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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. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 (1,830 days ago) in Pavo

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 at 21:17 EDT (1,830 days ago) in Gemini

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The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its closest point to the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of new moon. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 at 21:50 EDT (1,830 days ago) in Gemini

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Comet C/2020 T2 (Palomar) passes perihelion Comet C/2020 T2 (Palomar) makes its closest approach to the Sun. Sun, 11 Jul 2021 (1,828 days ago) in Virgo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°15'. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 at 05:09 EDT (1,827 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°46'. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 at 06:10 EDT (1,827 days ago) in Leo

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Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 at 21:36 EDT (1,827 days ago) in Leo

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Conjunction of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 29'. Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 03:08 EDT (1,826 days ago) in Leo

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Comet 15P/Finlay passes perihelion Comet 15P/Finlay makes its closest approach to the Sun. Tue, 13 Jul 2021 (1,826 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars pass within 28' of each other. Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 09:34 EDT (1,826 days ago) in Leo

231.

Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and remaining visible until around midnight. Sat, 17 Jul 2021 at 06:11 EDT (1,822 days ago) in Virgo

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134340 Pluto at opposition 134340 Pluto is optimally positioned for observation. Sat, 17 Jul 2021 at 18:37 EDT (1,822 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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. Sat, 17 Jul 2021 (1,822 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Asteroid 6 Hebe at opposition Asteroid 6 Hebe makes closest approach to the Earth. Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 03:10 EDT (1,821 days ago) in Aquila

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Lunar occultation of Beta1 Scorpii The Moon will pass in front of Beta1 Scorpii (Acrab), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Chile, Antarctica and Uruguay amongst others. Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 22:50 EDT (1,820 days ago) in Scorpius

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The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, appearing larger than at other times of the month – though only very fractionally. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 at 06:24 EDT (1,818 days ago) in Ophiuchus

237.

Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Greece, Russia, Macedonia and RAF Akrotiri. Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 15:32 EDT (1,817 days ago) in Sagittarius

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The Moon at aphelion The Moon passes its furthest point from the Sun, a monthly occurrence around the time of full moon. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 09:44 EDT (1,816 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 21:04 EDT (1,816 days ago) in Gemini

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 at 22:36 EDT (1,816 days ago) in Capricornus