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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 21:14 PDT (1,645 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Jupiter at apogee Jupiter reaches its furthest point from the Earth, as it passes around the far side of the Sun. Wed, 25 Dec 2019 at 13:56 PDT (1,645 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sun, 22 Dec 2019 at 19:51 PDT (1,648 days ago) in Libra

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Ursid meteor shower 2019 The Ursid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 22 Dec 2019 (1,647 days ago) in Ursa Minor

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°31'. Sun, 22 Dec 2019 at 17:48 PDT (1,648 days ago) in Libra

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December solstice 22 December will be the shortest day of 2019 in the northern hemisphere. Sat, 21 Dec 2019 at 20:12 PDT (1,649 days ago) in Sagittarius

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December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2019 The December Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 20 Dec 2019 (1,650 days ago) in Leo Minor

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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. Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 20:57 PDT (1,652 days ago) in Virgo

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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, 18 Dec 2019 at 12:25 PDT (1,652 days ago) in Leo

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Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2019 The Comae Berenicid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 16 Dec 2019 (1,654 days ago) in Leo

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The Running Man cluster is well placed The Running Man cluster NGC 1977 (mag 4.2) in Orion's sword culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 15 Dec 2019 (1,655 days ago) in Orion

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The Orion Nebula is well placed The Orion Nebula (M42; mag 4.0) culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 15 Dec 2019 (1,655 days ago) in Orion

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Close approach of the Moon and M44 The Moon and M44 pass close to each other. Sun, 15 Dec 2019 at 08:51 PDT (1,655 days ago) in Cancer

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Geminid meteor shower 2019 The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 14 Dec 2019 (1,656 days ago) in Gemini

135.

Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°08'. Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 09:26 PDT (1,657 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Thu, 12 Dec 2019 (1,658 days ago) in Dorado

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σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2019 The σ-Hydrid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 12 Dec 2019 (1,658 days ago) in Hydra

138.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 21:12 PDT (1,659 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn pass within 1°47' of each other. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 01:28 PDT (1,659 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°48'. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 20:45 PDT (1,660 days ago) in Sagittarius