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The Great Peacock Globular Cluster is well placed The bright globular cluster NGC 6752 (mag 5.4) in Pavo culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 09 Jul 2029 (1,835 days away) in Pavo

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Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition Asteroid 4 Vesta makes closest approach to the Earth. Tue, 10 Jul 2029 at 00:46 EDT (1,836 days away) in Sagittarius

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Partial solar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Sun, visible from Antarctica, Chile, southern Argentina and Falkland Islands. Wed, 11 Jul 2029 at 11:36 EDT (1,837 days away) in Gemini

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Wed, 11 Jul 2029 at 11:52 EDT (1,837 days away) in Gemini

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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. Wed, 11 Jul 2029 at 12:47 EDT (1,837 days away) in Gemini

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Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Fri, 13 Jul 2029 at 22:18 EDT (1,839 days away) in Pisces

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°53'. Fri, 13 Jul 2029 at 22:50 EDT (1,839 days away) in Leo

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Messier 55 is well placed The globular cluster M55 (NGC 6809l; mag 6.3) in Sagittarius culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 17 Jul 2029 (1,843 days away) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Tue, 17 Jul 2029 at 21:18 EDT (1,843 days away) in Virgo

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Close approach of the Moon, Jupiter and Mars The Moon, Jupiter and Mars pass close to one another. Tue, 17 Jul 2029 at 22:35 EDT (1,843 days away) in Virgo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°02'. Wed, 18 Jul 2029 at 00:29 EDT (1,844 days away) in Virgo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°44'. Wed, 18 Jul 2029 at 02:41 EDT (1,844 days away) in Virgo

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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. Wed, 18 Jul 2029 at 07:20 EDT (1,844 days away) in Virgo

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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, 18 Jul 2029 at 10:14 EDT (1,844 days away) in Virgo

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Close approach of Jupiter and Mars Jupiter and Mars pass within 1°37' of each other. Thu, 19 Jul 2029 at 10:37 EDT (1,845 days away) in Virgo

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Lunar occultation of Delta Scorpii The Moon will pass in front of Delta Scorpii (Dschubba), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands amongst others. Sat, 21 Jul 2029 at 00:37 EDT (1,847 days away) in Scorpius

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Conjunction of Jupiter and Mars Jupiter and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°47'. Sat, 21 Jul 2029 at 02:35 EDT (1,847 days away) in Virgo

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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, 24 Jul 2029 at 19:03 EDT (1,850 days away) in Sagittarius

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Wed, 25 Jul 2029 at 09:35 EDT (1,851 days away) in Capricornus

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Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2029 The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 28 Jul 2029 (1,854 days away) in Piscis Austrinus