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The Wishing Well cluster is well placed The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 09 Mar 2019 (1,873 days ago) in Carina

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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. Wed, 06 Mar 2019 at 19:51 EDT (1,876 days ago) in Aquarius

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Wed, 06 Mar 2019 at 11:05 EDT (1,876 days ago) in Aquarius

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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. Mon, 04 Mar 2019 at 06:26 EDT (1,878 days ago) in Capricornus

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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. Sun, 03 Mar 2019 (1,879 days ago) in Carina

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The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon. Sun, 03 Mar 2019 at 18:07 EDT (1,879 days ago) in Capricornus

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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Sat, 02 Mar 2019 at 16:48 EDT (1,880 days ago) in Capricornus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°12'. Sat, 02 Mar 2019 at 16:27 EDT (1,880 days ago) in Capricornus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 at 13:28 EDT (1,881 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Lunar occultation of Saturn The Moon will pass in front of Saturn, creating a lunar occultation visible from Micronesia, Polynesia, Baker Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Howland Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Tokelau and Wake Island. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 at 13:26 EDT (1,881 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 at 13:26 EDT (1,881 days ago) in Sagittarius

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The cluster IC 2581 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2581 (mag 4.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 27 Feb 2019 (1,883 days ago) in Carina

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Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Wed, 27 Feb 2019 (1,883 days ago) in Pisces

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 09:53 EDT (1,883 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°19'. Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 09:15 EDT (1,883 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 16:37 EDT (1,884 days ago) in Pisces

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 10:55 EDT (1,884 days ago) in Pisces

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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. Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 06:28 EDT (1,884 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 03:05 EDT (1,885 days ago) in Pisces

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Conjunction of Venus and Pluto Venus and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°23'. Sat, 23 Feb 2019 at 09:27 EDT (1,887 days ago) in Sagittarius