3641.

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 (2,825 days ago) in Sagittarius

3642.

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 (2,826 days ago) in Sagittarius

3643.

Draconid meteor shower 2016 The Draconid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 08 Oct 2016 (2,826 days ago) in Draco

3644.

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 (2,827 days ago) in Tucana

3645.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 at 04:43 EDT (2,828 days ago) in Ophiuchus

3646.

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 (2,828 days ago) in Ophiuchus

3647.

October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2016 The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 05 Oct 2016 (2,829 days ago) in Draco

3648.

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 (2,830 days ago) in Sculptor

3649.

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 (2,830 days ago) in Tucana

3650.

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 (2,830 days ago) in Libra

3651.

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 (2,831 days ago) in Libra

3652.

NGC 253 is well placed The Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 (mag 7.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 03 Oct 2016 (2,831 days ago) in Sculptor

3653.

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 (2,831 days ago) in Libra

3654.

The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed The Andromeda Galaxy M31 (mag 3.4) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 01 Oct 2016 (2,833 days ago) in Andromeda

3655.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 at 20:12 EDT (2,834 days ago) in Virgo

3656.

Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 (2,835 days ago) in Leo

3657.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 42'. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 at 06:41 EDT (2,835 days ago) in Leo

3658.

Lunar occultation of Mercury The Moon will pass in front of Mercury, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina amongst others. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 at 06:12 EDT (2,835 days ago) in Leo

3659.

Asteroid 11 Parthenope at opposition Asteroid 11 Parthenope makes closest approach to the Earth. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 19:58 EDT (2,836 days ago) in Cetus

3660.

Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 13:42 EDT (2,836 days ago) in Leo