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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 07 Feb 2017 at 09:20 EDT (2,640 days ago) in Capricornus

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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, 06 Feb 2017 at 09:02 EDT (2,641 days ago) in Taurus

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Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Mon, 06 Feb 2017 at 01:42 EDT (2,641 days ago) in Virgo

64.

Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from Africa, Europe, Western Asia, Corsica, the Portuguese Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands, Menorca, Mallorca, Ibiza, Isla de Alborán, Melilla, Islas Chafarinas, the Canary Islands and RAF Akrotiri. Sun, 05 Feb 2017 at 16:34 EDT (2,642 days ago) in Taurus

65.

Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Sun, 05 Feb 2017 at 12:52 EDT (2,642 days ago) in Taurus

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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. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 at 23:19 EDT (2,643 days ago) in Aries

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Venus at highest altitude in evening sky Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 (2,644 days ago) in Aquarius

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Close approach of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars pass within 5°22' of each other. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 at 06:31 EDT (2,645 days ago) in Pisces

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 21:31 EDT (2,647 days ago) in Pisces

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°19'. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 20:08 EDT (2,647 days ago) in Pisces

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The cluster IC 2395 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2395 (mag 4.0) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 (2,647 days ago) in Vela

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The Omicron Velorum cluster is well placed The Omicron Velorum open star cluster (IC 2391; mag 2.5) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 (2,647 days ago) in Vela

73.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 11:52 EDT (2,647 days ago) in Pisces

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°03'. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 at 09:34 EDT (2,647 days ago) in Pisces

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The Beehive cluster is well placed The Beehive open star cluster (M44, NGC 2632, also known as Praesepe; mag 3.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 (2,648 days ago) in Cancer

76.

Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including China, Thailand, India and Laos amongst others. Mon, 30 Jan 2017 at 06:19 EDT (2,648 days ago) in Aquarius

77.

Conjunction of Mercury and Pluto Mercury and Pluto share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°12'. Sun, 29 Jan 2017 at 17:11 EDT (2,649 days ago) in Sagittarius

78.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 27 Jan 2017 at 19:08 EDT (2,651 days ago) in Capricornus

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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. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 at 12:06 EDT (2,652 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°42'. Wed, 25 Jan 2017 at 19:44 EDT (2,653 days ago) in Sagittarius