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Southern Taurid meteor shower 2016 The Southern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 09 Oct 2016 (2,756 days ago) in Cetus

202.

δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2016 The δ-Aurigid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 10 Oct 2016 (2,755 days ago) in Auriga

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The Triangulum Galaxy is well placed The Triangulum Galaxy M33 (mag 5.8) culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 14 Oct 2016 (2,752 days ago) in Triangulum

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Uranus at opposition Uranus lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sat, 15 Oct 2016 at 06:35 EDT (2,751 days ago) in Pisces

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 at 00:23 EDT (2,750 days ago) in Pisces

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ε-Geminid meteor shower 2016 The ε-Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 (2,748 days ago) in Gemini

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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 at 23:01 EDT (2,748 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 the Contiguous United States, Mexico, Canada and Cuba amongst others. Wed, 19 Oct 2016 at 02:35 EDT (2,747 days ago) in Taurus

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1 Ceres at opposition 1 Ceres lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it closer and brighter than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Thu, 20 Oct 2016 at 18:36 EDT (2,746 days ago) in Cetus

210.

Orionid meteor shower 2016 The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 21 Oct 2016 (2,745 days ago) in Orion

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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, 22 Oct 2016 at 15:14 EDT (2,744 days ago) in Cancer

212.

Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2016 The Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 24 Oct 2016 (2,742 days ago) in Leo Minor

213.

The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed The Perseus Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884; combined mag 4.3) culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 26 Oct 2016 (2,740 days ago) in Perseus

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Close approach of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn pass within 2°59' of each other. Sat, 29 Oct 2016 at 18:21 EDT (2,737 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°02'. Sun, 30 Oct 2016 at 04:31 EDT (2,736 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°50'. Thu, 03 Nov 2016 at 00:15 EDT (2,732 days ago) in Ophiuchus

217.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sun, 06 Nov 2016 at 05:42 EDT (2,729 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°18'. Sun, 06 Nov 2016 at 07:06 EDT (2,729 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. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 at 14:51 EDT (2,728 days ago) in Aquarius

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Northern Taurid meteor shower 2016 The Northern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Fri, 11 Nov 2016 (2,723 days ago) in Taurus