3961.

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. Sat, 30 Jan 2016 at 04:09 EDT (3,079 days ago) in Virgo

3962.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°25'. Wed, 27 Jan 2016 at 20:16 EDT (3,082 days ago) in Leo

3963.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Wed, 27 Jan 2016 at 19:24 EDT (3,082 days ago) in Leo

3964.

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, 25 Jan 2016 at 02:14 EDT (3,084 days ago) in Leo

3965.

The cluster NGC 2547 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2547 (mag 4.7) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 24 Jan 2016 (3,085 days ago) in Vela

3966.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 23 Jan 2016 at 20:45 EDT (3,086 days ago) in Cancer

3967.

The cluster NGC 2516 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2516 (mag 3.8) in Volans culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 21 Jan 2016 (3,088 days ago) in Carina

3968.

Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto Mercury and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°48'. Thu, 21 Jan 2016 at 10:44 EDT (3,088 days ago) in Sagittarius

3969.

Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 at 21:32 EDT (3,090 days ago) in Taurus

3970.

Supernova SN2016X discovered A new supernova has been discovered in UGC 8041. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 (3,089 days ago)

3971.

Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 at 17:43 EDT (3,090 days ago) in Taurus

3972.

γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2016 The γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 (3,090 days ago) in Ursa Minor

3973.

The cluster NGC 2451 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2451 (mag 2.8) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 17 Jan 2016 (3,092 days ago) in Puppis

3974.

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. Sat, 16 Jan 2016 at 18:26 EDT (3,093 days ago) in Pisces

3975.

NGC 2403 is well placed NGC 2403 (mag 8.9), a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 15 Jan 2016 (3,094 days ago) in Camelopardalis

3976.

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. Fri, 15 Jan 2016 (3,094 days ago) in Puppis

3977.

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. Thu, 14 Jan 2016 at 21:13 EDT (3,095 days ago) in Pisces

3978.

Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Thu, 14 Jan 2016 at 09:01 EDT (3,095 days ago) in Sagittarius

3979.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Sat, 09 Jan 2016 at 20:31 EDT (3,100 days ago) in Sagittarius

3980.

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. Sat, 09 Jan 2016 at 09:46 EDT (3,100 days ago) in Sagittarius