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Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Mon, 13 Jun 2016 at 17:26 EDT (2,875 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. Fri, 03 Jun 2016 at 02:29 EDT (2,885 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Mars at perigee Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth – marking the best time to observe it in 1970. Mon, 30 May 2016 at 17:29 EDT (2,889 days ago) in Libra

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Mars at opposition Mars lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it closer, brighter and larger than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sun, 22 May 2016 at 07:10 EDT (2,897 days ago) in Scorpius

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Jupiter ends retrograde motion Jupiter returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Mon, 09 May 2016 at 08:26 EDT (2,910 days ago) in Leo

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Mars enters retrograde motion Mars reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Sun, 17 Apr 2016 at 08:17 EDT (2,932 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. Sat, 09 Apr 2016 at 17:17 EDT (2,940 days ago) in Pisces

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Saturn enters retrograde motion Saturn reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 at 06:29 EDT (2,955 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, 08 Mar 2016 at 13:11 EDT (2,972 days ago) in Leo

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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. Tue, 08 Mar 2016 at 05:49 EDT (2,972 days ago) in Leo

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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. Sun, 28 Feb 2016 at 10:38 EDT (2,981 days ago) in Aquarius

112.

Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Thu, 07 Jan 2016 at 23:26 EDT (3,032 days ago) in Leo

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Uranus ends retrograde motion Uranus returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Fri, 25 Dec 2015 at 23:48 EDT (3,045 days ago) in Pisces

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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. Sun, 29 Nov 2015 at 19:06 EDT (3,072 days ago) in Scorpius

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Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Fri, 20 Nov 2015 at 16:43 EDT (3,081 days ago) in Virgo

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Neptune ends retrograde motion Neptune returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Wed, 18 Nov 2015 at 11:28 EDT (3,083 days ago) in Aquarius

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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. Sun, 11 Oct 2015 at 23:41 EDT (3,121 days ago) in Pisces

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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. Mon, 31 Aug 2015 at 23:29 EDT (3,162 days ago) in Aquarius

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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. Wed, 26 Aug 2015 at 20:08 EDT (3,167 days ago) in Leo

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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. Wed, 26 Aug 2015 at 17:51 EDT (3,167 days ago) in Leo