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Lunar occultation of Saturn The Moon will pass in front of Saturn, creating a lunar occultation visible from Bouvet Island. Fri, 29 Nov 2019 at 16:07 EDT (1,647 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of Venus and Ceres Venus and Ceres share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°56'. Sat, 30 Nov 2019 at 17:32 EDT (1,646 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Pheonicid meteor shower 2019 The Pheonicid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 (1,644 days ago) in Phoenix

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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, 04 Dec 2019 at 01:58 EDT (1,642 days ago) in Aquarius

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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, 04 Dec 2019 at 23:08 EDT (1,641 days ago) in Aquarius

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December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2019 The December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 06 Dec 2019 (1,640 days ago) in Andromeda

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Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2019 The Puppid-Velid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 07 Dec 2019 (1,639 days ago) in Vela

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Comet 2I/Borisov passes perihelion Comet 2I/Borisov makes its closest approach to the Sun. Sun, 08 Dec 2019 (1,638 days ago) in Crater

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Monocerotid meteor shower 2019 The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 09 Dec 2019 (1,637 days ago) in Monoceros

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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. Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 16:41 EDT (1,636 days ago) in Taurus

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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 23:45 EDT (1,635 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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 04:28 EDT (1,635 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 00:12 EDT (1,634 days ago) in Taurus

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σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2019 The σ-Hydrid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 12 Dec 2019 (1,634 days ago) in Hydra

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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 (1,634 days ago) in Dorado

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Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°08'. Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 12:26 EDT (1,633 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Geminid meteor shower 2019 The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 14 Dec 2019 (1,632 days ago) in Gemini

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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 11:51 EDT (1,631 days ago) in Cancer

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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 (1,631 days ago) in Orion

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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 (1,631 days ago) in Orion