Potential advent astronomical events

Below is a table of astronomical events that occurred near and up to 1 BC as seen from Jerusalem.

Dates are according to the Julian calendar.

Time is Jerusalem time. For universal time (UTC) subtract 2 hours. For Babylon time add 1 hour. Time is specified as such

• Conjunction: time of closest approach.
• Eclipse: time of central shadow.

Jerusalem is longitude 35°14' East

Date	Time	Sun	Moon	Planet	Star	Const*	Event
5 BC
Mar 23	20:21		Yes				Total lunar eclipse
Sep 15	22:12		Yes				Total lunar eclipse
4 BC
Mar 13	2:41		Yes				Partial lunar eclipse
3 BC
Feb 15	14:30	Yes	Yes				Partial solar eclipse
May 20†	0:47			Mercury Saturn			Conjunction: 40'
Jun 12	18:06			Venus Saturn			Conjunction: 7.2'
Aug 12	7:20			Venus Jupiter		Leo/ Cancer	Conjunction: 4.2'
Aug 31	23:03			Mercury Venus			Conjunction
Sep 8–10		Yes	Yes			Virgo	Sun and Moon in Virgo
Sep 11		Yes	Yes			Virgo	Sun in Virgo. New Moon at feet of Virgo
Sep 14	7:05			Jupiter	Regulus	Leo	Triple conjunction (1): 20'
Dec 1				Jupiter			Jupiter stationary
2 BC
Feb 17	17:15			Jupiter	Regulus	Leo	Triple conjunction (2): 51'
Mar 29				Jupiter			Jupiter stationary
May 8	18:10			Jupiter	Regulus	Leo	Triple conjunction (3): 43'
Jun 17	19:53			Venus Jupiter		Leo	Conjunction: 6". Close to Regulus. Full Moon
Jul 17	7:14		Yes				Partial lunar eclipse. Not visible from Jerusalem
Aug 26	17:15			Mars Jupiter		Leo	Conjunction. Venus and Mercury also massing with Mars and Jupiter
Dec 25–30		Yes		Jupiter		Virgo	Jupiter stationary. December 25 is solstice
1 BC
Jan 10†	1:09		Yes				Total lunar eclipse
Dec 29	14:31		Yes				Partial lunar eclipse. Only end of eclipse visible

*Const. = constellation.
†Date given based on time in Jerusalem. Times are usually given in UTC which for these events would be 1 day prior.

These dates were obtained from The Star that Astonished the World by Ernest Martin and NASA's lunar eclipse site.