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Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 (1,341 days ago) in Capricornus

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Asteroid 14 Irene at opposition Asteroid 14 Irene makes closest approach to the Earth. Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 21:22 EDT (1,342 days ago) in Cancer

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 02:45 EDT (1,341 days ago) in Capricornus

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Jupiter at apogee Jupiter reaches its furthest point from the Earth, as it passes around the far side of the Sun. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 at 21:16 EDT (1,339 days ago) in Capricornus

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 14:16 EDT (1,338 days ago) in Cancer

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Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 44'. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 14:22 EDT (1,338 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Jupiter at solar conjunction Jupiter is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 20:28 EDT (1,338 days ago) in Capricornus

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 21:03 EDT (1,338 days ago) in Capricornus

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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, 29 Jan 2021 at 11:27 EDT (1,337 days ago) in Leo

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The Beehive cluster is well placed The Beehive open star cluster (M44, NGC 2632, also known as Praesepe; mag 3.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 30 Jan 2021 (1,336 days ago) in Cancer

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The Omicron Velorum cluster is well placed The Omicron Velorum open star cluster (IC 2391; mag 2.5) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 31 Jan 2021 (1,335 days ago) in Vela

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The cluster IC 2395 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2395 (mag 4.0) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 31 Jan 2021 (1,335 days ago) in Vela

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Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition Asteroid 18 Melpomene makes closest approach to the Earth. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 at 02:10 EDT (1,333 days ago) in Cancer

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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, 03 Feb 2021 at 14:02 EDT (1,332 days ago) in Virgo

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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. Thu, 04 Feb 2021 at 12:37 EDT (1,331 days ago) in Libra

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Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii The Moon will pass in front of Beta1 Scorpii (Acrab), creating a lunar occultation visible from Asia and Paracel Islands. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 at 18:16 EDT (1,330 days ago) in Scorpius

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NGC 2808 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 2808 (mag 6.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 07 Feb 2021 (1,328 days ago) in Carina

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α-Centaurid meteor shower 2021 The α-Centaurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 07 Feb 2021 (1,327 days ago) in Centaurus

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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Mon, 08 Feb 2021 at 08:44 EDT (1,327 days ago) in Aquarius

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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, 10 Feb 2021 at 04:48 EDT (1,325 days ago) in Capricornus