Venus 20°- 61° 0 0 4 52 53.032 27 18 50.72 17
2020 May 4 7 23.7 6787 7.772 271s 9.0 .00 81 86 HIP 107478 V P4M00 Mars 83°- 158° 0 0 21 46 9.333 -15 14 41.00 18
2020 May 7 11 4.1 6787 7.923 277s 9.0 .00 82 86 TYC 5801-00650-1 P4M00 Mars 27°- 103° 0 0 21 54 42.367 -14 35 7.57 19
2020 May 22 6 35.3 1436 0.209 200s 13.5 .24 120 UCAC4 351-185818 P6M08 Iapetus (VIII) 1.01 ±0.05 0 0 20 14 55.062 -19 56 34.45 20
2020 Jun 4 5 8.9 1169 0.078 34.4s 9.8 5.4 36 UCAC4 520-003948 P7M02 Umbriel (II) 0.51 ±0.12 0 0 2 24 51.949 13 53 20.48 21
2020 Jun 6 18 60.0 2376 0.099 132s 13.0 1.6 142 100 UCAC4 340-192403 P9M00 Pluto 206°- 345° 0 0 19 45 33.908 -22 10 19.13 22
2020 Jun 8 17 27.0 6787 9.768 360s 8.2 .00 91 85 UCAC4 414-143610 P4M00 Mars 280°- 8° 0 0 23 18 3.760 - 7 18 20.08 23
2020 Jun 23 7 29.3 397 0.060 13.1s 14.6 .24 152 UCAC4 349-182446 P6M01 Mimas (I) 0.54 ±0.05 0 0 20 10 0.315 -20 16 43.74 24
2020 Jun 29 19 11.8 6787 11.34 453s 6.4 .00 98 84 HIP 635 V P4M00 Mars 246°- 343° 0 0 0 7 44.148 - 2 32 55.21 25
2020 Jul 8 18 8.8 12244 38.45 34.9m 7.7 .00 39 26 HIP 20899 V P2M00 Venus 318°- 359° 0 0 4 28 48.453 17 17 7.11 26
2020 Jul 11 18 27.0142984 47.60 148m 7.4 .00 177 100 HIP 96488 P5M00 Jupiter 177°- 355° 0 0 ◉ 19 36 54.828 -21 54 9.95 27
2020 Jul 30 20 38.8 283 0.043 12.3s 14.2 0.9 169 UCAC4 346-187026 P6M07 Hyperion (VII) 0.31 ±0.05 0 0 19 58 49.365 -20 53 30.16 28
2020 Aug 8 4 18.4 12244 25.19 660s 8.6 .00 46 47 HIP 28495 P2M00 Venus 158°- 207° 0 0 6 0 54.530 19 48 50.53 29
2020 Aug 12 20 13.3 12244 23.91 600s 8.8 .00 46 50 TYC 1323-01436-1 V P2M00 Venus 280°- 328° 0 0 6 19 28.765 20 2 9.48 30
2020 Aug 18 19 28.3 283 0.043 13.7s 13.9 1.0 150 UCAC4 345-192899 P6M07 Hyperion (VII) 0.24 ±0.05 0 0 19 53 40.743 -21 10 2.22 31
2020 Aug 22 20 56.4 12244 21.53 506s 8.0 .00 46 55 HIP 33861 P2M00 Venus 270°- 317° 0 0 7 1 46.084 20 3 17.30 32
2020 Sep 6 6 32.5 12244 18.88 416s 8.8 .00 44 62 HIP 39644 P2M00 Venus 128°- 171° 0 0 8 6 4.148 18 44 47.03 33
2020 Sep 7 16 34.8 12244 18.65 409s 8.7 .00 44 62 HIP 40187 D P2M00 Venus 337°- 21° 0 0 8 12 31.820 18 30 59.97 34
2020 Sep 10 4 40.8 6787 20.25 903m 9.9 .00 140 94 TYC 35-00187-1 P4M00 Mars 58°- 199° 0 0 1 49 33.782 6 45 10.04 35
2020 Sep 21 3 17.0 472 0.034 24.0s 13.4 3.2 139 UCAC4 522-004081 P7M05 Miranda (V) 1.19 ±0.11 0 0 2 30 28.847 14 19 36.38 36
2020 Sep 21 8 24.3 1169 0.085 68.3s 13.4 1.8 139 UCAC4 522-004081 P7M02 Umbriel (II) 0.59 ±0.11 0 0 2 30 28.847 14 19 36.38 37
2020 Sep 30 4 31.0 283 0.040 70.4s 12.3 2.4 108 UCAC4 343-195496 P6M07 Hyperion (VII) 0.12 ±0.05 0 0 19 48 10.649 -21 27 3.47 38
2020 Oct 6 3 23.1 6787 22.54 29.1m 9.7 .00 169 100 TYC 34-00902-1 P4M00 Mars 47°- 216° 0 0 1 31 15.391 5 49 42.11 39
2020 Oct 7 19 59.3 6787 22.54 28.4m 9.3 .00 172 100 UCAC4 479-002085 P4M00 Mars 156°- 327° 0 0 1 29 10.725 5 42 26.15 40
2020 Dec 21 6 45.3142984 33.28 60.6m 7.4 .00 30 100 HIP 99314 P5M00 Jupiter 168°- 201° 0 0 ◉ 20 9 33.497 -20 35 38.73 41
2021 Events with Major Planets / Moons
There are only two observable events in 2021:
