501.

Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Sun, 05 Feb 2017 at 12:52 EDT (2,701 days ago) in Taurus

502.

Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 at 23:19 EDT (2,702 days ago) in Aries

503.

Venus at highest altitude in evening sky Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 (2,703 days ago) in Aquarius

504.

Close approach of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars pass within 5°22' of each other. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 at 06:31 EDT (2,704 days ago) in Pisces

505.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 21:31 EDT (2,706 days ago) in Pisces

506.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°19'. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 20:08 EDT (2,706 days ago) in Pisces

507.

The cluster IC 2395 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2395 (mag 4.0) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 (2,706 days ago) in Vela

508.

The Omicron Velorum cluster is well placed The Omicron Velorum open star cluster (IC 2391; mag 2.5) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 (2,706 days ago) in Vela

509.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 11:52 EDT (2,706 days ago) in Pisces

510.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°03'. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 09:34 EDT (2,706 days ago) in Pisces

511.

The Beehive cluster is well placed The Beehive open star cluster (M44, NGC 2632, also known as Praesepe; mag 3.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 (2,707 days ago) in Cancer

512.

Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including China, Thailand, India and Laos amongst others. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 at 06:19 EDT (2,707 days ago) in Aquarius

513.

Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto Mercury and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°12'. Sun, 29 Jan 2017 at 17:11 EDT (2,708 days ago) in Sagittarius

514.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 27 Jan 2017 at 19:08 EDT (2,710 days ago) in Capricornus

515.

The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 at 12:06 EDT (2,711 days ago) in Sagittarius

516.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°42'. Wed, 25 Jan 2017 at 19:44 EDT (2,712 days ago) in Sagittarius

517.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Tue, 24 Jan 2017 at 05:52 EDT (2,713 days ago) in Ophiuchus

518.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°36'. Tue, 24 Jan 2017 at 05:18 EDT (2,713 days ago) in Ophiuchus

519.

The cluster NGC 2547 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2547 (mag 4.7) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 23 Jan 2017 (2,714 days ago) in Vela

520.

The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Sat, 21 Jan 2017 at 19:13 EDT (2,716 days ago) in Libra