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The Lagoon Nebula is well placed The Lagoon Nebula (M8; mag 5.8) in Sagittarius culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 23 Jun 2022 (1,510 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Uranus The Moon and Uranus pass close to each other. Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 18:15 EDT (1,509 days ago) in Aries

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Lunar occultation of Uranus The Moon will pass in front of Uranus, creating a lunar occultation visible from Australia, Indonesia, East Timor and Christmas Island. Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 18:15 EDT (1,509 days ago) in Aries

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NGC 6541 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 6541 (mag 6.6) in Corona Australis culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 24 Jun 2022 (1,509 days ago) in Corona Australis

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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Sun, 26 Jun 2022 at 02:30 EDT (1,507 days ago) in Taurus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°41'. Sun, 26 Jun 2022 at 04:11 EDT (1,507 days ago) in Taurus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°56'. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 at 04:20 EDT (1,506 days ago) in Taurus

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June Bootid meteor shower 2022 The June Bootid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 (1,506 days ago) in Bootes

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Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 02:20 EDT (1,505 days ago) in Pisces

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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. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 14:57 EDT (1,505 days ago) in Gemini

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 22:53 EDT (1,505 days ago) in Gemini

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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. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 at 02:08 EDT (1,504 days ago) in Gemini

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The cluster NGC 6633 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 6633 (mag 4.6) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 29 Jun 2022 (1,504 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Messier 22 is well placed The globular cluster M22 (mag 5.2) in Sagittarius, near the Galactic centre, culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 (1,502 days ago) in Sagittarius

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The cluster IC 4756 is well placed The open star cluster IC 4756 (mag 4.6) in Serpens culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 02 Jul 2022 (1,501 days ago) in Serpens Cauda

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The Earth at aphelion The Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun. Mon, 04 Jul 2022 at 03:10 EDT (1,499 days ago) in Pisces

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Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and remaining visible until around midnight. Wed, 06 Jul 2022 at 22:14 EDT (1,497 days ago) in Virgo

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Lunar occultation of Delta Scorpii The Moon will pass in front of Delta Scorpii (Dschubba), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including China, Russia, Japan and North Korea amongst others. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 09:27 EDT (1,493 days ago) in Scorpius

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its closest point to the Sun. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 18:10 EDT (1,493 days ago) in Gemini

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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. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 (1,493 days ago) in Pavo