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The Rosette Nebula is well placed The Rosette Nebula (C49; mag 9.0) in Monoceros culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 29 Dec 2020 (1,239 days ago) in Monoceros

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 22:28 EDT (1,239 days ago) in Gemini

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The cluster Messier 41 is well placed The open star cluster M41 (NGC 2287; mag 4.5) in Canis Major culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 (1,236 days ago) in Canis Major

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The Earth at perihelion The Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun. Sat, 02 Jan 2021 at 08:50 EDT (1,235 days ago) in Pisces

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Quadrantid meteor shower 2021 The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 03 Jan 2021 (1,234 days ago) in Bootes

206.

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. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 at 04:37 EDT (1,231 days ago) in Virgo

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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. Sat, 09 Jan 2021 at 10:36 EDT (1,228 days ago) in Scorpius

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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 Hawaii and Midway Atoll. Sat, 09 Jan 2021 at 12:08 EDT (1,228 days ago) in Scorpius

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Conjunction of Mercury and Saturn Mercury and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°40'. Sat, 09 Jan 2021 at 16:18 EDT (1,228 days ago) in Capricornus

210.

Conjunction of Neptune and Ceres Neptune and Ceres share the same right ascension, at a separation of 8°37'. Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at 13:52 EDT (1,227 days ago) in Aquarius

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Conjunction of Jupiter and Mercury Jupiter and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°28'. Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 06:09 EDT (1,226 days ago) in Capricornus

212.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°29'. Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 15:10 EDT (1,226 days ago) in Sagittarius

213.

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. Tue, 12 Jan 2021 at 18:50 EDT (1,225 days ago) in Sagittarius

214.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Wed, 13 Jan 2021 at 00:01 EDT (1,224 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 2°19'. Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 03:14 EDT (1,223 days ago) in Capricornus

216.

Uranus ends retrograde motion Uranus returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 04:12 EDT (1,223 days ago) in Aries

217.

134340 Pluto at solar conjunction 134340 Pluto is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 16:33 EDT (1,223 days ago) in Sagittarius

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The cluster Messier 47 is well placed The open star cluster M47 (NGC 2422; mag 4.4) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 14 Jan 2021 (1,223 days ago) in Puppis

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NGC 2403 is well placed NGC 2403 (mag 8.9), a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 14 Jan 2021 (1,223 days ago) in Camelopardalis

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The cluster NGC 2451 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2451 (mag 2.8) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 16 Jan 2021 (1,221 days ago) in Puppis