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Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 01 Jan 2016 (3,121 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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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. Sat, 02 Jan 2016 at 00:31 EDT (3,120 days ago) in Virgo |
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The Earth at perihelion The Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun. Sat, 02 Jan 2016 at 17:48 EDT (3,120 days ago) in Pisces |
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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. Sat, 02 Jan 2016 (3,120 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 1°29'. Sun, 03 Jan 2016 at 13:44 EDT (3,119 days ago) in Virgo |
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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sun, 03 Jan 2016 at 14:37 EDT (3,119 days ago) in Virgo |
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Quadrantid meteor shower 2016 The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 (3,118 days ago) in Bootes |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°05'. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 at 18:55 EDT (3,116 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 at 19:43 EDT (3,116 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 at 23:26 EDT (3,114 days ago) in Leo |
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Conjunction of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'09". Fri, 08 Jan 2016 at 22:56 EDT (3,114 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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Close approach of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn pass within 5'05" of each other. Fri, 08 Jan 2016 at 23:14 EDT (3,113 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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The cluster Messier 47 is well placed The open star cluster M47 (NGC 2422; mag 4.4) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 15 Jan 2016 (3,107 days ago) in Puppis |
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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. Sat, 16 Jan 2016 at 18:26 EDT (3,106 days ago) in Pisces |
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γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2016 The γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 (3,103 days ago) in Ursa Minor |
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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 at 17:43 EDT (3,103 days ago) in Taurus |
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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others. Tue, 19 Jan 2016 at 21:32 EDT (3,103 days ago) in Taurus |
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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 23 Jan 2016 at 20:45 EDT (3,099 days ago) in Cancer |
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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Wed, 27 Jan 2016 at 19:24 EDT (3,095 days ago) in Leo |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°25'. Wed, 27 Jan 2016 at 20:16 EDT (3,095 days ago) in Leo |