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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Mon, 26 Dec 2022 at 13:25 EDT (569 days ago) in Capricornus

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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 2022 (567 days ago) in Monoceros

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Conjunction of Venus and Mercury Venus and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°24'. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 04:21 EDT (566 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°18'. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 05:33 EDT (566 days ago) in Pisces

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 07:25 EDT (566 days ago) in Pisces

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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 2022 (566 days ago) in Monoceros

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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. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 20:21 EDT (566 days ago) in Cetus

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Close approach of the Moon and Uranus The Moon and Uranus pass close to each other. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 at 16:45 EDT (563 days ago) in Aries

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Lunar occultation of Uranus The Moon will pass in front of Uranus, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Greenland, Russia, Canada and Sweden amongst others. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 at 16:45 EDT (563 days ago) in Aries

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Mon, 02 Jan 2023 at 15:04 EDT (562 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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 2023 (562 days ago) in Canis Major

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 32'. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 at 14:36 EDT (561 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 at 14:51 EDT (561 days ago) in Taurus

314.

Lunar occultation of Mars The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from Africa, Maldives and British Indian Ocean Territory. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 at 14:51 EDT (561 days ago) in Taurus

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Quadrantid meteor shower 2023 The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 03 Jan 2023 (560 days ago) in Bootes

316.

The Earth at perihelion The Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 at 11:17 EDT (560 days ago) in Pisces

317.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Fri, 06 Jan 2023 at 18:07 EDT (558 days ago) in Gemini

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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. Fri, 06 Jan 2023 at 22:55 EDT (558 days ago) in Gemini

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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Sat, 07 Jan 2023 at 07:53 EDT (557 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Sun, 08 Jan 2023 at 04:19 EDT (556 days ago) in Cancer