241.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°16'. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 at 12:00 EDT (859 days ago) in Capricornus

242.

The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its closest point to the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of new moon. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 at 03:31 EDT (859 days ago) in Capricornus

243.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°31'. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 at 00:00 EDT (859 days ago) in Capricornus

244.

Asteroid 3 Juno at opposition Asteroid 3 Juno makes closest approach to the Earth. Sun, 03 Mar 2024 at 16:34 EDT (864 days ago) in Leo

245.

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. Sun, 03 Mar 2024 at 10:24 EDT (864 days ago) in Scorpius

246.

Lunar occultation of Antares The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of the Americas, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Grenada and Navassa Island. Sun, 03 Mar 2024 at 04:01 EDT (864 days ago) in Scorpius

247.

The Theta Carinae cluster is well placed The Theta Carinae open star cluster (IC 2602, also known as the Southern Pleiades; mag 1.9) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 02 Mar 2024 (865 days ago) in Carina

248.

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, 28 Feb 2024 at 16:15 EDT (868 days ago) in Aquarius

249.

Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 at 03:52 EDT (868 days ago) in Aquarius

250.

The cluster IC 2581 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2581 (mag 4.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 27 Feb 2024 (869 days ago) in Carina

251.

The Moon at aphelion The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 at 19:25 EDT (870 days ago) in Virgo

252.

The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Sun, 25 Feb 2024 at 09:58 EDT (871 days ago) in Leo

253.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 24 Feb 2024 at 07:30 EDT (872 days ago) in Leo

254.

Conjunction of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 38'. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 10:31 EDT (874 days ago) in Capricornus

255.

Close approach of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars pass within 37' of each other. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 at 04:46 EDT (874 days ago) in Capricornus

256.

The cluster NGC 3114 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 3114 (mag 4.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 (875 days ago) in Carina

257.

Messier 81 is well placed Bode's Galaxy M81 (NGC 3031; mag 6.9) in Ursa Major culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 (877 days ago) in Ursa Major

258.

Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from Australia, Indonesia, Christmas Island and Cocos Islands. Sun, 18 Feb 2024 at 09:01 EDT (878 days ago) in Taurus

259.

Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°43'. Sat, 17 Feb 2024 at 15:40 EDT (879 days ago) in Capricornus

260.

Close approach of the Moon and M45 The Moon and M45 pass close to each other. Fri, 16 Feb 2024 at 15:18 EDT (880 days ago) in Taurus