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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. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 at 20:52 EDT (2,958 days ago) in Virgo

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Venus at perihelion Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Mon, 11 Jul 2016 at 04:25 EDT (2,958 days ago) in Cancer

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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. Sat, 09 Jul 2016 (2,960 days ago) in Pavo

764.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 51'. Sat, 09 Jul 2016 at 06:11 EDT (2,960 days ago) in Leo

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Lunar occultation of Jupiter The Moon will pass in front of Jupiter, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa amongst others. Sat, 09 Jul 2016 at 05:40 EDT (2,960 days ago) in Leo

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sat, 09 Jul 2016 at 05:40 EDT (2,960 days ago) in Leo

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Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 at 23:30 EDT (2,963 days ago) in Gemini

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The Earth at aphelion The Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun. Mon, 04 Jul 2016 at 12:24 EDT (2,965 days ago) in Pisces

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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. Mon, 04 Jul 2016 at 12:07 EDT (2,965 days ago) in Gemini

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Mon, 04 Jul 2016 at 07:02 EDT (2,965 days ago) in Gemini

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Sat, 02 Jul 2016 at 12:37 EDT (2,967 days ago) in Gemini

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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from Africa, Western Asia, Southern Europe and RAF Akrotiri. Sat, 02 Jul 2016 at 00:14 EDT (2,967 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 at 20:37 EDT (2,968 days ago) in Taurus

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The cluster IC 4756 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4756 (mag 4.6) in Serpens culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 (2,968 days ago) in Serpens Cauda

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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. Fri, 01 Jul 2016 at 02:40 EDT (2,968 days ago) in Taurus

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Messier 22 is well placed The globular cluster M22 (mag 5.2) in Sagittarius, near the Galactic centre, culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 30 Jun 2016 (2,969 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Mars ends retrograde motion Mars returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Wed, 29 Jun 2016 at 19:39 EDT (2,970 days ago) in Libra

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The cluster NGC 6633 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 6633 (mag 4.6) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 28 Jun 2016 (2,971 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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. Mon, 27 Jun 2016 at 14:19 EDT (2,972 days ago) in Pisces

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Conjunction of Ceres and Eris Ceres and Eris share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°50'. Mon, 27 Jun 2016 at 09:18 EDT (2,972 days ago) in Cetus