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Messier 94 is well placed M94 (mag 8.2), a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 (1,856 days ago) in Canes Venatici

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Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition Asteroid 2 Pallas makes closest approach to the Earth. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 10:22 EDT (1,856 days ago) in Bootes

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 04:51 EDT (1,856 days ago) in Cetus

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Asteroid 7 Iris at opposition Asteroid 7 Iris makes closest approach to the Earth. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 00:46 EDT (1,856 days ago) in Corvus

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The Sombrero Galaxy is well placed The Sombrero Galaxy M104 (NGC 4594; mag 8.6) in Virgo culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 (1,859 days ago) in Virgo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°37'. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 19:02 EDT (1,859 days ago) in Aquarius

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Conjunction of Mercury and Neptune Mercury and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 23'. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 14:39 EDT (1,859 days ago) in Aquarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 02:09 EDT (1,859 days ago) in Aquarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°40'. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 00:17 EDT (1,859 days ago) in Aquarius

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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. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 00:16 EDT (1,859 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. Sun, 31 Mar 2019 at 20:13 EDT (1,861 days ago) in Capricornus

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Lunar occultation of Saturn The Moon will pass in front of Saturn, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including South Africa, Angola, Namibia and Botswana amongst others. Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 00:59 EDT (1,863 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, 29 Mar 2019 at 00:59 EDT (1,863 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3'12". Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 00:59 EDT (1,863 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 00:10 EDT (1,864 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 22:53 EDT (1,866 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 1°53'. Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 22:26 EDT (1,866 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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136472 Makemake at opposition 136472 Makemake lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 22:39 EDT (1,867 days ago) in Coma Berenices

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Supernova SN2019cec discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 5278. Sun, 24 Mar 2019 (1,867 days ago)

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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. Sat, 23 Mar 2019 at 09:26 EDT (1,869 days ago) in Libra