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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Wed, 24 May 2023 at 15:19 EDT (363 days ago) in Cancer

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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, 25 May 2023 at 21:38 EDT (362 days ago) in Leo

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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. Sat, 27 May 2023 at 11:22 EDT (360 days ago) in Leo

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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 (359 days ago) in Scorpius

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Mon, 29 May 2023 at 03:44 EDT (358 days ago) in Aries

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Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 30 May 2023 at 15:30 EDT (357 days ago) in Cancer

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Close approach of Mars and M44 Mars and M44 pass close to each other. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 at 19:06 EDT (354 days ago) in Cancer

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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 (354 days ago) in Hercules

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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 (353 days ago) in Scorpius

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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 (353 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Venus at dichotomy Venus reaches half phase in the evening sky. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 22:56 EDT (353 days ago) in Cancer

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Sat, 03 Jun 2023 at 23:41 EDT (353 days ago) in Scorpius

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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 (352 days ago) in Aries

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 02:02 EDT (352 days ago) in Aries

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Venus at greatest elongation east Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 12:11 EDT (352 days ago) in Cancer

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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. Sun, 04 Jun 2023 at 21:58 EDT (352 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 (351 days ago) in Aries

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Asteroid 11 Parthenope at opposition Asteroid 11 Parthenope makes closest approach to the Earth. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 at 07:58 EDT (350 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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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. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 at 19:05 EDT (350 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Messier 10 is well placed The globular cluster M10 (NGC 6254; mag 6.6) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 (350 days ago) in Ophiuchus