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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. Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 10:06 EDT (1,576 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Uranus ends retrograde motion Uranus returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Fri, 10 Jan 2020 at 21:53 EDT (1,579 days ago) in Aries

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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. Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 13:14 EDT (1,593 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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, 25 Dec 2019 at 16:56 EDT (1,595 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Neptune ends retrograde motion Neptune returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Wed, 27 Nov 2019 at 08:58 EDT (1,623 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. Mon, 28 Oct 2019 at 04:07 EDT (1,653 days ago) in Aries

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Saturn ends retrograde motion Saturn returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 04:25 EDT (1,693 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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 (1,701 days ago) in Aquarius

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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 (1,709 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 (1,714 days ago) in Leo

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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 (1,717 days ago) in Leo

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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 (1,731 days ago) in Aries

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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 (1,731 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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 (1,764 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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 (1,782 days ago) in Aquarius

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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 (1,792 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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 (1,793 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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 (1,835 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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 (1,842 days ago) in Aries

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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 (1,854 days ago) in Ophiuchus