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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. Sat, 29 Dec 2018 at 01:34 PDT (2,379 days ago) in Virgo |
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Conjunction of Venus and Ceres Venus and Ceres share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°05'. Fri, 28 Dec 2018 at 18:29 PDT (2,380 days ago) in Libra |
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The cluster NGC 2232 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2232 (mag 4.2) in Monoceros culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 28 Dec 2018 (2,380 days ago) in Monoceros |
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Venus at perihelion Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Wed, 26 Dec 2018 at 05:33 PDT (2,382 days ago) in Libra |
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Close approach of the Moon and M44 The Moon and M44 pass close to each other. Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 21:17 PDT (2,384 days ago) in Cancer |
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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. Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 01:49 PDT (2,384 days ago) in Gemini |
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Ursid meteor shower 2018 The Ursid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 22 Dec 2018 (2,386 days ago) in Ursa Minor |
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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 09:48 PDT (2,386 days ago) in Orion |
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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. Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 18:21 PDT (2,387 days ago) in Taurus |
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December solstice 21 December will be the shortest day of 2018 in the northern hemisphere. Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 14:16 PDT (2,387 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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Conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury Jupiter and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 52'. Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 06:40 PDT (2,387 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2018 The December Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 19 Dec 2018 (2,388 days ago) in Leo Minor |
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Asteroid 433 Eros at opposition Asteroid 433 Eros makes closest approach to the Earth. Mon, 17 Dec 2018 at 11:10 PDT (2,391 days ago) in Camelopardalis |
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Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2018 The Comae Berenicid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 (2,392 days ago) in Leo |
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Venus at highest altitude in morning sky Venus is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 (2,392 days ago) in Libra |
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The Running Man cluster is well placed The Running Man cluster NGC 1977 (mag 4.2) in Orion's sword culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 (2,393 days ago) in Orion |
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The Orion Nebula is well placed The Orion Nebula (M42; mag 4.0) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 (2,393 days ago) in Orion |
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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 07:27 PDT (2,393 days ago) in Scorpius |
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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. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 at 03:49 PDT (2,393 days ago) in Aquarius |
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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 17:51 PDT (2,394 days ago) in Aquarius |