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The Earth at perihelion The Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun. Tue, 03 Jan 2034 at 23:46 EDT (3,459 days away) in Pisces

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Venus at superior solar conjunction Venus passes around the far side of the Sun. Tue, 03 Jan 2034 at 21:45 EDT (3,458 days away) in Sagittarius

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Quadrantid meteor shower 2034 The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 03 Jan 2034 (3,458 days away) in Bootes

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The cluster Messier 41 is well placed The open star cluster M41 (NGC 2287; mag 4.5) in Canis Major culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 02 Jan 2034 (3,457 days away) in Canis Major

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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, Greenland and Alaska amongst others. Mon, 02 Jan 2034 at 04:53 EDT (3,457 days away) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Mon, 02 Jan 2034 at 01:14 EDT (3,457 days away) in Taurus

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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. Sat, 31 Dec 2033 at 19:14 EDT (3,455 days away) in Aries

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The Rosette Nebula is well placed The Rosette Nebula (C49; mag 9.0) in Monoceros culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 29 Dec 2033 (3,453 days away) in Monoceros

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Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from Europe, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Svalbard. Thu, 29 Dec 2033 at 12:03 EDT (3,453 days away) in Pisces

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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, 28 Dec 2033 at 19:20 EDT (3,452 days away) in Pisces

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Asteroid 27 Euterpe at opposition Asteroid 27 Euterpe makes closest approach to the Earth. Wed, 28 Dec 2033 at 18:58 EDT (3,452 days away) in Gemini

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The cluster NGC 2232 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2232 (mag 4.2) in Monoceros culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 28 Dec 2033 (3,452 days away) in Monoceros

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Neptune ends retrograde motion Neptune returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Wed, 28 Dec 2033 at 01:57 EDT (3,452 days away) in Pisces

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°25'. Tue, 27 Dec 2033 at 12:17 EDT (3,451 days away) in Aquarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Tue, 27 Dec 2033 at 10:55 EDT (3,451 days away) in Aquarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°02'. Mon, 26 Dec 2033 at 11:16 EDT (3,450 days away) in Aquarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Mon, 26 Dec 2033 at 09:10 EDT (3,450 days away) in Aquarius

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Uranus at opposition Uranus lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sun, 25 Dec 2033 at 08:20 EDT (3,449 days away) in Gemini

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Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Fri, 23 Dec 2033 at 10:23 EDT (3,447 days away) in Sagittarius

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Ursid meteor shower 2033 The Ursid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 22 Dec 2033 (3,446 days away) in Ursa Minor