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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 7°34'. Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 16:20 PDT (789 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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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. Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 23:45 PDT (788 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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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. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 (788 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. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 (788 days ago) in Vela |
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The cluster IC 2395 is well placed The open star cluster IC 2395 (mag 4.0) in Vela culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 (788 days ago) in Vela |
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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 at 21:47 PDT (788 days ago) in Capricornus |
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Comet 19P/Borrelly passes perihelion Comet 19P/Borrelly makes its closest approach to the Sun. Tue, 01 Feb 2022 (787 days ago) in Pisces |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°19'. Wed, 02 Feb 2022 at 13:10 PDT (786 days ago) in Aquarius |
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Saturn at solar conjunction Saturn is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Fri, 04 Feb 2022 at 10:55 PDT (784 days ago) in Capricornus |
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Asteroid 20 Massalia at opposition Asteroid 20 Massalia makes closest approach to the Earth. Fri, 04 Feb 2022 at 20:46 PDT (784 days ago) in Cancer |
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Close approach of Mars and M22 Mars and M22 pass close to each other. Sat, 05 Feb 2022 at 00:48 PDT (783 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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Close approach of the Moon and Uranus The Moon and Uranus pass close to each other. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 at 12:33 PDT (781 days ago) in Aries |
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Lunar occultation of Uranus The Moon will pass in front of Uranus creating a lunar occultation, though it will open be visible only at sea. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 at 12:33 PDT (781 days ago) in Aries |
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α-Centaurid meteor shower 2022 The α-Centaurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 (780 days ago) in Centaurus |
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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. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 at 05:50 PDT (780 days ago) in Aries |
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NGC 2808 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 2808 (mag 6.2) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 (780 days ago) in Carina |
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Venus at greatest brightness Venus reaches its greatest brightness in the dawn sky. Wed, 09 Feb 2022 at 05:41 PDT (779 days ago) in Sagittarius |
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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Thu, 10 Feb 2022 (778 days ago) in Capricornus |
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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. Thu, 10 Feb 2022 at 18:37 PDT (778 days ago) in Taurus |
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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 08:03 PDT (777 days ago) in Sagittarius |