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Uranus at opposition Uranus lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 20:38 EDT (2,010 days ago) in Aries

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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. Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 22:38 EDT (1,979 days ago) in Scorpius

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Neptune ends retrograde motion Neptune returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Sat, 24 Nov 2018 at 21:48 EDT (1,978 days ago) in Aquarius

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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. Mon, 26 Nov 2018 at 01:22 EDT (1,976 days ago) in Scorpius

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Saturn at solar conjunction Saturn is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Wed, 02 Jan 2019 at 00:40 EDT (1,939 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Uranus ends retrograde motion Uranus returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Sun, 06 Jan 2019 at 16:06 EDT (1,935 days ago) in Pisces

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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. Wed, 06 Mar 2019 at 19:51 EDT (1,876 days ago) in Aquarius

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Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 12:52 EDT (1,841 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Uranus at solar conjunction Uranus is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 18:57 EDT (1,829 days ago) in Aries

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Saturn enters retrograde motion Saturn reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 21:16 EDT (1,822 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Jupiter at opposition Jupiter lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it slightly closer, brighter and larger than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 11:20 EDT (1,780 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Jupiter at perigee Jupiter reaches its closest point to the Earth – marking the best time to observe it in 1970. Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 23:03 EDT (1,779 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 10:13 EDT (1,769 days ago) in Aquarius

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Saturn at opposition Saturn lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it slightly closer, brighter and larger than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Tue, 09 Jul 2019 at 12:59 EDT (1,751 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Jupiter ends retrograde motion Jupiter returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Sun, 11 Aug 2019 at 09:47 EDT (1,718 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Uranus enters retrograde motion Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Sun, 11 Aug 2019 at 21:53 EDT (1,718 days ago) in Aries

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Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Sun, 25 Aug 2019 at 23:48 EDT (1,704 days ago) in Leo

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Mars at apogee Mars reaches its furthest point from the Earth, as it passes around the far side of the Sun. Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 15:20 EDT (1,701 days ago) in Leo

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Mars at solar conjunction Mars is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Mon, 02 Sep 2019 at 06:17 EDT (1,696 days ago) in Leo

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Neptune at opposition Neptune lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 03:15 EDT (1,688 days ago) in Aquarius