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Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2019 The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 29 Jul 2019 (1,756 days ago) in Piscis Austrinus

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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. Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 21:18 EDT (1,761 days ago) in Pisces

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Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 08:29 EDT (1,764 days ago) in Cancer

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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. Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 19:58 EDT (1,765 days ago) in Aquarius

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Messier 55 is well placed The globular cluster M55 (NGC 6809l; mag 6.3) in Sagittarius culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 (1,768 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 17:38 EDT (1,769 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Partial lunar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Moon, visible from Antarctica, Asia, Africa, south-western Russia, Europe, South America and Australia. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 17:31 EDT (1,769 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 09:50 EDT (1,769 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 countries and territories including Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru amongst others. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 03:14 EDT (1,769 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 03:14 EDT (1,769 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 13'. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 at 03:14 EDT (1,769 days ago) in Sagittarius

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134340 Pluto at opposition 134340 Pluto lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 18:10 EDT (1,771 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 16:30 EDT (1,772 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°20'. Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 15:42 EDT (1,772 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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The Great Peacock Globular Cluster is well placed The bright globular cluster NGC 6752 (mag 5.4) in Pavo culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 10 Jul 2019 (1,775 days ago) in Pavo

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Saturn at opposition Saturn lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it slightly closer, brighter and larger than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Tue, 09 Jul 2019 at 12:59 EDT (1,776 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Tue, 09 Jul 2019 at 06:55 EDT (1,776 days ago) in Virgo

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Conjunction of Mars and Mercury Mars and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°50'. Sun, 07 Jul 2019 at 09:46 EDT (1,778 days ago) in Cancer

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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Sun, 07 Jul 2019 at 03:13 EDT (1,778 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. Fri, 05 Jul 2019 at 00:59 EDT (1,780 days ago) in Cancer