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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. Thu, 04 Aug 2016 at 05:02 EDT (2,886 days ago) in Leo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°53'. Thu, 04 Aug 2016 at 02:17 EDT (2,886 days ago) in Leo

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 02 Aug 2016 at 16:45 EDT (2,888 days ago) in Cancer

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Supernova SN2016eoa discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 83. Mon, 01 Aug 2016 (2,888 days ago)

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α-Capricornid meteor shower 2016 The α-Capricornid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 29 Jul 2016 (2,892 days ago) in Capricornus

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Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2016 The Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 29 Jul 2016 (2,892 days ago) in Aquarius

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Uranus enters retrograde motion Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Fri, 29 Jul 2016 at 16:25 EDT (2,892 days ago) in Pisces

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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including the Contiguous United States, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela amongst others. Fri, 29 Jul 2016 at 07:12 EDT (2,892 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Fri, 29 Jul 2016 at 03:29 EDT (2,892 days ago) in Taurus

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Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2016 The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 28 Jul 2016 (2,893 days ago) in Piscis Austrinus

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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. Wed, 27 Jul 2016 at 07:36 EDT (2,894 days ago) in Aries

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Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Tue, 26 Jul 2016 at 19:00 EDT (2,895 days ago) in Cetus

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Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from the Contiguous United States, Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Sat, 23 Jul 2016 at 01:02 EDT (2,898 days ago) in Aquarius

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Tue, 19 Jul 2016 at 18:56 EDT (2,902 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Mon, 18 Jul 2016 at 23:12 EDT (2,903 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Messier 55 is well placed The globular cluster M55 (NGC 6809l; mag 6.3) in Sagittarius culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 17 Jul 2016 (2,904 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Sat, 16 Jul 2016 at 01:41 EDT (2,905 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°26'. Sat, 16 Jul 2016 at 00:46 EDT (2,905 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 7°48'. Thu, 14 Jul 2016 at 14:23 EDT (2,907 days ago) in Libra

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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. Wed, 13 Jul 2016 at 01:24 EDT (2,908 days ago) in Virgo