581.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC; mag 0.9), in Dorado culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 (2,774 days ago) in Dorado

582.

The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month. Mon, 12 Dec 2016 at 18:29 EDT (2,774 days ago) in Taurus

583.

σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2016 The σ-Hydrid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 (2,775 days ago) in Hydra

584.

Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Sun, 11 Dec 2016 at 02:55 EDT (2,775 days ago) in Sagittarius

585.

Saturn at solar conjunction Saturn is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Sat, 10 Dec 2016 at 06:41 EDT (2,776 days ago) in Ophiuchus

586.

Monocerotid meteor shower 2016 The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 (2,778 days ago) in Monoceros

587.

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. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 at 04:03 EDT (2,779 days ago) in Aquarius

588.

Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2016 The Puppid-Velid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 (2,780 days ago) in Vela

589.

Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Greenland, Canada, Iceland and Ireland amongst others. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 at 16:40 EDT (2,780 days ago) in Aquarius

590.

December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2016 The December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 (2,781 days ago) in Andromeda

591.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°56'. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 at 05:39 EDT (2,781 days ago) in Capricornus

592.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Mon, 05 Dec 2016 at 04:19 EDT (2,781 days ago) in Capricornus

593.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°48'. Sat, 03 Dec 2016 at 07:33 EDT (2,783 days ago) in Sagittarius

594.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Sat, 03 Dec 2016 at 06:10 EDT (2,783 days ago) in Sagittarius

595.

Pheonicid meteor shower 2016 The Pheonicid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 (2,785 days ago) in Phoenix

596.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 7°05'. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 at 22:49 EDT (2,786 days ago) in Sagittarius

597.

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. Wed, 30 Nov 2016 at 20:12 EDT (2,786 days ago) in Ophiuchus

598.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 29 Nov 2016 at 07:19 EDT (2,787 days ago) in Ophiuchus

599.

November Orionid meteor shower 2016 The November Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 27 Nov 2016 (2,788 days ago) in Orion

600.

The Hyades cluster is well placed The Hyades open star cluster (Collinder 50; mag 1.0) in Taurus culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 27 Nov 2016 (2,789 days ago) in Taurus