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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 (3,032 days ago) in Sagittarius

2.

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 (3,031 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 (3,031 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 (3,031 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 (3,030 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 (3,030 days ago) in Virgo

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Quadrantid meteor shower 2016 The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 04 Jan 2016 (3,029 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 (3,027 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 (3,027 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 (3,025 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 (3,025 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 (3,024 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 (3,018 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 (3,017 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 (3,014 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 (3,014 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 (3,014 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 (3,010 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 (3,006 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 (3,006 days ago) in Leo