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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. Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 22:36 EDT (1,560 days ago) in Sagittarius

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 24 Jan 2020 at 16:43 EDT (1,559 days ago) in Capricornus

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The cluster NGC 2547 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2547 (mag 4.7) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 24 Jan 2020 (1,559 days ago) in Vela

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Conjunction of Venus and Neptune Venus and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4'30". Mon, 27 Jan 2020 at 14:24 EDT (1,556 days ago) in Aquarius

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Close approach of Venus and Neptune Venus and Neptune pass within 4'04" of each other. Mon, 27 Jan 2020 at 15:03 EDT (1,556 days ago) in Aquarius

206.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°04'. Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 02:28 EDT (1,555 days ago) in Aquarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 05:42 EDT (1,555 days ago) in Aquarius

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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 Jan 2020 at 16:27 EDT (1,554 days ago) in Pisces

209.

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. Fri, 31 Jan 2020 (1,552 days ago) in Cancer

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The Omicron Velorum cluster is well placed The Omicron Velorum open star cluster (IC 2391; mag 2.5) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 31 Jan 2020 (1,552 days ago) in Vela

211.

The cluster IC 2395 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2395 (mag 4.0) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 01 Feb 2020 (1,551 days ago) in Vela

212.

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. Sat, 01 Feb 2020 at 20:42 EDT (1,551 days ago) in Aries

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Close approach of the Moon and M44 The Moon and M44 pass close to each other. Sat, 08 Feb 2020 at 06:11 EDT (1,544 days ago) in Cancer

214.

α-Centaurid meteor shower 2020 The α-Centaurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 08 Feb 2020 (1,544 days ago) in Centaurus

215.

NGC 2808 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 2808 (mag 6.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 08 Feb 2020 (1,544 days ago) in Carina

216.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sun, 09 Feb 2020 at 02:33 EDT (1,543 days ago) in Leo

217.

Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 06:58 EDT (1,542 days ago) in Aquarius

218.

The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 08:20 EDT (1,542 days ago) in Leo

219.

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. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 15:27 EDT (1,542 days ago) in Leo

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 19:03 EDT (1,542 days ago) in Aquarius