141.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°35'. Wed, 17 May 2023 at 21:36 EDT (342 days ago) in Aries

142.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 19 May 2023 at 11:54 EDT (340 days ago) in Taurus

143.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°12'. Tue, 23 May 2023 at 08:09 EDT (336 days ago) in Gemini

144.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 23 May 2023 at 08:37 EDT (336 days ago) in Gemini

145.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°45'. Wed, 24 May 2023 at 13:33 EDT (335 days ago) in Cancer

146.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:19 EDT (335 days ago) in Cancer

147.

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, 25 May 2023 at 21:38 EDT (334 days ago) in Leo

148.

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, 27 May 2023 at 11:22 EDT (332 days ago) in Leo

149.

Messier 4 is well placed The globular cluster M4 (NGC 6121; mag 5.4) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 28 May 2023 (331 days ago) in Scorpius

150.

Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Mon, 29 May 2023 at 03:44 EDT (330 days ago) in Aries

151.

Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 30 May 2023 at 15:30 EDT (329 days ago) in Cancer

152.

Close approach of Mars and M44 Mars and M44 pass close to each other. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 at 19:06 EDT (326 days ago) in Cancer

153.

The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules is well placed The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13, NGC 6205; mag 5.8) culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 (326 days ago) in Hercules

154.

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 Antarctica, Australia, Chile and New Zealand amongst others. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 05:56 EDT (325 days ago) in Scorpius

155.

Messier 12 is well placed The globular cluster M12 (NGC 6218; mag 6.1) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 (325 days ago) in Ophiuchus

156.

Venus at dichotomy Venus reaches half phase in the evening sky. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 22:56 EDT (325 days ago) in Cancer

157.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 23:41 EDT (325 days ago) in Scorpius

158.

Conjunction of Mercury and Uranus Mercury and Uranus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°54'. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 00:34 EDT (324 days ago) in Aries

159.

Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 02:02 EDT (324 days ago) in Aries

160.

Venus at greatest elongation east Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 12:11 EDT (324 days ago) in Cancer