381.

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 (667 days ago) in Taurus

382.

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 (666 days ago) in Taurus

383.

June Bootid meteor shower 2022 The June Bootid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 (666 days ago) in Bootes

384.

Neptune enters retrograde motion Neptune reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 02:19 EDT (665 days ago) in Pisces

385.

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, 28 Jun 2022 at 14:57 EDT (665 days ago) in Gemini

386.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 22:53 EDT (665 days ago) in Gemini

387.

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 (664 days ago) in Gemini

388.

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 (664 days ago) in Ophiuchus

389.

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 (662 days ago) in Sagittarius

390.

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 (661 days ago) in Serpens Cauda

391.

The Earth at aphelion The Earth reaches its furthest point from the Sun. Mon, 04 Jul 2022 at 03:10 EDT (659 days ago) in Pisces

392.

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. Wed, 06 Jul 2022 at 22:14 EDT (657 days ago) in Virgo

393.

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 (653 days ago) in Scorpius

394.

Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Sun, 10 Jul 2022 at 18:10 EDT (653 days ago) in Gemini

395.

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 (653 days ago) in Pavo

396.

Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii The Moon will pass in front of Sigma Sagittarii (Nunki), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands amongst others. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 00:58 EDT (650 days ago) in Sagittarius

397.

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. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 05:05 EDT (650 days ago) in Sagittarius

398.

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. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 08:14 EDT (650 days ago) in Sagittarius

399.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 14:37 EDT (650 days ago) in Sagittarius

400.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°02'. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 16:16 EDT (648 days ago) in Capricornus