541.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Sun, 26 Jun 2022 at 02:30 EDT (733 days ago) in Taurus

542.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°41'. Sun, 26 Jun 2022 at 04:11 EDT (733 days ago) in Taurus

543.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°56'. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 at 04:20 EDT (732 days ago) in Taurus

544.

June Bootid meteor shower 2022 The June Bootid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 (732 days ago) in Bootes

545.

Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 02:19 EDT (731 days ago) in Pisces

546.

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. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 14:57 EDT (731 days ago) in Gemini

547.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 22:53 EDT (731 days ago) in Gemini

548.

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, 29 Jun 2022 at 02:08 EDT (730 days ago) in Gemini

549.

The cluster NGC 6633 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 6633 (mag 4.6) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 (730 days ago) in Ophiuchus

550.

Messier 22 is well placed The globular cluster M22 (mag 5.2) in Sagittarius, near the Galactic centre, culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 (728 days ago) in Sagittarius

551.

The cluster IC 4756 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4756 (mag 4.6) in Serpens culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 02 Jul 2022 (727 days ago) in Serpens Cauda

552.

The Earth at aphelion The Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun. Mon, 04 Jul 2022 at 03:10 EDT (725 days ago) in Pisces

553.

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, 06 Jul 2022 at 22:14 EDT (723 days ago) in Virgo

554.

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 China, Russia, Japan and North Korea amongst others. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 09:27 EDT (719 days ago) in Scorpius

555.

Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 18:10 EDT (719 days ago) in Gemini

556.

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. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 (719 days ago) in Pavo

557.

Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands amongst others. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 00:58 EDT (716 days ago) in Sagittarius

558.

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, 13 Jul 2022 at 05:05 EDT (716 days ago) in Sagittarius

559.

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. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 08:14 EDT (716 days ago) in Sagittarius

560.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 14:37 EDT (716 days ago) in Sagittarius