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The Large Magellanic Cloud is well placed The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC; mag 0.9), in Dorado culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 12 Dec 2020 (1,253 days ago) in Dorado

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Geminid meteor shower 2020 The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 13 Dec 2020 (1,251 days ago) in Gemini

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Total solar eclipse There will be an eclipse of the Sun, visible from Argentina and Chile. Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 11:14 EDT (1,251 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 11:17 EDT (1,251 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 09:03 EDT (1,250 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2020 The Comae Berenicid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 (1,250 days ago) in Leo

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The Running Man cluster is well placed The Running Man cluster NGC 1977 (mag 4.2) in Orion's sword culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 (1,250 days ago) in Orion

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The Orion Nebula is well placed The Orion Nebula (M42; mag 4.0) culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 (1,250 days ago) in Orion

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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 21:27 EDT (1,250 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°55'. Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 23:30 EDT (1,248 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 00:12 EDT (1,248 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°03'. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 00:19 EDT (1,248 days ago) in Capricornus

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Close approach of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn pass close to one another. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 01:05 EDT (1,248 days ago) in Capricornus

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Comet 141P/Machholz passes perihelion Comet 141P/Machholz makes its closest approach to the Sun. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 (1,248 days ago) in Aquarius

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December Leonis Minorid meteor shower 2020 The December Leonis Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sat, 19 Dec 2020 (1,246 days ago) in Leo Minor

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Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Sat, 19 Dec 2020 at 22:40 EDT (1,246 days ago) in Sagittarius

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December solstice 21 December will be the shortest day of 2020 in the northern hemisphere. Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 04:55 EDT (1,244 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn Jupiter and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6'15". Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 08:34 EDT (1,244 days ago) in Capricornus

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Great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn Jupiter and Saturn will make their closest approach since the year 1623. Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 13:20 EDT (1,244 days ago) in Capricornus

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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. Mon, 21 Dec 2020 at 18:41 EDT (1,244 days ago) in Pisces