3001.

Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, Canada, Alaska and China amongst others. Sat, 27 Jan 2018 at 05:21 EDT (2,350 days ago) in Taurus

3002.

Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Sat, 27 Jan 2018 at 01:42 EDT (2,350 days ago) in Taurus

3003.

Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 at 06:21 EDT (2,352 days ago) in Sagittarius

3004.

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, 24 Jan 2018 at 17:20 EDT (2,353 days ago) in Cetus

3005.

Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto Mercury and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°33'. Wed, 24 Jan 2018 at 16:34 EDT (2,353 days ago) in Sagittarius

3006.

The cluster NGC 2547 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2547 (mag 4.7) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 23 Jan 2018 (2,354 days ago) in Vela

3007.

Venus at aphelion Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 23 Jan 2018 at 03:21 EDT (2,354 days ago) in Capricornus

3008.

The cluster NGC 2516 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2516 (mag 3.8) in Volans culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 20 Jan 2018 (2,357 days ago) in Carina

3009.

Supernova SN2018is discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 5054. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 (2,357 days ago)

3010.

γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2018 The γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 19 Jan 2018 (2,358 days ago) in Ursa Minor

3011.

The cluster NGC 2451 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2451 (mag 2.8) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 17 Jan 2018 (2,360 days ago) in Puppis

3012.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 16 Jan 2018 at 21:18 EDT (2,361 days ago) in Sagittarius

3013.

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. Tue, 16 Jan 2018 at 04:06 EDT (2,361 days ago) in Sagittarius

3014.

NGC 2403 is well placed NGC 2403 (mag 8.9), a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 15 Jan 2018 (2,362 days ago) in Camelopardalis

3015.

The cluster Messier 47 is well placed The open star cluster M47 (NGC 2422; mag 4.4) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 15 Jan 2018 (2,362 days ago) in Puppis

3016.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°21'. Mon, 15 Jan 2018 at 02:22 EDT (2,362 days ago) in Sagittarius

3017.

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. Sun, 14 Jan 2018 at 21:09 EDT (2,363 days ago) in Sagittarius

3018.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°37'. Sun, 14 Jan 2018 at 20:56 EDT (2,363 days ago) in Sagittarius

3019.

Supernova SN2018gv discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 2525. Sun, 14 Jan 2018 (2,362 days ago)

3020.

Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn Mercury and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 38'. Sat, 13 Jan 2018 at 01:49 EDT (2,364 days ago) in Sagittarius