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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 at 00:23 EDT (2,802 days ago) in Pisces

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Uranus at opposition Uranus lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sat, 15 Oct 2016 at 06:35 EDT (2,803 days ago) in Pisces

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The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed The Triangulum Galaxy M33 (mag 5.8) culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 14 Oct 2016 (2,804 days ago) in Triangulum

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The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Thu, 13 Oct 2016 at 13:39 EDT (2,805 days ago) in Aquarius

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Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from Canada and Alaska. Thu, 13 Oct 2016 at 01:25 EDT (2,805 days ago) in Aquarius

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δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2016 The δ-Aurigid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 10 Oct 2016 (2,807 days ago) in Auriga

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Southern Taurid meteor shower 2016 The Southern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 09 Oct 2016 (2,808 days ago) in Cetus

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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. Sun, 09 Oct 2016 at 00:33 EDT (2,809 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 7°00'. Sat, 08 Oct 2016 at 08:06 EDT (2,810 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Draconid meteor shower 2016 The Draconid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 08 Oct 2016 (2,810 days ago) in Draco

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NGC 362 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 362 (mag 6.6) in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 07 Oct 2016 (2,811 days ago) in Tucana

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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 at 04:43 EDT (2,812 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°48'. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 at 03:42 EDT (2,812 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2016 The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 05 Oct 2016 (2,813 days ago) in Draco

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NGC 300 is well placed NGC 300 (mag 8.1), a spiral galaxy in Sculptor culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 04 Oct 2016 (2,814 days ago) in Sculptor

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The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC; mag 2.7), in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 04 Oct 2016 (2,814 days ago) in Tucana

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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. Tue, 04 Oct 2016 at 07:03 EDT (2,814 days ago) in Libra

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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. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 at 23:43 EDT (2,815 days ago) in Libra

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NGC 253 is well placed The Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 (mag 7.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 (2,815 days ago) in Sculptor

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°02'. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 at 13:28 EDT (2,815 days ago) in Libra