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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°09'. Wed, 13 Dec 2017 at 11:27 EDT (2,349 days ago) in Virgo

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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Tue, 12 Dec 2017 at 20:45 EDT (2,350 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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The Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC; mag 0.9), in Dorado culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 12 Dec 2017 (2,350 days ago) in Dorado

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Tue, 12 Dec 2017 at 06:27 EDT (2,350 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2017 The σ-Hydrid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 11 Dec 2017 (2,350 days ago) in Hydra

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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. Sun, 10 Dec 2017 at 02:51 EDT (2,352 days ago) in Leo

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Monocerotid meteor shower 2017 The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 08 Dec 2017 (2,353 days ago) in Monoceros

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Lunar occultation of Regulus The Moon will pass in front of Regulus (Alpha Leonis), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia amongst others. Fri, 08 Dec 2017 at 18:10 EDT (2,354 days ago) in Leo

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Puppid-Velid meteor shower 2017 The Puppid-Velid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 06 Dec 2017 (2,355 days ago) in Vela

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Conjunction of Saturn and Mercury Saturn and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°20'. Wed, 06 Dec 2017 at 06:26 EDT (2,356 days ago) in Sagittarius

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December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower 2017 The December φ-Cassiopeid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 05 Dec 2017 (2,356 days ago) in Andromeda

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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, 04 Dec 2017 at 03:45 EDT (2,358 days ago) in Taurus

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sun, 03 Dec 2017 at 10:46 EDT (2,359 days ago) in Taurus

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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, Canada, China and Alaska amongst others. Sun, 03 Dec 2017 at 08:09 EDT (2,359 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Sun, 03 Dec 2017 at 04:40 EDT (2,359 days ago) in Taurus

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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, 02 Dec 2017 at 04:19 EDT (2,360 days ago) in Taurus

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Pheonicid meteor shower 2017 The Pheonicid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 02 Dec 2017 (2,360 days ago) in Phoenix

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Supernova SN2017isj discovered A new supernova has been discovered in UGC 6216. Fri, 01 Dec 2017 (2,360 days ago)

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Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth. Fri, 01 Dec 2017 at 02:10 EDT (2,361 days ago) in Taurus

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Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn Mercury and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°03'. Tue, 28 Nov 2017 at 04:42 EDT (2,364 days ago) in Sagittarius