501.

Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sun, 09 Oct 2022 (630 days ago) in Virgo

502.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sun, 09 Oct 2022 at 16:54 EDT (630 days ago) in Pisces

503.

Southern Taurid meteor shower 2022 The Southern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 10 Oct 2022 (629 days ago) in Cetus

504.

δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2022 The δ-Aurigid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 (628 days ago) in Auriga

505.

Close approach of the Moon and Uranus The Moon and Uranus pass close to each other. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 at 02:11 EDT (627 days ago) in Aries

506.

Lunar occultation of Uranus The Moon will pass in front of Uranus, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Alaska and Greenland amongst others. Wed, 12 Oct 2022 at 02:11 EDT (627 days ago) in Aries

507.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 at 23:40 EDT (625 days ago) in Taurus

508.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°37'. Sat, 15 Oct 2022 at 00:31 EDT (624 days ago) in Taurus

509.

The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed The Triangulum Galaxy M33 (mag 5.8) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 15 Oct 2022 (624 days ago) in Triangulum

510.

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. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 at 06:20 EDT (622 days ago) in Gemini

511.

Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 at 13:15 EDT (622 days ago) in Gemini

512.

136199 Eris at opposition 136199 Eris lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 at 00:31 EDT (621 days ago) in Cetus

513.

ε-Geminid meteor shower 2022 The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 (621 days ago) in Gemini

514.

Orionid meteor shower 2022 The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 (618 days ago) in Orion

515.

Venus at superior solar conjunction Venus passes around the far side of the Sun. Sat, 22 Oct 2022 at 17:49 EDT (617 days ago) in Virgo

516.

Saturn ends retrograde motion Saturn returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Sat, 22 Oct 2022 at 23:36 EDT (617 days ago) in Capricornus

517.

136108 Haumea at solar conjunction 136108 Haumea is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Sun, 23 Oct 2022 at 01:42 EDT (616 days ago) in Bootes

518.

Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2022 The Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 24 Oct 2022 (615 days ago) in Leo Minor

519.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 06:49 EDT (614 days ago) in Virgo

520.

Partial solar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Sun, visible from Asia, western Russia, Europe, Africa and eastern Greenland. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 at 07:01 EDT (614 days ago) in Virgo