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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. Sun, 31 Jan 2016 (2,979 days ago) in Cancer |
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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, 31 Jan 2016 at 19:28 PDT (2,979 days ago) in Libra |
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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sun, 31 Jan 2016 (2,978 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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A parade of 5 planets in the morning sky All five of the planets that are visible to the unaided eye will be above the horizon at the same time. Sun, 31 Jan 2016 (2,978 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 2°44'. Mon, 01 Feb 2016 at 00:48 PDT (2,978 days ago) in Libra |
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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Mon, 01 Feb 2016 at 02:09 PDT (2,978 days ago) in Libra |
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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Mon, 01 Feb 2016 at 04:19 PDT (2,978 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°29'. Wed, 03 Feb 2016 at 10:44 PDT (2,976 days ago) in Ophiuchus |
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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Wed, 03 Feb 2016 at 11:25 PDT (2,976 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 4°19'. Fri, 05 Feb 2016 at 23:30 PDT (2,973 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sat, 06 Feb 2016 at 19:40 PDT (2,973 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. Sun, 14 Feb 2016 at 23:47 PDT (2,964 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. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 20:09 PDT (2,964 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, Russia, Japan and Alaska amongst others. Mon, 15 Feb 2016 at 23:59 PDT (2,963 days ago) in Taurus |
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Messier 81 is well placed Bode's Galaxy M81 (NGC 3031; mag 6.9) in Ursa Major culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 19 Feb 2016 (2,960 days ago) in Ursa Major |
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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Mon, 22 Feb 2016 at 10:19 PDT (2,957 days ago) in Leo |
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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 19:00 PDT (2,956 days ago) in Leo |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°41'. Tue, 23 Feb 2016 at 20:01 PDT (2,956 days ago) in Leo |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°34'. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 at 10:15 PDT (2,950 days ago) in Libra |
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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 at 11:37 PDT (2,950 days ago) in Libra |