41.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°28'. Sat, 14 Dec 2024 at 14:42 EST (365 days ago) in Taurus

42.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sat, 14 Dec 2024 at 13:28 EST (365 days ago) in Taurus

43.

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. Sat, 14 Dec 2024 at 13:06 EST (365 days ago) in Taurus

44.

Geminid meteor shower 2024 The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 (365 days ago) in Gemini

45.

Close approach of the Moon and M45 The Moon and M45 pass close to each other. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 12:54 EST (366 days ago) in Taurus

46.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC; mag 0.9), in Dorado culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 (367 days ago) in Dorado

47.

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. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 at 08:20 EST (367 days ago) in Aries

48.

σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2024 The σ-Hydrid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 (368 days ago) in Hydra

49.

Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from Russia, Alaska, Japan and China. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 at 03:37 EST (370 days ago) in Pisces

50.

Monocerotid meteor shower 2024 The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 (371 days ago) in Monoceros

51.

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. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 at 10:27 EST (371 days ago) in Aquarius

52.

Conjunction of Venus and Ceres Venus and Ceres share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°44'. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 at 07:40 EST (371 days ago) in Capricornus

53.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 at 03:55 EST (371 days ago) in Aquarius

54.

Lunar occultation of Saturn The Moon will pass in front of Saturn, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Indonesia, Japan, Philippines and Papua New Guinea amongst others. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 at 03:41 EST (371 days ago) in Aquarius

55.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 at 03:41 EST (371 days ago) in Aquarius

56.

Neptune ends retrograde motion Neptune returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Sat, 07 Dec 2024 at 18:26 EST (372 days ago) in Pisces

57.

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. Sat, 07 Dec 2024 at 15:50 EST (372 days ago) in Taurus

58.

Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 53'. Sat, 07 Dec 2024 at 13:13 EST (372 days ago) in Capricornus

59.

Mars enters retrograde motion Mars reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 at 18:32 EST (373 days ago) in Cancer

60.

Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2024 The Puppid-Velid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 (373 days ago) in Vela