341.

The Wishing Well cluster is well placed The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 09 Mar 2018 (2,292 days ago) in Carina

342.

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. Fri, 09 Mar 2018 at 06:20 EDT (2,292 days ago) in Ophiuchus

343.

Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Thu, 08 Mar 2018 at 23:45 EDT (2,292 days ago) in Libra

344.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 at 04:00 EDT (2,294 days ago) in Libra

345.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°06'. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 at 01:55 EDT (2,294 days ago) in Libra

346.

Conjunction of Venus and Mercury Venus and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°23'. Mon, 05 Mar 2018 at 13:28 EDT (2,296 days ago) in Pisces

347.

Neptune at solar conjunction Neptune 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, 04 Mar 2018 at 08:45 EDT (2,297 days ago) in Aquarius

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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. Sun, 04 Mar 2018 at 04:19 EDT (2,297 days ago) in Virgo

349.

The Theta Carinae cluster is well placed The Theta Carinae open star cluster (IC 2602, also known as the Southern Pleiades; mag 1.9) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 03 Mar 2018 (2,298 days ago) in Carina

350.

Supernova SN2018zz discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 5419. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 (2,298 days ago)

351.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 at 19:51 EDT (2,300 days ago) in Leo

352.

Supernova SN2018zd discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 2146. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 (2,299 days ago)

353.

Lunar occultation of Regulus The Moon will pass in front of Regulus (Alpha Leonis), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Iceland amongst others. Thu, 01 Mar 2018 at 00:56 EDT (2,300 days ago) in Leo

354.

Supernova SN2018yu discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 1888. Wed, 28 Feb 2018 (2,300 days ago)

355.

The cluster IC 2581 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2581 (mag 4.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 27 Feb 2018 (2,302 days ago) in Carina

356.

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. Tue, 27 Feb 2018 at 09:38 EDT (2,302 days ago) in Cancer

357.

Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from Europe, Central Asia, Canada, China, Greenland, Mongolia, Russia, Corsica, Svalbard, Shetland and Orkney. Fri, 23 Feb 2018 at 12:19 EDT (2,306 days ago) in Taurus

358.

Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Fri, 23 Feb 2018 at 08:33 EDT (2,306 days ago) in Taurus

359.

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. Fri, 23 Feb 2018 at 03:09 EDT (2,306 days ago) in Taurus

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The cluster NGC 3114 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 3114 (mag 4.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 21 Feb 2018 (2,308 days ago) in Carina